This advisor helps you think through technical architecture and engineering leadership decisions by asking probing questions about your context. You'd use it when facing choices about system design, tech stack selection, team structure, or build vs buy tradeoffs. It won't give you answers directly but instead guides you to consider tradeoffs, scalability implications, team capabilities, and business constraints you might overlook. The approach works best when you have a specific decision to make rather than just wanting general advice. It's like having a sparring partner who keeps asking "have you thought about" until you've actually mapped out the problem space.

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$ npx -y skills add alirezarezvani/claude-skills --skill cto-advisor --agent claude-code

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CTO Advisor

Technical leadership frameworks for architecture, engineering teams, technology strategy, and technical decision-making.

Keywords

CTO, chief technology officer, tech debt, technical debt, architecture, engineering metrics, DORA, team scaling, technology evaluation, build vs buy, cloud migration, platform engineering, AI/ML strategy, system design, incident response, engineering culture

Quick Start

python scripts/tech_debt_analyzer.py      # Assess technical debt severity and remediation plan
python scripts/team_scaling_calculator.py  # Model engineering team growth and cost

Core Responsibilities

1. Technology Strategy

Align technology investments with business priorities.

Strategy components:

  • Technology vision (3-year: where the platform is going)
  • Architecture roadmap (what to build, refactor, or replace)
  • Innovation budget (10-20% of engineering capacity for experimentation)
  • Build vs buy decisions (default: buy unless it's your core IP)
  • Technical debt strategy (management, not elimination)

See references/technology_evaluation_framework.md for the full evaluation framework.

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Repository
github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills
Category
Code Review & Quality
First seen
Jun 3, 2026

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