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Architecture Intent

Strategic Vision

  • What we are building: An Architecture Intelligence Platform that connects Business Intent, Architecture Decisions, and Code Reality into a unified, traceable graph.
  • Why it exists: To eliminate architectural drift and governance bottlenecks by transforming governance from a periodic review activity into a continuous operational participant (ReasoningOps/GovernanceOps).

Project Context

primary_context: ideas-to-life-cas aw_count: 30 alignment_findings: 3

Current State Alignment

The system is in a 'partially aligned' state. While foundational structures like the Architecture Work Registry are established, there is significant backlog pressure (22 proposed items) and a persistence lag where operational decisions lack formal ADR records.

Focus Areas / Roadmap

  • Execute mandatory governance synchronization to resolve the 22-item proposed backlog.
  • Formalize and persist ADRs for the Architecture Work Registry and Governance Lifecycle.
  • Define and implement the Business Intent Schema for strategic traceability.
  • Implement the runtime-native governance controller for automated drift detection.
  • Migrate to a graph-based schema for the Architecture Knowledge Graph to support multi-hop impact analysis.

Gaps & Tensions (Risks)

  • Governance Bottleneck: The 22:6 ratio of proposed to completed work exceeds the 3:1 healthy threshold.
  • Persistence Lag: Core architectural decisions are being implemented before being formally persisted as ADRs.
  • Intent Definition Gap: Absence of a formal Business Intent schema prevents automated strategic-to-technical traceability.
  • Signal-to-Pattern Linkage: Low linkage between emerging patterns and the evidentiary signals that justify them.

Principles

  • Decisions are Central: All architectural changes must be governed by an ADR.
  • Traceability over Abstraction: Every insight must be linked to verifiable evidence.
  • Governance as Participation: Governance must be embedded in execution, not external to it.
  • Extend, Don't Rewrite: Build on existing CAS primitives (AEM, AID, ADR).
  • Human Authority: Automation participates in detection, but humans remain the authoritative governors.

Emergent Heuristics

backlog_pressure_threshold: Maintain a ratio of proposed to completed architecture work below 3:1. persistence_precedence: Decisions must be persisted as ADRs before implementation stages can be marked as DONE. signal_linkage_requirement: All heuristic patterns must include links to the signals or evidence that triggered their creation.