Architecture Decision Review: Spot Risks and Trade-offs Fast
Asked Jun 17, 2026Modified 2 days agoViewed 10 timesWorks with: Claude 3.7 Sonnet, GPT-4o, Gemini 1.5 Pro
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Evaluates system architecture proposals by surfacing risks, trade-offs, and alternatives you may have missed.
- Compatible models:
- Claude 3.7 Sonnet, GPT-4o, Gemini 1.5 Pro
- Category:
- Coding
Evaluates system architecture proposals by surfacing risks, trade-offs, and alternatives you may have missed. Use it before committing to a technical direction or during design reviews when you need structured, critical feedback.
I am designing the architecture for [describe the system: e.g. 'a real-time notification service for a SaaS platform with 50k daily active users']. My proposed approach is: [describe your architecture]. The constraints are: [list constraints — team size, existing stack, latency requirements, budget, scaling needs]. Identify the top 3 risks in this architecture, explain the trade-off I am making with each, and suggest one alternative approach I may not have considered. Be specific — reference actual failure modes, not abstract concerns.
Source: https://chatsmith.io/blogs/prompt/claude-prompts-for-software-engineering-00220
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120rep · asked Jun 17, 2026
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