Feature 085: Architect for Scalability
Overview
Architect for Scalability analyzes your venture’s technical foundation and builds a comprehensive scalability roadmap. The system evaluates your current architecture against industry benchmarks, identifies constraints before they become bottlenecks, and generates a stage-appropriate technical strategy. This feature ensures your tech stack can scale with your growth without costly rewrites or emergency refactors.Step-by-Step Guide
- Navigate to your Data Room - Open the Data Room for your active venture from your Dashboard. The system automatically tracks all technical documentation you’ve uploaded.
- Trigger architecture analysis - Click “Design Architecture” in the Data Room toolbar. The AI agent scans your existing technical documents, infrastructure details, and current stage requirements to build a baseline assessment.
- Review readiness assessment - The system displays your Scalability Readiness Score across infrastructure, data architecture, security, and deployment domains. Each dimension shows current state, target benchmarks, and gap analysis. Export this assessment as a PDF for stakeholders using the download button.
- Examine the roadmap - View your auto-generated Technical Scalability Roadmap, prioritized by stage gates and dependencies. The roadmap maps technical initiatives to your venture lifecycle, showing which improvements unlock the next stage of growth.
- Monitor section quality - Track the completeness of each architecture section in real-time. The system flags missing or outdated content that blocks progress. Green indicators mean you meet stage requirements; yellow and red flags show where to focus next.
- Configure sync behavior - Access Sync Settings to pause auto-updates during intensive development sprints or resume continuous monitoring. The system tracks all sync events and pending changes, allowing you to review and approve adaptations before they apply.
- Adapt to stage transitions - When graduating to a new lifecycle stage, trigger “Adapt Stage” to regenerate architecture recommendations. The system recalibrates technical requirements based on your new ICP category and growth trajectory.
Common Questions
When should I run the architecture analysis?Run analysis after completing your initial product brief and whenever you approach a stage graduation. The system works best when your Data Room contains at least your core technical specifications, infrastructure docs, and security policies. Early-stage founders benefit from baseline assessments before writing their first line of code. What happens if my architecture scores low?
Low scores identify specific gaps blocking your next stage. The roadmap prioritizes fixes by impact and effort, showing quick wins versus long-term investments. You can proceed with development while addressing critical constraints - the system doesn’t gate progress, it informs decisions. Can I customize the benchmark criteria?
Benchmarks auto-calibrate to your ICP category and current stage. Pre-revenue ventures face different scalability requirements than growth-stage companies. The system adjusts expectations automatically, but you can override tier settings through Skill Access configuration if your venture has unique technical requirements. How does sync work with my existing architecture?
The system monitors your Data Room for technical document changes and updates recommendations accordingly. You control sync frequency through pause/resume controls. Pending changes queue for review rather than auto-applying, so you maintain full control over architecture decisions. What if the AI misunderstands my tech stack?
Architecture analysis generates section-by-section recommendations you can review and edit. If the AI miscategorizes a technology or misses a constraint, edit the relevant Data Room section directly. The next sync cycle incorporates your corrections and refines future recommendations.
Troubleshooting
Architecture analysis shows “processing” for more than 5 minutesLarge Data Rooms with extensive technical documentation take longer to analyze. Check the Sync Status panel for current processing stage. If analysis exceeds 10 minutes, refresh the page - the system resumes from the last checkpoint. For recurring timeouts, reduce Data Room size by archiving deprecated documents. Readiness score decreased after uploading new documents
New documentation can reveal previously unknown technical debt or architectural constraints. The system recalculates scores when it detects gaps between stated architecture and implementation reality. Review the benchmark comparison to see which specific dimensions dropped and why. Sync keeps flagging the same section as “needs review”
This indicates a conflict between your documented architecture and stage requirements. Click into the pending change to see the specific recommendation. Either approve the suggested update or mark the section as “intentional deviation” to stop recurring flags. Stage adaptation fails with “insufficient context” error
Stage adaptation requires minimum documentation: technical specifications, infrastructure overview, and current deployment model. Upload these baseline documents to your Data Room first. The error message lists specific missing sections blocking adaptation.