AI Assistant for Architects

Everyone in IT has an AI assistant. Hey, you forgot about architects. Let’s clarify which parts of architectural work can actually be delegated to AI 👇

Requirements clarification?

✅ Yes, delegate it

AI can ask clarifying questions, sanitize vague input, and even drive a discussion with stakeholders.

Used in practice: ChatGPT + Functional Requirements, Jasper for product teams, and built-in assistants in tools like Jira.
Whiteboarding?

✅ Yes, delegate it

AI can generate not only code — we already have tools that turn code into diagrams and vice versa.

Consider alternative solutions?

✅ Yes, delegate it

AI is trained on the entire internet — it can generate a wide spectrum of solution options.

Example: Try prompting ChatGPT or Claude for “10 ways to implement a pub/sub system”.
Answer complex technical questions?

✅ Yes, delegate it

Easy peasy for AI.

Verify if implemented architecture matches the planned one?

✅ Yes, delegate it

AI can analyze code and compare it with architectural intents.

Example tool: CodeWhisperer, GPT-assisted code review in GitHub.
Search hidden insights in the codebase?

✅ Yes, delegate it

It’s bread and butter for AI.

Example: Sourcegraph Cody explores codebases with natural language.
Verify quality of architectural decisions?

✅ Yes, delegate it

AI isn't perfect here but quickly spots obvious issues — saving hours.

Practice: Just paste your ADR or architecture decision into ChatGPT with a prompt like: 'Can you challenge this decision? What assumptions are unsafe?'
Make complex technical decisions?

❌ No, own it

No way AI can do this — and shouldn’t. AI can’t be responsible for decisions. You can even ask AI and it will tell you that. Remember: Responsibility = human.

You can describe anything as a “perfect solution” if you don’t care about consequences.

Not bad at all. We’re left with the most interesting part — making decisions and owning them.

🚀 OneArch delegates everything it can to AI, leaving architects with the most valuable, impactful, and fun work.