Archify Skill for Coding Agents · tt-a1i

What it is, and what it is not

You describe a system in plain words, or point your agent at a repository, and Archify has the agent write a typed source, validate it, and deliver one HTML file. Upstream lists ten diagram types (architecture, workflow, sequence, data flow, lifecycle, ERD, class, tree, timeline, waterfall) plus a one-page explainer. The output is a communication artifact for people. Upstream says it is not a general-purpose drawing editor or a Mermaid theme, and hosted sharing is outside its scope.

What you get: one HTML file

One .html file

Self-contained: open it in a browser, send it to someone, and the interactions go with it. No Archify install needed to view.

Explore

Focus a node, trace upstream or downstream, probe a route between two parts, present full-screen.

Dark / light

Switch theme and visual style from the viewer (T and S keys).

Export

The Export menu copies or downloads PNG, WebP or JPG images and share cards; print to PDF from the browser.

Install from the terminal

Commands follow the upstream README and llms.txt at commit a4065941f12b (fetched 31 Oct 2026). AgentSkillsDir has not run them in any assistant yet.

llms.txt first lists the package, which installs nothing. Continue only if it shows exactly one skill named archify:

Then install for your assistant. The command is the same for each; only the --agent id changes:

• Claude Code

  --agent claude-code
  npx -y skills@latest add https://archify.si --skill archify --agent claude-code --global --copy --yesCopy

  Lands in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ (project).

• Codex CLI

  --agent codex
  npx -y skills@latest add https://archify.si --skill archify --agent codex --global --copy --yesCopy

  Lands in ~/.agents/skills/ (global) or .agents/skills/ (project).

• Cursor

  --agent cursor
  npx -y skills@latest add https://archify.si --skill archify --agent cursor --global --copy --yesCopy

  The README gives this exact command for Cursor; the installer reports the folder it wrote.

• OpenCode

  --agent opencode
  npx -y skills@latest add https://archify.si --skill archify --agent opencode --global --copy --yesCopy

  Lands in ~/.config/opencode/skills/, .opencode/skills/ or .agents/skills/.

• GitHub Copilot

  --agent github-copilot
  npx -y skills@latest add https://archify.si --skill archify --agent github-copilot --global --copy --yesCopy

  Listed as a switcher id in llms.txt; not in the README install table.

• Project only: drop --global. Several assistants at once: repeat --agent. --copy writes files instead of symlinks.
• If the installer reports a conflict with existing files in an archify folder, upstream says to stop and keep those files rather than delete them.

Try it without installing

The short form you may have seen

Some write-ups quote the shorter skills CLI form below. It is not in the upstream README, which installs from archify.si as shown above. Prefer the README command; AgentSkillsDir has not run either yet.

npx skills add tt-a1i/archify -g

Check the install

Upstream’s check runs from the folder the installer reported (a global copy often sits in a skills/archify folder your agent already scans; a project copy often in .agents/skills/archify):

Minimal flow

From the upstream README; AgentSkillsDir has not generated a diagram with it yet.

1. Install the skill for your assistant (agent prompt or the command above), then run doctor.
2. Describe a system in plain words, or open a repository and ask for a high-level runtime architecture diagram.
3. Open the standalone .html it delivers in any browser; refine in chat (“add Redis”, “highlight the rollback path”).

The README’s first example prompt:

Use Archify to diagram a web request: Browser calls the API,
the API checks Redis, and a cache miss queries PostgreSQL and fills the cache.

No repository is required. For a source-backed map, open a repository and ask the agent to analyze it and draw a high-level runtime architecture with 8–12 core components.

Staying up to date

Archify never installs updates by itself. When a newer stable release is out, recent installs add a short notice after a diagram is delivered, with the release notes link, and the agent asks whether you want help updating; you decide when. Upstream also suggests GitHub Watch → Custom → Releases for notifications. ARCHIFY_UPDATE_CHECK_DISABLED=1 turns the reminder check off.

Archify or Graphify?

They do different jobs. Archify gives people an interactive architecture HTML to read and share. Graphify turns a project folder into a knowledge graph your agent queries with /graphify. Pick Archify to show a system to a teammate; pick Graphify when your agent needs to understand a whole codebase.

Before you install

• This is third-party code that adds instructions and a Node CLI to your assistant. Read SKILL.md and the source before you install it.
• Listing is not a security review. AgentSkillsDir has not reviewed this code.
• Upstream notes that third-party online services and paid plans under similar names are run by their own providers and do not represent Archify.

FAQ

Related

• Browse all Claude skills in the directory
• Graphify skill: a knowledge graph for your agent
• Read the official llms.txt install steps

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