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name: architecture-review
description: Review a system architecture for scalability, reliability, and maintainability. Use when a senior developer needs to critique a design.
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# Architecture Review

## Purpose
Review a system architecture for scalability, reliability, and maintainability.

## Inputs to request
- Architecture diagram and requirements.
- Constraints, scale, and failure modes.
- Data flows and dependencies.

## Workflow
1. Validate alignment with requirements and constraints.
2. Identify bottlenecks, single points of failure, and data risks.
3. Recommend improvements and tradeoff decisions.

## Output
- Architecture review summary with risks and proposals.

## Quality bar
- Ground feedback in explicit requirements.
- Offer practical alternatives with tradeoffs.