SDD Tools Orchestration for AI-assisted development: governed discovery, specification, planning, implementation, and architecture verification across Spec Kit, OpenSpec, and Markdown workflows.
Architecture Guard is an orchestration layer for AI-assisted software development that helps keep AI-generated code aligned with project architecture, specifications, and delivery workflows. It works with OpenSpec, Spec Kit, or generic Markdown workflows without replacing them, and is compatible with AI agents like Claude Code, Gemini, and OpenCode. The project is built around a governance model that constrains AI behavior through structured workflows—from discovery and specification through planning, implementation, and verification—using techniques like the Ponytail Core decision ladder, Flash-Mem context injection for historical architectural decisions, and DRY cleanup guidance to prevent code duplication. Architecture Guard is published on npm as a standalone tool written in Markdown and JavaScript, installable via `npx architecture-guard`, and includes a SonarLint rules bundle for code quality scanning during implementation review.