C4 Architecture

C4 Architecture is an AI Engineering skill for Claude Code, published by devton in agentic-workflow-blueprint.

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Install C4 Architecture

Copy C4 Architecture into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.

terminal

npx degit https://github.com/devton/agentic-workflow-blueprint/tree/main/workflows/c4-architecture ~/.claude/skills/c4-architecture

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only — not the rest of the repository — into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/devton/agentic-workflow-blueprint.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file: workflows/c4-architecture/SKILL.md in devton/agentic-workflow-blueprint
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/c4-architecture
Collection: One of 26 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: AI Engineering — 2451 skills

What C4 Architecture does

C4 Architecture produces audience-appropriate architecture documentation using the C4 model and Mermaid diagrams. Use it to document context, container, component, deployment, or dynamic views with narrative context and traceable evidence.

C4 Architecture is cataloged under AI Engineering on DirSkills.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

Applies to: architecture documentation generation (context/container/component/deployment/dynamic views).
Does not cover: implementation of system changes described by diagrams.

Triggers

"Generate C4 architecture diagrams"
"Document system architecture with Mermaid"
"Create context/container/component views"
"Produce deployment architecture documentation"

Inputs

This is the opening of the README. Read the full README on GitHub.

Frequently asked about C4 Architecture

What else does devton publish alongside C4 Architecture?
C4 Architecture is one of 26 skills that DirSkills catalogs from devton/agentic-workflow-blueprint, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include Agentic Workflow Blueprint, Analyzing Kubernetes Audit Logs and Brainstorming. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way C4 Architecture does, and is maintained by devton in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the devton/agentic-workflow-blueprint page.
How does C4 Architecture compare to other AI Engineering skills?
C4 Architecture ranks #2269 by stars among the 2451 AI Engineering skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Architecture Decision Records, AI-First Engineering and Agentic OS. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of C4 Architecture against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.