Architecture diagrams that show the boundaries

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A diagram should help someone answer a concrete question. Start with what calls what, and who owns each responsibility.

Choose one level of detail before drawing. A system overview and a deployment diagram answer different questions.

In Arc, nodes and connectors live in typed diagram data. Labels and reusable connector styles describe the relationships.

For example, show a client, an API, and a database. Label the request path and the data access.

Keep the configuration beside the code it explains. A text diff lets reviewers inspect diagram changes alongside implementation changes.

A clean diagram is still a claim. Check every arrow and boundary against the current system.

Name the scope, label the connections, and review the diagram. Use Arc to keep the explanation editable.

Educational diagrams with synthesized English narration. Captions are included in the picture; the optional caption track repeats the same text.

Try the explanation

• Arc: diagrams as code
• Arc diagram configuration
• Explore agent protocol boundaries

Sources

Reviewed 2026-10-02. The diagrams illustrate the documented model; they are not a recording of a live agent run.

• Arc README and typed diagram example
• Arc diagram schema
• Arc architecture documentation
• C4 model: container diagram scope and deployment distinction

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