Architecture Review Checklist

Use this checklist for material architecture, governance, publication, SDK, or demo changes.

Governance

• [ ] RFC opened for material architecture changes
• [ ] ADR updates applied for accepted architecture changes
• [ ] ADR/RFC status updates synchronized
• [ ] Release governance impacts assessed

Security and Trust

• [ ] Identity and authority implications reviewed
• [ ] Policy-before-execution implications reviewed
• [ ] Least-privilege and capability-scope principles preserved
• [ ] Fail-closed behavior preserved
• [ ] Continuous verification and revocation impact reviewed
• [ ] Incident containment implications reviewed

Documentation Synchronization

• [ ] Diagrams updated where affected
• [ ] Threat model and control mapping aligned
• [ ] Pattern library and reference examples aligned
• [ ] Glossary updated for new terms
• [ ] MkDocs navigation updated for new pages

Release and Publication

• [ ] Changelog/release notes updated where needed
• [ ] Public claims are bounded and accurate
• [ ] No sensitive or proprietary disclosures
• [ ] Hugging Face/GitHub Pages implications reviewed

Validation

• [ ] Markdown lint
• [ ] Link checks
• [ ] MkDocs strict build
• [ ] Mermaid validation
• [ ] SDK lint/type/test (if impacted)
• [ ] Demo validation (if impacted)
• [ ] Secret-pattern scan