Docs that never go stale

Keep your architecture docs in sync with your code

Your coding agent writes the architecture model straight into your repo and updates it as the code changes — so the docs are reviewed in your PRs and never drift out of date.

01Install the skill
terminal — bash
$ npx @tecture/skill@latest
02Run it in your coding agent
coding agent
/ architecture-docs
03View it

the skill writes the model · view it in VS Code or your browser

Watch the demo

How Tecture works

A short overview of Tecture mapping the Redis repo into a navigable architecture model.

demo · documenting redis repo architecture
The problem

Your architecture docs are out of date — and you know it

Architecture lives in your code, but the documentation lives somewhere else: a diagramming tool, a wiki, someone's head. The two drift apart the instant you ship.

FIG.01

Docs rot the moment you merge

Hand-drawn diagrams and wiki pages are stale by the next pull request. Nobody trusts them, so nobody updates them.

FIG.02

Onboarding takes weeks

New engineers reverse-engineer the architecture by reading code and asking around, because there's no accurate map of the system.

FIG.03

Refactors become guesswork

Without an up-to-date view of components and dependencies, every change risks breaking something nobody knew was connected.

How it works

Your agent writes the model. Tecture makes it navigable.

Tecture stores architecture as simple JSON and Markdown files inside your repo. Your coding agent writes the structure and descriptions, and you review them like any other code change. Open the same files in VS Code or the browser to explore your system as an interactive, multi-level diagram.

Your agent authors

Coding agent skill

Your agent reads the source and writes the architecture as JSON + Markdown, committed next to the code.

$ npx @tecture/skill@latest
File-based model · in your repo
manifest.json diagrams/system-context.json descriptions/api-server.md
You navigate

VS Code or browser

Opens those same files as an interactive, multi-level diagram you drill through — in the VS Code extension, or run npx @tecture/core to view it in any browser.

VS Code · or your browser
Quick tour

The architecture model, level by level

Real screenshots of Tecture mapping the Redis repo — the same model your agent generates for any codebase.

What you get
FIG.01

Agent-authored docs

Your coding agent reads the source and writes the architecture model as JSON and Markdown.

FIG.02

Repo-native files

The model lives beside the code, so it can be reviewed, versioned, and updated through normal development workflows.

FIG.03

Interactive architecture viewer

Explore components, dependencies, and descriptions in VS Code or any browser.

Get started

Keep your architecture in sync — starting with your next commit

Add the skill to your coding agent and the architecture model is generated, reviewed in your PRs, and kept current as your codebase evolves.

MIT
Open source
npm
@tecture/core
PR-native
Reviewed like code
terminal — bash
$ npx @tecture/skill@latest