Lecture 6 · AI-assisted Software Architecture

Agentic Architecting

Using agents to support software architecture work and architectural knowledge.

19 October 2026

Overview

This lecture introduces agentic approaches to software architecture, including architectural knowledge management, design decisions, and the role of human judgment in reviewing architectural work.

Class materials

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Further reading

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  • Dhar, R., Vaidhyanathan, K. and Varma, V. (2024). “Can LLMs generate architectural design decisions? An exploratory empirical study.” 2024 IEEE 21st International Conference on Software Architecture (ICSA), pp. 79–89. IEEE.
  • Dhar, R., Vaidhyanathan, K. and Varma, V. (2024). “Leveraging generative AI for architecture knowledge management.” 2024 IEEE 21st International Conference on Software Architecture Companion (ICSA-C), pp. 163–166. IEEE.
  • Gupta, A., Dhar, R., Feitosa, D. and Vaidhyanathan, K. (2026). “Context Matters: Evaluating Context Strategies for Automated ADR Generation Using LLMs.” arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.03826. EASE 2026.
  • Arun, S., Tedla, M. and Vaidhyanathan, K. (2025). “LLMs for generation of architectural components: An exploratory empirical study in the serverless world.” 2025 IEEE 22nd International Conference on Software Architecture (ICSA), pp. 25–36. IEEE.

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