Ix Architecture — Design skill for Claude Code
Analyze system design — structure, coupling, code smells, and high-risk hotspots.
How to install Ix Architecture
Installs to ~/.claude/skills/ix-infrastructure-ix-opencode-plugin-ix-architecture/SKILL.md
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/ix-infrastructure-ix-opencode-plugin-ix-architecture && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ix-infrastructure/ix-opencode-plugin/HEAD/commands/ix-architecture.md -o ~/.claude/skills/ix-infrastructure-ix-opencode-plugin-ix-architecture/SKILL.md Restart Claude Code, or start a new session, for it to be picked up.
What Ix Architecture does
name: ix-architecture description: Analyze system design — structure, coupling, code smells, and high-risk hotspots. Produces a ranked list of improvement areas. Purely graph-based, no code reads. argument-hint: [optional scope — path, subsystem name, or empty for whole system]
Health gate
Before anything else, run:
command -v ix
ix status
If either fails, stop: *"ix graph unavailable — run `ix docker start` to start the backend, then `ix status` to confirm."*
Then veri
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