Archify

Archify is a free tool that converts text descriptions into clearly structured architecture diagrams in seconds, supports dark mode and multiple themes, allows upstream and downstream tracing of process nodes, and supports export and sharing.

Archify consists of three core components: Renderer, rendering rules, and Skill (skill/specification files).

Archify supports multiple chart types including flowcharts and Journey Maps.

Charts generated by Archify are interactive, supporting zoom in and zoom out operations, and provide two themes: day mode and night mode.

Archify supports exporting charts in multiple formats such as images and cards.

Archify generates interactive charts in HTML format.

Archify encapsulates drawing rules into Skills, enabling Agents to invoke the renderer according to a unified specification to produce charts while generating code.

When using Archify, the model is only responsible for understanding the project structure and outputting compliant descriptions, while aesthetics, layout, and interactivity are guaranteed by Archify's rendering layer.

Archify is a drawing infrastructure for AI Agents, not a drawing software for direct human use.

The author states that even models with relatively ordinary capabilities can generate very attractive diagrams with the help of Archify.

If an AI agent fabricates dependency relationships, no matter how beautifully Archify renders them, factual correctness cannot be guaranteed, and therefore manual review is required.

The Archify rendering tool itself requires no subscription fees, but AI agent calls may still incur API costs, and running multiple sub-agents increases expenses.

Archify is an open-source architecture diagram generation tool under the MIT license, designed specifically for AI programming agents; it reads system descriptions to help coding agents generate interactive HTML diagrams and has built-in validation rules.

When using Archify, it is recommended to prioritize precise single-task instructions; parallel work is only valuable when dealing with independent issues such as architecture and sequencing.

Archify supports five diagram types: architecture diagrams, workflow diagrams, sequence diagrams, data flow diagrams, and lifecycle diagrams.

Archify's underlying layer relies on Mermaid or a similar declarative diagram rendering engine, using a JSON specification as an intermediate layer to convert structured descriptions into SVG vector graphics.

Archify adopts a complete generate-validate-repair closed loop, divided into three phases: specification generation, rendering validation, and automatic repair.

After reading the specification and before rendering, Archify performs up to 9 artifact checks, including SVG structure, geometric relationship correctness, crossing path handling, label and node spacing, and legend layout rationality.

In actual testing, the workflow diagram's label width exceeded the node (requiring 1002 pixels but only 92 pixels available), and the agent automatically widened the node to 1032 pixels and adjusted the layout.

Although the initially generated sequence diagram passed build validation, overflow occurred on all four desktop sizes (the actual page height on a 1440×900 page reached 1200 pixels).