Architecture Intelligence
Don't just draw the architecture. Challenge it.
Because the architecture is a structured model, it can be checked, simulated and scored - surfacing the missing dependencies, exposed boundaries and unfunded scale that a diagram would quietly hide.
Policy engine
The findings a diagram won't give you.
Validation runs against defined architecture, security, reliability, cost and governance policies - each finding tied back to the rule it violates.
Missing dependency
Agent requires vector retrieval, but no vector store is defined.
Security issue
Production database is exposed outside the approved network boundary.
Reliability issue
No disaster recovery strategy defined for a critical workload.
Cost issue
Proposed architecture exceeds the defined monthly budget under expected scale.
Governance issue
Confidential data crosses an unapproved trust boundary.
Architecture simulation
What happens before production?
Test failure and scale scenarios against the architecture up front - pick a scenario and step through the modeled response.
Scenarios are modeled and tested against the architecture before implementation - not discovered in production.
Scorecard
A readiness signal you can defend.
Scores are computed from the policies and evidence above - a signal to act on, transparent about where it comes from.
Scores are not magic. They are computed from defined architecture policies, validation rules and captured evidence - and are only as meaningful as the policies behind them.
Trade-offs
Every decision states its cost.
A challenged architecture records not just what was chosen, but the benefit, the cost, the rejected alternative and the confidence behind the call - here, from the reference solution.
Hybrid architecture
- Benefit
- Data sovereignty
- Cost
- Network complexity
- Alternative
- Cloud-only
- Why not
- Client data-residency requirement
Confidence: Architect review required
Self-hosted vector store
- Benefit
- No public data plane
- Cost
- Operational ownership
- Alternative
- Managed SaaS vector DB
- Why not
- Confidential documents cannot leave the boundary
Confidence: Architect review required
Model Gateway with fallback
- Benefit
- Graceful degradation
- Cost
- Extra hop + critical path
- Alternative
- Direct provider SDK
- Why not
- No centralised quota, routing or failover
Confidence: High
Human-in-the-loop approval
- Benefit
- Governance & auditability
- Cost
- Latency on gated steps
- Alternative
- Full autonomy
- Why not
- Irreversible actions need oversight
Confidence: High