Architecture Governance

architecture-governance Skill

Architecture is not a document; it's a constraint system checked by CI/CD.

1. Fitness Functions (Automated Tests)

Write tests that verify your architecture, not just your logic.

• Layering: "Classes in Domain should not depend on Infrastructure."
• Cycles: "No circular dependencies between slices."
• Naming: "All Interfaces should start with I" (if that's your rule).
• Inheritance: "All Domain Events must implement IDomainEvent."

2. Tools

• Java/Kotlin: ArchUnit.
• .NET: NetArchTest.
• TypeScript: dependency-cruiser or custom ESLint rules (see agentic-linter).
• PHP: PHPArkitect or Deptrac.

3. Examples (Pseudocode)

describe('Architecture', () => {
  it('Domain layer should not import Infrastructure', () => {
    const violations = analyzeImports()
      .from('src/domain')
      .to('src/infrastructure');
    expect(violations).toBeEmpty();
  });

  it('All Use Cases should end with UseCase', () => {
    const useCases = classes.in('src/application').thatImplement('IUseCase');
    expect(useCases).toHaveNameEndingWith('UseCase');
  });
});

4. Governance Policy

• Breaking the Build: Architecture violations are treated as compilation errors.
• Waivers: If you must break a rule, it requires an ADR and a specific // eslint-disable comment with the ticket number.