Need Reuse Assessment in Architecture Review
Tina needs a mechanism during architecture review that provokes teams to assess existing capabilities before proposing new ones.
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Persona Story:
Tina, the architect, needs a mechanism during solution design and architecture review that provokes teams to assess existing capabilities before proposing new ones.
Problem Context
- No repeatable processes, tooling, or mechanisms during solution design/intent phase
- Architecture review boards don’t have tools to check if proposed capabilities already exist
- CIO and managing director have called for efficiency through reuse
Problem Impact
- New solutions approved without systematic check for existing capabilities
- Architecture review becomes rubber stamp rather than reuse checkpoint
- Teams continue building redundant capabilities despite executive pressure to reuse
Naftiko Today
- Executable YAML capability specs create a machine-readable catalog of what already exists, giving architecture review boards a concrete inventory to check against
- Backstage Integration in Fleet provides a web UI where reviewers can browse existing capabilities via template scaffolding before approving new work
- Agent Skills exposure makes existing capabilities discoverable by both humans and AI agents, enabling automated “does this already exist?” checks during review
- JSON Schema validation and Spectral ruleset (15 rules) enforce consistent capability definitions so the catalog remains trustworthy for reuse assessment
Naftiko Tomorrow
- Capability scaffolding from existing APIs (Fleet Second Alpha) will auto-generate Naftiko specs from current API surfaces, making the existing landscape visible without manual cataloging
- Naftiko Shipyard MVP (Fleet Second Alpha) will provide a centralized capability registry purpose-built for discovery and reuse assessment
- OpenAPI-to-Naftiko import (Second Alpha) will lower the barrier to registering brownfield APIs into the reuse catalog
- Fabric capability discovery (v1.1) will enable cross-organizational reuse checks during architecture review