AI Agents in Support of Software Design and Architecture: Systematic Literature Review Protocol
Year: 2026
Type: review
Abstract: Protocol for a systematic literature review characterising the state ofthe art of LLM-based agents applied to software design and architecture,from two perspectives: the software engineering tasks addressed and theinternal architecture of the agents. The review follows Kitchenham andCharters (2007) with a hybrid search strategy and iterative snowballing(Wohlin, 2014), and is compatible with the PRISMA 2020 workflow. The search string was frozen on 10 July 2026 after achieving 100%sensitivity against a quasi-gold standard of 15 studies. This record is deposited before the screening phase begins. Subsequentamendments are published as new versions of this same record, preservingthe complete version history.
Authors: Júnior, Ramiro de Vasconcelos dos Santos, Xavier, Éder Vinicius Ferreira, Santana, Enio Garcia Junior, Araújo, Isis Ariele Duarte, Marçal, Matheus Costa Pinto, Rocha, Thiago Conte, Almeida, Eduardo Santana, Cacho, Nelio Alessandro Azevedo, Machado, Ivan do Carmo, Batista, Thais Vasconcelos, Garcia, Vinicius Cardoso
Language: English
Subfield: Information Systems
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7202261998