Archify — Architecture Quality Review for VS Code

Know your codebase's real strengths and weaknesses — before they hit production.

Archify is an AI-powered architecture reviewer that scores your codebase across 72 quality attributes in 10 categories — scalability, security, reliability, maintainability, and more. Get an instant architecture health report with actionable insights, right inside VS Code.

Works with any LLM you already use — GitHub Copilot, Claude, Amazon Q, or any BYOK provider. No extra API keys needed.

How It Works

Open any project in VS Code
Click the Archify icon in the sidebar
Scan — Quick Scan (~30s) or Full Review (~2 min)
Explore your interactive architecture report

What You'll See

Architecture Dashboard

Your project's health at a glance — overall score with letter grade (A+ to F), score history across scans, and top findings prioritized by severity. One click to scan, review, or export.

Interactive Report

A 4-tab deep dive into your architecture:

Summary — Overall score with radar chart, AI-written executive summary, project stats, and quick wins you can ship today
Categories — 10 expandable cards. Drill into any of the 72 attributes to see exactly what was found, what's missing, and how to fix it
Findings — Every issue sorted by severity, with effort estimates and business impact. Fix, discuss, or dismiss — your call
Export — Download as JSON or CSV. Cloud sync coming soon

Chat Integration

Talk to Archify in GitHub Copilot Chat:

@archify /review    — Full architecture review
@archify /score     — Quick quality score
@archify /explain   — Plain-English architecture summary
@archify /deps file — Dependency map for any file

Also available as Copilot tool references: #archify_review, #archify_scan, #archify_deps

What Gets Evaluated

Archify analyzes 72 attributes across 10 categories — going far deeper than syntax or linting:

Category	What It Checks
Performance & Scale	Scalability, throughput, latency, caching, concurrency, elasticity
Reliability & Resilience	Fault tolerance, graceful degradation, idempotency, redundancy
Security & Compliance	Authentication, authorization, secret management, audit trails
Maintainability & Ops	Testability, observability, deployability, debuggability
User Experience	Accessibility, responsiveness, internationalization
Integration & Portability	API compatibility, modularity, extensibility
Efficiency	Resource usage, cost efficiency, reusability
Business Continuity	Disaster recovery, backup strategies
Code Architecture	Coupling, cohesion, separation of concerns, simplicity
DevOps & Evolution	Rollback support, reproducibility, evolvability

Attributes that don't apply to your project are automatically marked N/A.

Each attribute receives a score, grade, verified findings, gaps identified, and actionable suggestions.

Scoring

Grade	Score	Meaning
A	90–100	Excellent — well-architected
B	80–89	Good — minor improvements possible
C	70–79	Average — notable gaps
D	60–69	Below average — needs attention
F	0–59	Critical — significant risks

Works With Any LLM

Archify uses the VS Code Language Model API, so it works with whatever LLM you already have installed:

GitHub Copilot — works out of the box
Claude for VS Code — Anthropic's Claude models
Amazon Q — AWS AI assistant
Any BYOK extension — bring your own key

No separate API keys or accounts required for core functionality.

Security

API keys stored in OS keychain via VS Code SecretStorage
CSP-enforced webviews with cryptographic nonces
Workspace-scoped file access only
Formula injection protection on CSV exports

Archify Cloud (Coming Soon)

Shared team dashboards, quality trends over time, branch comparisons, and benchmarking. The extension works fully offline — cloud features are optional.

Requirements

VS Code 1.93.0+
Any LLM extension (GitHub Copilot, Claude, Amazon Q, or BYOK)

Feedback

Have a bug report or feature request? Reach out at dineshksaini.com or connect on LinkedIn.

License

MIT — Dinesh Kumar Saini