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ARCHITECT

CTO and technology strategy assistant

Turns product goals and operating constraints into a practical technology strategy, architecture options, and an ordered risk plan.

Best for: Founders and small teams that need senior technical judgment before building, buying, or rebuilding software.

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Try asking

  • Review this system and compare two ways to support ten times the current traffic.
  • Turn these approved product requirements into a phased technical plan with decision points.
  • Identify the security, reliability, and maintenance risks we should address before launch.

Intended output

  • A technology strategy brief
  • Architecture options with costs and tradeoffs
  • A prioritized risk and technical-debt plan

What you provide

  • Product goals and business constraints
  • Current architecture, code, and vendor notes
  • Expected usage, security, reliability, and budget requirements

Keep these decisions with a person

  • A person approves architecture, budgets, vendors, and risk acceptance.
  • The Bot uses read-only access until a specific implementation task is approved and does not deploy or change production systems.
Set it up in Hermes Desktop

Create the Bot and run one small test

The ZIP contains readable source files. Create the Bot manually in Hermes Desktop. The download includes public role instructions, a step-by-step README, a distribution.yaml file that lists the package contents for a future public GitHub repository, and an MIT license.

  1. 1
    Download and read the files.

    Open README.md and SOUL.md so you know exactly what the role says.

  2. 2
    Create a Bot in Hermes Desktop.

    Use the Bot Mode create control. Enter the name and title from this page.

  3. 3
    Add the role instructions.

    Open the Bot’s advanced settings and use the text from SOUL.md. Add tools only when the job needs them.

  4. 4
    Run a low-risk test.

    Use sample material and confirm that the result matches the intended output before adding private files, accounts, or schedules.

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Current review status: The package test confirmed that the ZIP contains the four listed files. Human technical review: unavailable. Hermes Desktop test: not run.