tractorjuice/arc-kit

The Enterprise Architecture Governance Harness — strategy, architecture, delivery, and assurance using AI coding assistants

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What you need to know

The Enterprise Architecture Governance Harness — an AI-assisted toolkit delivered as plugins/extensions for multiple coding agents (Claude Code primary) with 75 official slash commands covering strategy, design, delivery, assurance, UK government compliance, Wardley mapping, and procurement.

Install

Claude Code: /plugin marketplace add tractorjuice/arckit-claude, then claude plugin install arckit (requires Claude Code v2.1.219+)
Gemini CLI: gemini extensions install https://github.com/tractorjuice/arckit-gemini
GitHub Copilot / Codex CLI: pip install git+https://github.com/tractorjuice/arc-kit.git, then arckit init my-project --ai copilot|codex
Mistral Vibe: git clone + symlink the extension; Kimi Code CLI: /plugins install https://github.com/tractorjuice/arckit-kimi.git

Usage

  • Initialize a project: arckit init payment-modernization --ai codex
  • Run commands inside the assistant: /arckit:principles, /arckit:stakeholders, /arckit:requirements, /arckit:sobc, /arckit:risk
  • Procurement: /arckit:sow (RFP), /arckit:dos, /arckit:gcloud-search, /arckit:evaluate
  • Compliance: /arckit:tcop, /arckit:secure, /arckit:ai-playbook, /arckit:service-assessment, /arckit:jsp-936

Key features

  • 75 official cross-AI slash commands plus 15 community plugins (UK base + UAE, EU, FR, CA, AU, US, NHS, TOGAF ADM, AI-agent architecture overlays)
  • UK Government compliance: TCoP (13 points), GDS Service Standard, HM Treasury Orange Book risk, Green Book SOBC, Secure by Design, ATRS, MOD JSP 936
  • Bundled MCP servers for cloud research (AWS Knowledge, Microsoft Learn, Google Developer Knowledge), govreposcrape (24,500+ UK gov repos), and uk-tenders (677K contracting processes)
  • Wardley Mapping, Mermaid architecture diagrams, traceability, backlog generation, and documentation site publishing (docs/llms.txt)
  • Autonomous research agents, automation hooks (filename correction, project context injection, MCP auto-allow) on Claude Code

Best for

UK government / public-sector enterprise architects and AI-agent governance programs that need structured, AI-assisted governance artifacts with traceability.

Caveats

  • Claude Code is the primary platform (premier experience); developed and tested on Linux — Windows has limited support, use WSL2 or a devcontainer
  • Community-contributed overlays (EU/FR/CA/UAE/US/NHS) carry [COMMUNITY] markers, some citations flagged [NEEDS VERIFICATION], and outputs must be reviewed by qualified counsel/DPO/CISO
  • The arckit-uk-gcloud G-Cloud bid overlay is proprietary (non-MIT) and Claude Code only
  • Token footprint: ~10,042 tokens always-on per session; heavy commands (jsp-936 ~60K) can exceed the 32K output-token max on Free/Pro Claude plans (use Write-tool strategy or raise to 64K on Team/Enterprise)
Platforms: macOS · Linux · Windows (WSL2)Clients: Claude Code · Gemini CLI · GitHub Copilot (VS Code) · OpenAI Codex CLI · OpenCode CLI · Mistral Vibe CLI · Kimi Code CLI
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Reviewed 2026-08-07

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ai-agentsai-governancearchitecture-decision-recordsarchitecture-governancearckitclaude-codecodex-clicomplianceenterprise-architecturegemini-cligithub-copilotgovtechmcpmodel-context-protocolopencodeprocurementpublic-sectorrequirements-engineeringsoftware-architecturetraceability
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