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Find deepening opportunities in a codebase, informed by the domain language in specs/tech-architecture/tech-stack.md and the decisions in specs/adr/. Use when the user wants to improve architecture, find refactoring opportunities, consolidate tightly-coupled modules, or make a codebase more testable and AI-navigable.
danielvm-git/bigpowers · ★ 2 · AI & Automation · score 68
Install: claude install-skill danielvm-git/bigpowers
# Deepen Architecture Surface architectural friction and propose **deepening opportunities** — refactors that turn shallow modules into deep ones. The aim is testability and AI-navigability. > **HARD GATE** — Deep modules must solve a forcing function, not just be "nice abstractions." If you cannot articulate why the abstraction exists, it is premature. ## Glossary Use these terms exactly in every suggestion. Consistent language is the point — don't drift into "component," "service," "API," or "boundary." Full definitions in [LANGUAGE.md](LANGUAGE.md). - **Module** — anything with an interface and an implementation (function, class, package, slice). - **Interface** — everything a caller must know to use the module: types, invariants, error modes, ordering, config. Not just the type signature. - **Implementation** — the code inside. - **Depth** — leverage at the interface: a lot of behaviour behind a small interface. **Deep** = high leverage. **Shallow** = interface nearly as complex as the implementation. - **Seam** — where an interface lives; a place behaviour can be altered without editing in place. (Use this, not "boundary.") - **Adapter** — a concrete thing satisfying an interface at a seam. - **Leverage** — what callers get from depth. - **Locality** — what maintainers get from depth: change, bugs, knowledge concentrated in one place. Key principles (see [LANGUAGE.md](LANGUAGE.md) for the full list): - **Deletion test**: imagine deleting the module. If complexity