Ai Software Architect

AI Software Architect


AI Software Architect is an open-source, host-native architecture agent for coding assistants. It helps developers clarify architecture-significant requirements, compare credible options, approve and record decisions, prepare coding handoffs, and review implementation conformance.

Maintained by Leonardo Muffato at [AUTOSOFT Engineering](https://www.autosoft-engineering.de).

OpenAI Plugin Directory Status

**Current status: Ready for submission.** The validated AI Software Architect v0.2.2 candidate has been prepared, but submission and approval have not yet been confirmed. See the canonical [`OpenAI Plugin Directory status`](docs/OPENAI_SUBMISSION_STATUS.md) for the submitted package identity and future review or availability updates.

Why AI Software Architect?

AI coding assistants are excellent at generating working code quickly, but they can begin implementation before making the architecture explicit. Important questions about constraints, quality attributes, component boundaries, data ownership, viable alternatives, and long-term trade-offs may therefore remain hidden inside one conversation—or never be considered at all. The result can work today while becoming unnecessarily coupled, difficult to test, or expensive to evolve.

AI Software Architect introduces a repeatable **architecture-first workflow** before substantial code generation. It asks only questions that can change a material decision, compares credible options instead of forcing a favorite pattern, requests approval, and records the outcome as durable repository artifacts. The coding assistant can then implement from an approved architecture contract and later review the code for drift.

Unlike a one-off architecture prompt, the project supplies a reusable method, fo