The problem with traditional architecture governance
Enterprise architecture suffers from scattered documents, inconsistent enforcement, manual vendor evaluation, lost traceability, and stale documentation that doesn’t match reality.
Template-Driven Quality
Comprehensive templates ensure nothing is forgotten across 54 commands covering the entire architecture lifecycle.
Systematic Workflows
Clear processes from requirements → procurement → design review with enforced dependencies and traceability.
AI Assistance
Let AI handle document generation while you focus on decisions. Works with Claude Code, Gemini CLI, Codex, and OpenCode.
Quick start
Get up and running with ArcKit in minutes
1
Install ArcKit CLI
Install using pip or uv for your Python environment:
# Install with pippip install git+https://github.com/tractorjuice/arc-kit.git# Or with uvuv tool install arckit-cli --from git+https://github.com/tractorjuice/arc-kit.git
For Claude Code users, install the plugin instead:
This creates the project structure with templates, scripts, and AI assistant commands.
3
Establish architecture principles
Start your AI assistant and create governance principles:
codex
Then inside your AI assistant:
/arckit.principles Create principles for a financial services company
ArcKit will generate comprehensive principles covering cloud strategy, security frameworks, technology standards, and FinOps governance.
4
Build your first requirements document
Create detailed requirements for your first project:
/arckit.requirements Build a payment processing system with PCI-DSS compliance
This generates business requirements (BR), functional requirements (FR), non-functional requirements (NFR), integration requirements (INT), and data requirements (DR).