architecture-diagrams

architecture-diagrams is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts. It costs 41 tokens per session (689 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A guide for creating architecture diagrams with Mermaid, PlantUML, the C4 model, flowcharts, and sequence diagrams. These are text-based ways to show how software parts, data, and interactions fit together.

In plain words
What is it for?
Documenting services and components, data flows, request sequences, deployments, infrastructure, microservices, integrations, and database structures.
Why use it?
It helps turn a complex system into a maintainable visual explanation that developers can update alongside the system design.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Written for no agent in particular: nothing here depends on one.

Good fit Documenting services and components, data flows, request sequences, deployments, infrastructure, microservices, integrations, and database structures.

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skills/architecture-diagrams/SKILL.md · 111 lines

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Architecture Diagrams

Table of Contents

Overview

Create clear, maintainable architecture diagrams using code-based diagramming tools like Mermaid and PlantUML for system design, data flows, and technical documentation.

When to Use

  • System architecture documentation
  • C4 model diagrams
  • Data flow diagrams
  • Sequence diagrams
  • Component relationships
  • Deployment diagrams
  • Infrastructure architecture
  • Microservices architecture
  • Database schemas (visual)
  • Integration patterns

Quick Start

Minimal working example:

graph TB
    subgraph "Client Layer"
        Web[Web App]
        Mobile[Mobile App]
        CLI[CLI Tool]
    end

    subgraph "API Gateway Layer"
        Gateway[API Gateway<br/>Rate Limiting<br/>Authentication]
    end

    subgraph "Service Layer"
        Auth[Auth Service]
        User[User Service]
        Order[Order Service]
        Payment[Payment Service]
        Notification[Notification Service]
    end

    subgraph "Data Layer"
        UserDB[(User DB<br/>PostgreSQL)]
        OrderDB[(Order DB<br/>PostgreSQL)]
        Cache[(Redis Cache)]
        Queue[Message Queue<br/>RabbitMQ]
    end
// ... (see reference guides for full implementation)

Reference Guides

Detailed implementations in the references/ directory:

Guide Contents
System Architecture Diagram System Architecture Diagram
Sequence Diagram Sequence Diagram
C4 Context Diagram C4 Context Diagram
Component Diagram Component Diagram
Deployment Diagram Deployment Diagram
Data Flow Diagram Data Flow Diagram
Class Diagram Class Diagram
Component Diagram Component Diagram
Deployment Diagram Deployment Diagram

Read the full file on GitHub · 111 lines

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  1. 12d ago First seen · 111 lines · 41 tokens per session scan A 3896b896423c

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architecture-diagrams is a skill published in the GitHub repository aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts (338 stars, last pushed 6mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 41 tokens to every session and 689 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.

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