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L5
Architect
Creates systems that multiply team impact
Characteristics
Approach
Creates systems that multiply others' effectiveness
Turns per task
Often <1 (skills handle it)
Mental model
AI as platform to build upon
Error response
Improve the skill/system for everyone
Impact
Requests per feature
Personal: <1 request per task (skills automated)
Rework rate
Team: Multiplier effect (one skill saves 100s of requests)
Context quality
Shared context across team via skills
What It Looks Like
User: "We keep doing the same email validation pattern.
Create a skill for it using writing-skills."
AI: *invokes writing-skills*
*creates reusable email-validation skill*
*includes tests, documentation, examples*
"Created skill. Now any team member can just invoke
'email-validation' and get consistent implementation."Common Patterns
- Identifies repeating patterns
- Creates skills others can use
- Teaches and mentors lower levels
- Thinks about team-wide efficiency
- Contributes to the skill library