Agent skill

Arch View

by aiskillstore in aiskillstore/marketplace

This skill should be used when the user asks to "generate architecture view", "show service dependency graph", "map request flows", "show event topology", "group services by domain", "visualize…

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Install Arch View

skills CLI
$ npx skills add aiskillstore/marketplace --skill arch-view -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install aiskillstore/marketplace arch-view --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/aiskillstore/marketplace.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/astrabit-cpt/arch-view .claude/skills/arch-view && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
arch-view
GitHub stars
430
Used in
1 other repo
Token cost
~1.9k tokens
SKILL.md length
474 words
Files
5 (incl. scripts, references)
Skills in repo
1,108
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

This skill should be used when the user asks to "generate architecture view", "show service dependency graph", "map request flows", "show event topology", "group services by domain", "visualize…

  • Works in 4 steps: Discover Repositories → Parallel Metadata Collection → Aggregate and Build Model → …
  • Asks to generate architecture view
  • SKILL.md covers Purpose, When to Use, Workflow and View Templates, plus 4 more sections
  • Runs Python scripts from its folder; calls python and gh

What it does

Arch View is an agent skill from aiskillstore/marketplace. This skill should be used when the user asks to "generate architecture view", "show service dependency graph", "map request flows", "show event topology", "group services by domain", "visualize architecture", or mentions cross-repository architecture analysis, service mapping, or architectural visualization.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.9k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 6 other files, including scripts and reference files (for example `references/view-templates.md`, `scripts/aggregate-metadata.py` and `scripts/generate-mermaid.py`).

It sits in Development, covering Diagrams. It works with Mermaid. The repository describes itself as: Security-audited skills for Claude, Codex & Claude Code. One-click install, quality verified.

When your agent uses it

  • Asks to generate architecture view
  • Show service dependency graph
  • Map request flows
  • Show event topology

Example prompts

  • “generate architecture view”
  • “show service dependency graph”
  • “map request flows”
  • “/arch-view”

Requirements

  • Python 3

Workflow steps

4 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Discover Repositories
  2. Parallel Metadata Collection
  3. Aggregate and Build Model
  4. Generate Requested View

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit ad8daf7. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Ships 2 files in scripts/ (Python), which the agent can run.

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • python
    • gh

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use gh, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Arch View loads about 1.9k tokens when it runs, and up to ~3.3k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 80 tokens; SKILL.md has 474 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~80
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.9k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~3.3k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 474 words (~1,912 tokens).

“Generate cross-repository architectural views by aggregating catalog-info.yaml metadata from all repositories using parallel subagents.”

— opening of SKILL.md by aiskillstore
name
arch-view
version
1.0.0

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 4 other files (scripts, references) in skills/astrabit-cpt/arch-view of aiskillstore/marketplace.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/view-templates.md
  • scripts/aggregate-metadata.py
  • scripts/generate-mermaid.py
  • skill-report.json

Open the folder on GitHubat commit ad8daf7

Used in 1 other repository

We found 1 copy of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in aiskillstore/marketplace, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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Questions about Arch View

What does Arch View do?

This skill should be used when the user asks to "generate architecture view", "show service dependency graph", "map request flows", "show event topology", "group services by domain", "visualize…. Arch View is an agent skill from aiskillstore/marketplace. This skill should be used when the user asks to "generate architecture view", "show service dependency graph", "map request flows", "show event topology", "group services by domain", "visualize architecture", or mentions cross-repository architecture analysis, service mapping, or architectural visualization.

When should I use Arch View?

Arch View fits situations like: asks to generate architecture view; show service dependency graph; map request flows; show event topology.

How do I install Arch View in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add aiskillstore/marketplace --skill arch-view -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/astrabit-cpt/arch-view in aiskillstore/marketplace) into .claude/skills/arch-view in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Arch View in Codex?

Run `npx skills add aiskillstore/marketplace --skill arch-view -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/astrabit-cpt/arch-view in aiskillstore/marketplace) into .agents/skills/arch-view in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Arch View in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add aiskillstore/marketplace --skill arch-view -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/arch-view, .gemini/skills/arch-view, .github/skills/arch-view and .opencode/skills/arch-view in your project.

What does Arch View need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Arch View needs Python for the scripts in its folder and the command-line tools its instructions call (python and gh). Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does Arch View access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use gh, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Arch View safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.

What licence does Arch View use?

No licence was found for Arch View or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Arch View use?

About 1.9k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 7.6k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 1.4k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Arch View?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Arch View: Archify Diagrams (tt-a1i/archify, 79k stars), Diagram Design (cathrynlavery/diagram-design, 45k stars), Draw.io Diagram Studio (Agents365-ai/drawio-skill, 10k stars) and Code Graph Mermaid Diagrams (trailofbits/skills, 7.4k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Arch View?

aiskillstore (a GitHub organization) maintains it in aiskillstore/marketplace, which has 430 GitHub stars. The repository holds 1,108 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.

Source: aiskillstore/marketplace on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.