Question-first diagramming
Choose the question.
Get the right diagram.
Describe what your audience needs to understand. Archify recommends one bounded visual recipe—plus the evidence it must contain, when not to use it, and a prompt you can copy.
11real-world
recipes
recipes
5typed diagram
modes
modes
0runtime
dependencies
dependencies
What must the diagram explain?
Write a situation, not a diagram type. Specific system facts produce a stronger recommendation.
Recipe library
Eleven small, opinionated starting points.
Each recipe answers one technical question. That boundary keeps the result legible, reviewable, and honest about missing evidence.