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Launch the Microsoft Architecture orchestrator agent to route your request to the right specialized skill

Run the full Microsoft architecture design pipeline from discovery through validation

Start a new Microsoft architecture engagement with structured discovery

Consult Odin for deep architecture review, design analysis, and expert guidance

Unified Microsoft Architecture orchestrator agent. Single entry point for all Microsoft enterprise architecture work. Composes 32 specialist skills across 5 tiers (process, vertical specialists, horizontal architects, long-tail specialists, output, cross-cutting) into pipelines. v5.3.0 Phase 4 adds maui-architect, sre-architect, dotnet-modernization, and defender-sentinel. Odin runs as conflict resolver after all horizontals complete.

Unified Microsoft Architecture orchestrator agent. Single entry point for all Microsoft enterprise architecture work. Composes 32 specialist skills across 5 tiers (process, vertical specialists, horizontal architects, long-tail specialists, output, cross-cutting) into pipelines. v5.3.0 Phase 4 adds maui-architect, sre-architect, dotnet-modernization, and defender-sentinel. Odin runs as conflict resolver after all horizontals complete.

Read-only architecture advisor agent: the "second opinion" for deep reasoning, design review, and expert guidance. Inspired by the all-seeing wisdom pattern. This agent ONLY reads and analyzes; it never modifies files, writes code, or executes commands. It thinks deeply and returns structured advisory output that the calling agent (agent) or user acts upon. USE THIS AGENT FREQUENTLY: for planning before execution, reviewing designs after production, validating architecture decisions, security review, impact analysis, complexity decomposition, and debugging across multiple files. TRIGGER when: user says "consult odin", "odin review", "deep analysis", "ultrathink", "architecture review", "design review", "second opinion", or when agent needs expert guidance on a complex decision. Also invoked by agent as conflict resolver after all horizontals complete (v5.1.0).

Read-only architecture advisor agent: the "second opinion" for deep reasoning, design review, and expert guidance. Inspired by the all-seeing wisdom pattern. This agent ONLY reads and analyzes; it never modifies files, writes code, or executes commands. It thinks deeply and returns structured advisory output that the calling agent (agent) or user acts upon. USE THIS AGENT FREQUENTLY: for planning before execution, reviewing designs after production, validating architecture decisions, security review, impact analysis, complexity decomposition, and debugging across multiple files. TRIGGER when: user says "consult odin", "odin review", "deep analysis", "ultrathink", "architecture review", "design review", "second opinion", or when agent needs expert guidance on a complex decision. Also invoked by agent as conflict resolver after all horizontals complete (v5.1.0).

Accessibility specialist for Microsoft platform UIs. TRIGGER when: user mentions Power Apps canvas, Power Apps model-driven, Power Pages, Blazor, Office add-in UI, Teams tab UI, WCAG, a11y, accessible, screen reader, keyboard nav, ARIA, focus management, color contrast, Accessibility Insights, axe DevTools, or invokes /accessibility. Codifies opinions: WCAG 2.2 AA is the floor, native HTML over ARIA, keyboard-first then screen-reader testing, manual coverage non-negotiable. Reads from standards/references/quality/accessibility-wcag.md (canonical checklist). DO NOT TRIGGER for non-UI workloads (backend services, data pipelines, IaC), Power Platform governance broadly (use powerplatform-architect), or .NET platform patterns broadly (use dotnet-architect).

AI and copilot architecture specialist. TRIGGER when: user needs Microsoft Foundry (Azure AI Foundry), Azure OpenAI Service, Copilot Studio custom copilots, AI agent architecture, RAG patterns, prompt engineering, vector stores (AI Search, pgvector), model catalog, prompt flow, AI evaluation, tracing, responsible AI, content safety, function calling, multi-agent orchestration, Foundry IQ, or invokes /ai-architect. Designs AI solutions on Microsoft Foundry with guardrails, responsible AI principles, and enterprise-grade observability. Fetches latest documentation from Microsoft Learn MCP. Produces agent architectures, RAG pipeline designs, Foundry project structures, and prompt engineering frameworks. DO NOT TRIGGER for Power Platform without AI focus (use powerplatform-architect), data engineering only (use data-architect), or general Azure (use azure-architect).

Architecture workbook generator for Microsoft projects. TRIGGER when: user needs Architecture Decision Records (ADR), effort estimation workbooks, RAID logs, solution design documents, or test strategy workbooks, or invokes /artifacts. Generates structured Excel workbooks using the xlsx skill. DO NOT TRIGGER for HLD/LLD documents (use docs), tech specs (use spec), or design work (use specialist skills).

Azure PaaS and IaaS architecture specialist. TRIGGER when: user needs Azure architecture design, App Service, Functions, APIM, Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, networking, identity, Azure-native patterns, or invokes /azure-architect. Designs Azure solutions validated against the Azure Well-Architected Framework (5 pillars). Fetches latest documentation from Microsoft Learn MCP. Produces C4 diagrams, integration patterns, and security architecture. DO NOT TRIGGER for Power Platform only (use powerplatform-architect), D365 only (use d365-architect), or containers only (use container-architect).

Microsoft technology stack selection gate. TRIGGER when: user needs to choose between Microsoft technology stacks, asks about Stack A/B/C/D, needs help deciding between Power Platform, Azure PaaS, Containers, or Dynamics 365, or invokes /stack-select. Presents the 4-stack decision tree, gathers composition questions, and outputs a stack decision with ADR. This is a gate (no design work proceeds until a stack is selected). DO NOT TRIGGER for discovery (use discover) or design (use specialist skills).