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Design Fidelity Metrics.
None exist anywhere else.

rkito introduced these metrics to software engineering. No code quality tool, CI pipeline, static analysis platform, or architecture diagramming product produces these numbers. They measure design conformance — the degree to which a codebase's evolution conforms to its architectural intent.

35+ metrics6 layersFirst published 2026
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Design Conformance Score
No other tool measures PR-level design conformance.
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Agent-Introduced Drift Rate
No other platform tracks AI-induced architectural drift.
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Design Health Score
No other system produces a board-reportable architecture number.
Layer 1

Intent Health

Does this org have a defined governance model?

SCS
SCS
Steering Completeness Score
Are all 7 governance artifact categories present?
CTOArchitect
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GD
GD
Governance Depth
How many architectural rules are machine-readable and enforced on every PR?
ArchitectCTO
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SF
SF
Steering Freshness
Is governance current or quietly abandoned?
Architect
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VPA
VPA
Vision-Pillar Alignment
Are pillars connected to a stated purpose?
Architect
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Layer 2

Pillar Health

Is each architectural domain actively stewarded?

PCR
PCR
Pillar Conformance Rate
Pass rate of Lens evaluations per architectural domain.
CSOArchitectVP Eng
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PDT
PDT
Pillar Drift Trend
Is a domain getting better or worse sprint-over-sprint?
VP EngArchitect
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PDRP
PDRP
PR Degradation Rate per Pillar
Is drift concentrated in one team or systemic?
VP Eng
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LPP
LPP
Lenses per Pillar
How deeply is each domain covered?
Architect
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PSI
PSI
Pillar Staleness Index
Days since a pillar was last updated.
Architect
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Layer 3

Conformance Health

Are changes conforming to design intent?

DCS
DCS
Design Conformance Score
% of PRs that passed all Lens checks. The headline metric.
CTOVP EngArchitect
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IFR
IFR
Intent-First Rate
% of PRs with design approved before the first commit.
VP EngArchitectProduct
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UDR
UDR
Ungoverned Drift Rate
% of structural changes with no approved Change Intention.
CTOCSOSRE
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ABR
ABR
Audit Block Rate
% of audits that actively blocked a PR from merging.
Architect
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MTTCD
MTTCD
Mean Time to Change Decision
Average time from blocked PR to resolution.
ProductSREVP Eng
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ADI
ADI
Architecture Drift Index
Normalised 0.0–1.0 measure of drift severity.
Architect
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Layer 4

Design Health Score

A single number for org-level architectural health

DHS
DHS
Design Health Score
Weighted composite of DCS, ADI, IFR, UDR. The board-reportable metric.
CTO
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DHS is the only architecture metric designed for board-level reporting. It synthesises all other layers into a single number — governance, conformance, drift, and intent-first rate — giving executives a reliable signal without requiring them to interpret individual metrics.

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Layer 5

Agentic Workflow Health

The metrics the agentic era requires

AHCR
AHCR
Agent vs Human Conformance Rate
Differential: do agents conform better or worse than humans?
CTOArchitect
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ADRIFT
ADRIFT
Agent-Introduced Drift Rate
% of agent PRs that produced ungoverned drift.
CTOCSOSRE
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AIFI
AIFI
Agent Intent-First Index
% of agent PRs with CHI approved before first commit.
VP Eng
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MCPCAR
MCPCAR
MCP Context Access Rate
% of agent PRs where rkito MCP was queried before coding.
Architect
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LSCR
LSCR
Lens Satisfaction Before Commit Rate
% of agents that loaded Lenses and produced zero violations.
Architect
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MACCR
MACCR
Multi-Agent CHI Collision Rate
% of concurrent agent sessions with overlapping CHI scope.
VP Eng
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AGVR
AGVR
Agent Governance Bypass Rate
% of agent PRs merged with no CDA evaluation.
CTOCSO
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rkito is the only platform that measures agentic architectural risk. These metrics don't exist anywhere else.

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