Ark Architect — Architecture agent for Claude Code
Use this agent when designing architecture for new Ark features, planning component extensions, or evaluating technical approaches that need to align with existing codebase patterns.
How to install Ark Architect
Installs to ~/.claude/agents/mckinsey-agents-at-scale-ark-ark-architect.md
mkdir -p ~/.claude/agents && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mckinsey/agents-at-scale-ark/HEAD/.claude/agents/ark-architect.md -o ~/.claude/agents/mckinsey-agents-at-scale-ark-ark-architect.md Restart Claude Code, or start a new session, for it to be picked up.
What Ark Architect does
name: ark-architect description: Use this agent when designing architecture for new Ark features, planning component extensions, or evaluating technical approaches that need to align with existing codebase patterns. Examples:\n\n- User: "I need to add a new CRD for managing prompt templates"\n Assistant: "I'll use the ark-architect agent to design how this fits with existing Ark patterns."\n \n\n- User: "How should we implement multi-tenant support in Ark?"\n
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