working-with-architects
working-with-architects is a Coaching, career development & culture skill for AI agents, published by manager-dot-dev in the manager-skills repository on GitHub. Skillspace rates working-with-architects C (74/100) and it passed the safety scan; the rating is based on static analysis only.
Helps engineering managers work effectively with Software Architects, Staff Engineers, and Principal Engineers — covers the EM's side of the relationship (responsiveness, proactive consultation, giving credit), how to advocate for architect time, pre-consultation preparation, and the two architecture team models (Centralized vs. Decentralized). Use when the user says "architect," "staff engineer," "principal engineer," "technical design review," "working with senior technical people," "getting architecture help," or "how do I get more architect time." Do NOT use for managing staff/principal engineers who report directly to you (use `managing-high-performers` or `delegation`).
- Grade
- C
- Quality
- 74 / 100
- Safety
- Passed
- GitHub stars
- 97
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Our review
- Architecture
- 99 / 100
- Maturity
- Structured: ships references or scripts
- Security scan
- No issues found
- License
- MIT
- Adoption
- Adopted by 0 other repositories, in 0 collections
- Scope
- Portable: works in any project. General engineering-manager guidance for working with architects
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