Architect is an open source serverless framework that lets developers define application architecture using concise, declarative manifests, then build, test, and deploy those applications to AWS. It focuses on AWS-native services such as Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, and S3, while providing strong local development and offline workflows. Architect sits at the application framework layer, abstracting infrastructure complexity while remaining close to AWS primitives, making it suitable for teams building production serverless web applications without adopting heavy multi-cloud abstractions.