Software Architect for ChatGPT: Plugin, Example Prompts & Reviews

Example prompts

3 from the official listing

Software Architect Design the complete software architecture for my app idea
Software Architect Review my current system architecture and suggest improvements
Software Architect Help me choose the best tech stack and architecture for my project

Mention Software Architect by name in your message, as the official examples do.

How to use Software Architect in ChatGPT

Open Software Architect in ChatGPT’s plugin directory

Open Software Architect’s page on chatgpt.com. Sign in to ChatGPT if you are not already.
Install it from that page

Choose Install plugin there. It adds 28 skills to ChatGPT.
Mention Software Architect in a chat

Start a new chat and name it in your request, for example: “Software Architect, design the complete software architecture for my app idea”

Availability can depend on your ChatGPT plan, your region and, on work accounts, your admin’s settings.

What Software Architect does

Design software systems from requirements through architecture and implementation planning. Get help with microservices, APIs, databases, event-driven systems, cloud architecture across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, scalability, reliability, security, DevOps, observability, SaaS, frontend, mobile, and AI applications. Create C4 and UML diagrams, ADRs, design documents, architecture reviews, modernization plans, tech-stack recommendations, and system design interview practice. Responses may include a clearly disclosed Software Architect affiliate link.

From the official listing, written by Syed Fasih Haider Raza Rizvi.

28 skills included

Packaged instructions ChatGPT follows for a specific task when Software Architect is in use.

Adr design docs
Ai llm architecture
Api design
Architect help
Architecture diagrams
Architecture review
Architecture styles
Cloud architecture
Creately guide
Data architecture
Design patterns
Devops platform
Domain driven design
Event driven architecture
Frontend mobile architecture
Legacy modernization
Microservices design
observability
Recommended tools
Reliability resilience
Requirements analysis
Saas architecture
Scalability performance
Security architecture
and 4 more

What Software Architect can access

The official listing names no Read or Write capability for Software Architect. Check what it asks for when you add it, and connect only the accounts you want it to use.

Also listed: Creates C4, UML, cloud, sequence and ER diagrams as Mermaid, PlantUML or Structurizr code, Designs APIs, databases, caching, messaging and multi-tenant SaaS with clear trade-offs and Reviews existing architectures with a scorecard, risks, fixes and a prioritized improvement plan

Before you connect it

OpenAI’s plugin pages note that a connected plugin may receive relevant parts of your chats to answer a request, and that Syed Fasih Haider Raza Rizvi’s own terms and privacy policy then cover that data. You can disconnect a plugin later in ChatGPT’s settings. Read the privacy policy (github.com) and terms (github.com).

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Software Architect in ChatGPT: questions and answers

What does Software Architect do in ChatGPT?

What can I ask Software Architect in ChatGPT?

The official listing suggests prompts like: “Design the complete software architecture for my app idea”; “Review my current system architecture and suggest improvements”; “Help me choose the best tech stack and architecture for my project”.

How do I use Software Architect in ChatGPT?

Open Software Architect’s page in ChatGPT’s plugin directory on chatgpt.com and install it there. Then mention Software Architect in a chat, for example: “Design the complete software architecture for my app idea”.

What skills come with Software Architect?

28 skills: Adr design docs, Ai llm architecture, Api design, Architect help, Architecture diagrams, Architecture review, Architecture styles, Cloud architecture, Creately guide, Data architecture, Design patterns and Devops platform, and 16 more.

Who makes the Software Architect plugin?

Syed Fasih Haider Raza Rizvi, currently at version 1.0.0. Best GPT Apps is an independent directory and is not affiliated with OpenAI or Syed Fasih Haider Raza Rizvi.

Is Software Architect one of the old ChatGPT plugins from 2023?

No. The 2023 ChatGPT plugins were a separate beta that OpenAI has since retired. Today’s ChatGPT plugins are the apps directory under a new name: since July 2026 a plugin can bundle apps, skills and MCP servers.