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Generate detailed architectural descriptions of IT systems from short prompts. Produces structured output with overview, components list, connections/integrations, and ASCII diagrams with annotated arrows. Use when user asks to describe, explain, or document architecture of any IT system - specific platforms (Camunda, Kafka, Kubernetes), cloud services (AWS, GCP, Azure), databases, microservices, or custom systems.
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Slash command
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Generate structured IT architecture descriptions with ASCII diagrams.
Generate structured IT architecture descriptions with ASCII diagrams.
Use box-drawing characters:
┌──────────────┐
│ Component │
└──────────────┘
Arrow styles with annotations:
─────▶ unidirectional
◀────▶ bidirectional
──┬── split/branch
──┴── merge/join
Annotate arrows with protocol and purpose:
┌─────────┐ REST/get orders ┌─────────┐
│ Service │────────────────────▶│ API │
└─────────┘ └─────────┘
┌─────────┐ gRPC/stream jobs ┌─────────┐
│ Worker │◀────────────────────│ Broker │
└─────────┘ └─────────┘
Vertical connections:
┌──────────┐
│ Source │
└────┬─────┘
│ JDBC/write
▼
┌──────────┐
│ DB │
└──────────┘
Prompt: "Describe Camunda 8 architecture"
Camunda 8 is a cloud-native process orchestration platform built on a distributed architecture. The core consists of Zeebe (workflow engine with brokers and gateway), operational tools (Operate, Tasklist, Optimize), and supporting infrastructure (Elasticsearch, Identity).
┌───────────────────┐ gRPC/start process ┌─────────────────┐
│ Client │───────────────────────────▶│ Zeebe Gateway │
│ Applications │ └────────┬────────┘
└───────────────────┘ │
│ gRPC/route
┌───────────────────┐ gRPC/poll & complete ▼
│ Workers │◀──────────────────────────▶┌─────────────────┐
└───────────────────┘ │ Zeebe Broker │
│ Cluster │
│ ┌─────┬─────┐ │
│ │ B1 ◀─▶ B2 │ │
│ └──┬──┴──┬──┘ │
│ └──▶B3◀┘ │
│ Raft/replicate│
└────────┬────────┘
│
HTTP/export │
records ▼
┌───────────────┐ ┌────────────────────┐
│ Identity │──OAuth2/auth──────────────▶│ Elasticsearch │
│ (Keycloak) │ └─────────┬──────────┘
└───────┬───────┘ │
│ │ HTTP/query
│ OAuth2/auth ▼
│ ┌─────────────────────────────┐
└───────────────────────────▶│ Operate Tasklist Optimize│
└─────────────────────────────┘
For common systems (Kafka, Kubernetes, Redis, etc.), see references/architectures.md for component lists and typical connection patterns.
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