c4-architecture-c4-architecture

c4-architecture-c4-architecture is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from hainamchung/agent-assistant. It costs 28 tokens per session (3,557 once invoked), scanned A, a copy of c4-architecture-c4-architecture, MIT.

A workflow for documenting an existing codebase with the C4 model, a way to describe software at four levels: its surrounding system, major applications, internal components, and code.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to analyze a repository from the code level upward and produce documentation for code, components, containers, and system context.
Why use it?
It turns detailed repository analysis into architecture documentation that both technical and non-technical stakeholders can understand.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

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

Good fit Use it to analyze a repository from the code level upward and produce documentation for code, components, containers, and system context.

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Install

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Any agent
npx skills add hainamchung/agent-assistant --skill c4-architecture-c4-architecture
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/hainamchung/agent-assistant

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Origin 98% copy Near-identical to another mod in the catalogue.
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Opus 5 $0.00014 $0.01778
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c4-architecture-c4-architecture scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 8d ago.

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98% identical to c4-architecture-c4-architecture — 12 lines differ, which has more behind it and is treated as the original. This page carries a canonical link to it rather than competing with it.

skills/c4-architecture-c4-architecture/SKILL.md · 393 lines

How it starts

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C4 Architecture Documentation Workflow

Generate comprehensive C4 architecture documentation for an existing repository/codebase using a bottom-up analysis approach.

[Extended thinking: This workflow implements a complete C4 architecture documentation process following the C4 model (Context, Container, Component, Code). It uses a bottom-up approach, starting from the deepest code directories and working upward, ensuring every code element is documented before synthesizing into higher-level abstractions. The workflow coordinates four specialized C4 agents (Code, Component, Container, Context) to create a complete architectural documentation set that serves both technical and non-technical stakeholders.]

Use this skill when

  • Working on c4 architecture documentation workflow tasks or workflows
  • Needing guidance, best practices, or checklists for c4 architecture documentation workflow

Do not use this skill when

  • The task is unrelated to c4 architecture documentation workflow
  • You need a different domain or tool outside this scope

Instructions

  • Clarify goals, constraints, and required inputs.
  • Apply relevant best practices and validate outcomes.
  • Provide actionable steps and verification.
  • If detailed examples are required, open resources/implementation-playbook.md.

Overview

This workflow creates comprehensive C4 architecture documentation following the official C4 model by:

  1. Code Level: Analyzing every subdirectory bottom-up to create code-level documentation
  2. Component Level: Synthesizing code documentation into logical components within containers
  3. Container Level: Mapping components to deployment containers with API documentation (shows high-level technology choices)
  4. Context Level: Creating high-level system context with personas and user journeys (focuses on people and software systems, not technologies)

Note: According to the C4 model, you don't need to use all 4 levels of diagram - the system context and container diagrams are sufficient for most software development teams. This workflow generates all levels for completeness, but teams can choose which levels to use.

Read the full file on GitHub · 393 lines

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  1. 8d ago First seen · 393 lines · 28 tokens per session scan A 6fe3a0d51354

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c4-architecture-c4-architecture is a skill published in the GitHub repository hainamchung/agent-assistant (54 stars, last pushed 3mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 28 tokens to every session and 3,557 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. It is 98% identical to c4-architecture-c4-architecture, differing in 12 lines, and is treated as a copy.

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