Agent skill · windmill-labs

improve-codebase-architecture

Scan a codebase for deepening opportunities, present them as a visual HTML report, then grill through whichever one you pick.

What it needs

About 3k tokens when loaded.

What this skill does

Improve Codebase Architecture Surface architectural friction and propose deepening opportunities — refactors that turn shallow modules into deep ones. The aim is testability and AI-navigability. This command is informed by the project's domain model and built on a shared design vocabulary: Run the /codebase-design skill for the architecture vocabulary (module, interface, depth, seam, adapter, leverage, locality) and its principles (the deletion test, "the interface is the test surface", "one adapter = hypothetical seam, two = real"). Use these terms exactly in every suggestion — don't drift into "component," "service," "API," or "boundary." The domain language in CONTEXT.md gives names to good seams. Process 1. Explore Scope before you scan — YAGNI. Deepening a module pays off by making future changes to it easier, so put extra weight on the parts of the codebase that have recently changed. Decide where to look before you look: If the user named a direction — a module, a subsystem, a pain point — take it, and skip the inference below. Otherwise, walk back a good stretch of the commit history (git log --oneline) to find the codebase's hot spots — the files and areas that keep coming up — and let those paths pull your attention first. If the changes are scattered with no clear hot spot, widen the net. Read the project's domain glossary (CONTEXT.md) first. Then spawn a sub-agent to walk the codebase. …

How to use it

Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:

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