Skill Architect

Purpose

Meta-orchestrator for the complete Claude Code skill lifecycle. Manages skill creation, review, optimization, and quality assurance through coordinated subagent workflows.

When to Use

• User asks to "manage skills" or "oversee skill development"
• Complete skill lifecycle management
• Quality assurance for skill libraries
• Team skill development workflows
• Comprehensive skill audits

Available Subagents

This orchestrator coordinates three specialized skills:

1. @skill-generator - Creates new skills from descriptions
2. @skill-reviewer - Reviews skills for quality and best practices
3. @skill-optimizer - Refactors skills using PDA

Workflows

Workflow 1: Create and Review

Use when: Creating a new skill with quality assurance

1. @skill-generator
   - Generate SKILL.md from user description
   - Create directory structure
   - Apply best practices

2. @skill-reviewer
   - Review generated skill
   - Identify any issues
   - Provide quality score

3. Report and Iterate (if needed)
   - Present skill to user
   - Address review feedback
   - Finalize skill

Trigger phrases:

• "Create a skill for X and review it"
• "Generate and check a new skill"
• "Make a skill for X with quality check"

Workflow 2: Audit and Optimize

Use when: Improving existing skills

1. @skill-reviewer
   - Review existing skill
   - Identify improvement opportunities
   - Calculate potential savings

2. @skill-optimizer
   - Apply recommended improvements
   - Implement PDA refactoring
   - Optimize token usage

3. Validation
   - Compare before/after
   - Verify functionality preserved
   - Report improvements

Trigger phrases:

• "Audit this skill and optimize it"
• "Review and improve this skill"
• "Check and fix this skill"

Workflow 3: Complete Lifecycle

Use when: End-to-end skill development

1. Requirements Gathering
   - Understand skill purpose
   - Identify use cases
   - Determine scope

2. @skill-generator
   - Create initial skill
   - Structure content
   - Add examples

3. @skill-reviewer
   - Quality assessment
   - Best practices check
   - Improvement recommendations

4. @skill-optimizer (if needed)
   - Apply optimizations
   - Implement PDA
   - Reduce token usage

5. Final Review
   - Validate improvements
   - Confirm quality standards
   - Deliver production-ready skill

Trigger phrases:

• "Create a production-ready skill for X"
• "Develop a complete skill from scratch"
• "Build and validate a skill"

Workflow 4: Skill Library Audit

Use when: Reviewing multiple skills

1. Discover Skills
   - Find all skills in .claude/skills/
   - List each skill with metadata

2. @skill-reviewer (parallel)
   - Review each skill
   - Generate quality scores
   - Identify common issues

3. Aggregate Report
   - Overall quality assessment
   - Prioritized improvements
   - Token savings opportunities

4. Recommendations
   - Which skills need optimization
   - Which skills are excellent
   - Best practices to share

Trigger phrases:

• "Audit all my skills"
• "Review my skill library"
• "Check all skills for quality"

Output Format

For Creation Workflows

# Skill Creation Complete

## Skill Overview
**Name:** [skill-name]
**Location:** .claude/skills/[skill-name]/
**Size:** [X] KB

## Quality Assessment
**Score:** [X/10]
**PDA Compliance:** Yes/No
**Status:** Ready for use / Needs improvements

## What Was Created
1. SKILL.md - Main orchestrator
2. reference/ - Detailed documentation
3. scripts/ - Utility scripts (if applicable)

## Usage
Invoke with: [example invocation]

## Next Steps
- [ ] Test the skill
- [ ] Adjust if needed
- [ ] Add to version control

For Optimization Workflows

# Skill Optimization Complete

## Summary
**Skill:** [skill-name]
**Original Size:** [X] KB
**Optimized Size:** [Y] KB
**Token Savings:** [Z]%

## Improvements Made
### Structure
- [Changes]

### Content
- [Changes]

### Token Efficiency
- [Changes]

## Quality Improvements
**Before:** Score [X]/10
**After:** Score [Y]/10

## Cost Impact
At 100 requests/day:
- Before: $[cost]/year
- After: $[new cost]/year
- Saved: $[savings]/year

## Validation
✅ Functionality preserved
✅ All links work
✅ Performance improved

For Audit Workflows

# Skill Library Audit Report

## Overview
**Total Skills:** [N]
**Average Score:** [X]/10
**Skills Needing Work:** [N]

## Skills by Quality

### Excellent (9-10)
- [skill-1]
- [skill-2]

### Good (7-8)
- [skill-3]
- [skill-4]

### Needs Improvement (5-6)
- [skill-5]
- [skill-6]

### Poor (1-4)
- [skill-7]
- [skill-8]

## Common Issues Found
1. [Issue] - [Count] skills affected
2. [Issue] - [Count] skills affected

## Prioritized Recommendations

### P1 (Critical)
- [Recommendations]

### P2 (Important)
- [Recommendations]

### P3 (Nice-to-Have)
- [Recommendations]

## Token Optimization Opportunity
**Current Usage:** [X] MB/day
**Potential Savings:** [Y] MB/day ([Z]%)
**Annual Cost Savings:** $[amount]

## Next Steps
1. Address P1 issues
2. Optimize skills with low scores
3. Apply best practices to all skills

Quality Gates

Each workflow includes quality checks:

Creation Quality Gates

• YAML frontmatter valid
• Description specific and actionable
• Clear instructions with examples
• Appropriate use of PDA
• No reserved words in name
• File paths use forward slashes

Optimization Quality Gates

• Token savings achieved
• Functionality preserved
• Links verified working
• Structure improved
• User experience enhanced

Review Quality Gates

• All dimensions evaluated
• Severity classification applied
• Recommendations actionable
• Token savings calculated
• Report comprehensive

Best Practices Applied

This orchestrator ensures:

1. Progressive Disclosure

   • Skills use PDA when appropriate
   • Token-efficient design
   • On-demand loading

2. Quality Standards

   • Consistent structure
   • Clear documentation
   • Actionable examples

3. Best Practices

   • Gerund naming
   • Third-person descriptions
   • Forward slash paths
   • Single responsibility

4. Token Optimization

   • Minimal SKILL.md size
   • Reference files for details
   • Scripts for mechanical work

Integration

This orchestrator works with:

• skill-generator - For skill creation
• skill-reviewer - For quality assessment
• skill-optimizer - For improvement

Advanced Features

Batch Operations

Process multiple skills:

> Audit and optimize all skills in .claude/skills/
# Runs @skill-reviewer on each
# Runs @skill-optimizer on those needing improvement
# Generates aggregate report

Skill Templates

Create from templates:

> Create a generator skill following the generator template
# Uses predefined pattern
# Applies best practices automatically
# Delivers consistent structure

Continuous Improvement

Ongoing quality management:

> Set up skill quality monitoring
# Establishes quality baseline
# Recommends regular reviews
# Tracks improvements over time

Examples

Example 1: Create Complete Skill

User: "Create a production-ready skill for processing JSON files with validation and transformation"

Workflow:

1. @skill-generator
   Creates: json-processor/
   ├── SKILL.md (4KB orchestrator)
   ├── reference/
   │   ├── json-schema.md
   │   ├── transformations.md
   │   └── validation.md
   └── scripts/
       ├── validate.py
       └── transform.py

2. @skill-reviewer
   Score: 9/10
   PDA Compliance: Yes
   Status: Ready for use

3. Report
   Skill created and validated
   All quality gates passed
   Ready for production use

Example 2: Optimize Poor Skill

User: "This 50KB skill is slow and expensive. Fix it."

Workflow:

1. @skill-reviewer
   Score: 3/10
   Issues: Monolithic, no PDA, token-inefficient
   Recommendation: Major refactor

2. @skill-optimizer
   Before: 50KB SKILL.md
   After: 3KB SKILL.md + reference/ files
   Savings: 84%

3. Validation
   Functionality: Preserved
   Performance: 5x faster
   Cost: $12/day → $2/day

Example 3: Library Audit

User: "Review all my skills and tell me what needs improvement"

Workflow:

1. Discovery
   Found 12 skills

2. @skill-reviewer (parallel)
   3 Excellent (9-10)
   5 Good (7-8)
   3 Fair (5-6)
   1 Poor (2)

3. @skill-optimizer (for 4 low-scoring skills)
   Average improvement: 73% token reduction

4. Report
   Overall quality improved from 6.5 to 8.2
   Projected annual savings: $1,200

See Also

• SKILL_GENERATOR.md - Create skills
• SKILL_REVIEWER.md - Review skills
• SKILL_OPTIMIZER.md - Optimize skills
• CLAUDE_SKILLS_ARCHITECTURE.md - Reference documentation
• docs/README.md - All documentation

Sources

Based on:

• CLAUDE_SKILLS_ARCHITECTURE.md
• AGENTS_WORKFLOWS.md
• Progressive Disclosure Architecture principles