Automates the creation and maintenance of comprehensive system architecture documentation and Mermaid diagrams.
The Architecture Documenter skill enables Claude to maintain accurate, reality-based documentation of your project's structure, infrastructure, and workflows within the docs/architecture/ directory. By prioritizing tool-based introspection over assumptions, it ensures your technical documentation—including a mandatory index and optional deep-dives into cloud, services, or CI/CD layouts—always reflects the current state of the codebase. It automatically generates Mermaid diagrams for visual clarity and keeps your root README in sync, making it an essential tool for maintaining technical transparency and reducing onboarding friction.
Key Features
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02Context-aware creation of specialized docs for cloud topology, CI/CD, and service architecture.
03Built-in support for Mermaid diagrams to visualize complex data flows and components.
04Tool-based system introspection to ensure documentation matches actual code and config.
05Automatic generation of a mandatory architecture index file as a central entry point.
06Automatic README synchronization to link high-level overviews to detailed architecture pages.
Use Cases
01Onboarding new developers by providing an instantly updated high-level system overview and visual map.
02Visualizing complex microservice interactions or cloud infrastructure deployment models.
03Maintaining an evergreen technical specification that evolves automatically alongside the codebase.
