DGS performs best when the user provides a real problem boundary instead of a vague request. The intake is not bureaucracy. It is what allows the engine to produce architecture that can actually be reviewed and used.
A strong architecture review intake usually includes the following.
- Problem statement.
- Domain.
- Current attempts.
- Constraints.
- Available data.
- Desired decision.
- Success criteria.
- Failure criteria.
- Validation options.
The more clearly the user defines the operational question, the less likely the output is to collapse into generic abstraction or surface-level prose.