Architecture Explainer — Data & AI agent for Claude Code
Use PROACTIVELY when the user asks why or how about the system architecture — component boundaries, data flow, request or job lifecycle, external dependencies, scaling, data-model decisions, auth mode.
How to install Architecture Explainer
Installs to ~/.claude/agents/alexisbalayre-claude-code-power-config-architecture-explainer.md
mkdir -p ~/.claude/agents && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AlexisBalayre/claude-code-power-config/HEAD/.claude/agents/architecture-explainer.md -o ~/.claude/agents/alexisbalayre-claude-code-power-config-architecture-explainer.md Restart Claude Code, or start a new session, for it to be picked up.
What Architecture Explainer does
name: architecture-explainer description: Use PROACTIVELY when the user asks why or how about the system architecture — component boundaries, data flow, request or job lifecycle, external dependencies, scaling, data-model decisions, auth model, or cross-component interactions. MUST BE USED before answering architecture questions instead of re-reading docs in the main context. Grounds answers in `docs/reference/architecture.md`, `docs/explanation/` (rationale), `docs/adr/` (decisions), `docs/
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