Architecture Intent Documents
Latest State
Showing latest version: aid-2026-07-10 (2026-07-10)
Architecture Intent
Strategic Vision
- What we are building: An Architecture Intelligence Platform that connects Business Intent, Architecture, Code, and Decisions into a continuous loop.
- Why it exists: To transform architecture governance from a periodic manual review activity into a continuously participating operational capability embedded in delivery.
Project Context
primary_context: ideas-to-life-cas aw_count: 29 alignment_findings: 3
Current State Alignment
The system is in a 'Critical' state due to a Governance Velocity Breach. While foundational capabilities are implemented, there is a significant lag in formalizing decisions (Persistence Lag) and a massive backlog of unvalidated proposals.
Focus Areas / Roadmap
- Immediate triage and pruning of the 22-item proposal backlog.
- Backfill and formalize ADRs for Registry, Portal, and Workflow Execution Model.
- Establish legal standing for the Architecture Work Registry via formal decision record.
- Define migration path from Markdown to structured YAML/JSON for all governance artifacts.
- Prototype Business Intent Schema integration.
Gaps & Tensions (Risks)
- Governance Velocity Breach: Intelligence generation (15:1) outpaces architect validation capacity.
- Persistence Lag: Key system components are implemented but lack formal ACCEPTED ADRs.
- Paradox of Authority: The Architecture Work Registry is operational but lacks legal standing as a source of truth.
- Schema Transition Gap: Shift from Markdown-narrative to structured YAML/JSON for reasoning loops is not yet roadmapped.
Principles
- Human governance remains authoritative; automation participates but architects decide.
- Traceability over abstraction: Every insight must be linked to evidence.
- Decisions are central: All new capabilities must integrate with the ADR lifecycle.
- Rules as Authority: Manual policies are replaced by executable, self-validating CI-driven models.
Emergent Heuristics
governance_velocity_threshold: Maintain a sustainable ratio between system proposals and human decisions to prevent strategic drift. persistence_enforcement: Implementation completion is invalid without a corresponding ACCEPTED ADR status.
Historical Archive
| Version | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|
| aid-2026-07-10 | 2026-07-10 | active |
| aid-2026-07-09 | 2026-07-09 | active |
| aid-2026-07-08 | 2026-07-08 | active |
| aid-2026-07-06 | 2026-07-06 | active |
| aid-2026-07-05 | 2026-07-05 | active |
| aid-2026-07-04 | 2026-07-04 | active |
| aid-2026-07-03 | 2026-07-03 | active |
| aid-2026-06-27 | 2026-06-27 | active |
| aid-2026-06-22 | 2026-06-22 | active |
| aid-2026-06-17 | 2026-06-17 | active |
| aid-2026-06-16 | 2026-06-16 | active |
| aid-2026-06-15 | 2026-06-15 | active |
| aid-2026-06-14 | 2026-06-14 | active |
| aid-2026-06-06 | 2026-06-06 | active |
| aid-2026-06-05 | 2026-06-05 | active |
| aid-2026-06-03 | 2026-06-03 | active |
| aid-2026-05-31 | 2026-05-31 | active |
| aid-2026-05-25 | 2026-05-25 | N/A |