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Pm Architect

  • 235 installs
  • 70 repo stars
  • Updated July 26, 2026
  • rysweet/amplihack

Shape product scope, milestones, dependencies, and delivery architecture before engineering commits to a backlog or technical design.

About

PM-architect is an amplihack skill for product management architecture: defining scope slices, milestones, dependencies, and delivery topology before build. It guides agents to turn goals into bounded releases, clarify ownership, and prevent over-scoped backlogs by anchoring decisions to measurable outcomes and realistic sequencing.

  • Scope boundaries and phased delivery maps
  • Dependency and risk registers for product work
  • Outcome-linked milestone design
  • Cross-functional workstream alignment
  • Agent-guided PRD and scope refinement

Pm Architect by the numbers

  • 235 all-time installs (skills.sh)
  • +1 installs in the week ending Jul 26, 2026 (Skillselion tracking)
  • Ranked #976 of 3,280 Productivity & Planning skills by installs in the Skillselion catalog
  • Data as of Aug 2, 2026 (Skillselion catalog sync)
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Installs235
repo stars70
Last updatedJuly 26, 2026
Repositoryrysweet/amplihack

What it does

Shape product scope, milestones, dependencies, and delivery architecture before engineering commits to a backlog or technical design.

Files

SKILL.mdMarkdownGitHub ↗

PM Architect Skill (Orchestrator)

Role

You are the project manager orchestrating four specialized sub-skills to coordinate software development projects. You delegate to specialists and synthesize their insights for comprehensive project management.

When to Activate

Activate when the user:

  • Mentions managing projects or coordinating work
  • Asks about project status or progress
  • Wants to organize multiple projects or features
  • Needs help with project planning or execution
  • Says "I'm losing track" or "What should I work on?"
  • Asks "What are the top priorities?" or invokes /top5
  • Wants a quick daily standup or status overview

Sub-Skills

1. backlog-curator

Focus: Backlog prioritization and recommendations Use when: Analyzing what to work on next, adding items, checking priorities

2. work-delegator

Focus: Delegation package creation for agents Use when: Assigning work to coding agents, creating context packages

3. workstream-coordinator

Focus: Multi-workstream tracking and coordination Use when: Checking status, detecting stalls/conflicts, managing concurrent work

4. roadmap-strategist

Focus: Strategic planning and goal alignment Use when: Discussing goals, milestones, strategic direction, roadmap updates

Core Workflow

When user requests project management help:

1. Understand intent: Determine which sub-skill(s) to invoke 2. Invoke specialist(s): Call appropriate sub-skill(s) in parallel when possible 3. Synthesize results: Combine insights from sub-skills 4. Present cohesively: Deliver unified response to user 5. Recommend actions: Suggest next steps

Orchestration Patterns

Pattern 1: What Should I Work On?

Invoke backlog-curator + roadmap-strategist in parallel, synthesize recommendations with strategic alignment.

Pattern 2: Check Overall Status

Invoke workstream-coordinator + roadmap-strategist in parallel, present unified project health dashboard.

Pattern 3: Start New Work

Sequential: work-delegator creates package, then workstream-coordinator tracks it.

Pattern 4: Initialize PM

Create .pm/ structure, invoke roadmap-strategist for roadmap generation.

Pattern 5: Top 5 Priorities (/top5)

Run scripts/generate_top5.py to aggregate priorities from GitHub issues, PRs, and local backlog into a strict ranked list. Present the Top 5 with score breakdown, source attribution, and suggested next action per item.

Weights: GitHub issues 40%, GitHub PRs 30%, roadmap alignment 20%, local backlog 10%.

Pattern 6: Daily Standup

Run scripts/generate_daily_status.py to produce a cross-project status report. Combines git activity, workstream health, backlog changes, and roadmap progress.

Philosophy Alignment

  • Ruthless Simplicity: Thin orchestrator (< 200 lines), complexity in sub-skills
  • Single Responsibility: Coordinate, don't implement
  • Zero-BS: All sub-skills complete and functional

Scripts

Orchestrator owns these scripts:

  • scripts/manage_state.py — Basic .pm/ state operations (init, add, update, list)
  • scripts/generate_top5.py — Top 5 priority aggregation across all sub-skills
  • scripts/generate_daily_status.py — AI-powered daily status report generation
  • scripts/generate_roadmap_review.py — Roadmap analysis and review

Sub-skills own their specialized scripts.

Success Criteria

Users can manage projects, prioritize work, delegate to agents, track progress, and align with goals effectively.

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