verify-c3-1

Verify C3.1 — Architecture Depth

Criterion Definition

Level	Description
0	No in-repo architecture docs
1	System context documented (users, external systems)
2	Container/service level documented
3	Component level documented + critical flows documented

All documentation must live in-repo or be accessible via MCP to count.

Evidence to Gather

• Look for architecture documentation files at the project root and in a docs/ directory.
• Recursively scan documentation folders to find any architecture-related files.
• Check the README for architecture keywords or sections.
• Read any primary architecture document to assess its depth — does it cover system context, containers/services, components, or critical flows?
• Look deeper into the documentation to find any additional files that cover different levels of architecture detail (e.g., a context diagram in the README and a detailed container diagram in docs/architecture/).
• Do not assume that the presence of a single architecture file means all levels are covered — check the content to determine which levels are actually documented.

Instructions

Gather the evidence described above and determine the fulfillment level for C3.1.

Scoring guide:

• Level 0: No architecture documentation exists in the repo — no dedicated architecture file, no architecture section in the README, no diagrams.
• Level 1: System-context level documentation exists: who the users are, what external systems interact with this project, and the high-level purpose. A README paragraph or a simple context diagram qualifies.
• Level 2: Container or service-level documentation exists — shows the major services, processes, or containers that make up the system and how they interact (e.g., a C4 container diagram, a services overview, API boundary docs).
• Level 3: Component-level documentation exists (internal structure of individual services/containers) AND critical flows or sequence diagrams are documented (e.g., key request paths, authentication flow, data pipeline).

Report in exactly this format:

C3.1 — Architecture Depth

• Level: [0 / 1 / 2 / 3]
• Rationale: [one or two sentences citing the specific evidence]