# Solution Designer

**Solution Designer** is an interactive tool for creating architectural representations of solutions built using the Palantir platform. It includes representations for first-party and third-party integration points, links to platform resources, and on-demand access to documentation and best practices.

![An example solution architecture built in Solution Designer.](../../../assets/d64e9b37b0e7f6af2f5e840073fd79c6c080532b22d187471b6e30723a6fd94f.webp)

Solution Designer enables you to:

* Draw inspiration from a collection of industry and technical patterns.
* Create the solution architecture for your project with intuitive step-by-step guidance.
* Showcase and compare various architectural proposals to reach a consensus on build plans and strategies.
* Investigate new products and features to understand how they interact with the rest of the platform.
* Review and validate your architecture with AI-powered analysis and recommendations.
* Generate implementation plans using AI to accelerate solution development.

![The reference architecture library in Solution Designer.](../../../assets/8144df722b76595494235727a0b6ed88a75825f671ad379d3f78dbffd8085e20.webp)

## Use cases

Use Solution Designer to work through a variety of use cases, including the following:

* **Platform discovery:**
  * Learn about platform components and how they interact with each other.
  * Explore a curated library of industry and technical reference architectures that you can leverage for your specific use cases.
  * Use [AIP Architect](../aip-architect/index.md) to generate workflow plans based on your requirements and receive AI-guided implementation recommendations.
* **Solution architecture development:**
  * Create diagrams from scratch by modifying reference patterns or importing existing resources.
  * Add comments or descriptions to each node and link in your workflow or use-case solution.
  * Build upon pre-existing solution diagrams within your organization.
  * Organize complex architectures with hierarchical grouping and nested structures.
* **Architecture review and validation:**
  * Use [AIP Critic](../aip-critic/index.md) to review your diagram through an interactive AI conversation.
  * Receive suggestions for improvements, alternative approaches, and best practices.
  * Validate that your architecture aligns with Palantir platform capabilities and patterns.
  * Export implementation plans as PDF documents for documentation and knowledge sharing.
* **Project collaboration and knowledge transfer:**
  * Link architectural discussions to specific applications and code.
  * Use solution diagrams for onboarding new team members, documenting ongoing or existing work, sharing project updates, and more.
  * Export diagrams as images or JSON to share with stakeholders.
  * Load [Data Lineage](../../data-lineage/overview/index.md) graphs to visualize existing data flows and enhance them with architectural context.