Is the Archscribe skill free?

Yes. The skill itself is free from lazypay/Archscribe. SkillProof publishes the install command and an independent test verdict at no cost.

What is the Archscribe SkillProof Score?

9.6/10 — installs cleanly 5/5, triggers reliably 5/5, output vs. baseline 9/10, docs & honesty 5/5.

How do I install Archscribe?

Copy the install command from this page, run it in your terminal, and restart Claude Code. Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ inside a project.

Can I use Archscribe with Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Codex or other AI tools?

The SKILL.md format is native to Claude (Claude Code, Desktop, claude.ai). The instructions inside adapt to other assistants: Cursor rules, GitHub Copilot instructions, Windsurf rules, Custom GPTs, AGENTS.md for OpenAI Codex, and GEMINI.md for Google Gemini CLI — our conversion guides cover each, and the free converter on the tools page does the wrapping for you.

Archscribe

Hand-drawn architecture diagrams: animated GIF, PNG, SVG, editable Excalidraw

by lazypay · lazypay/Archscribe

Tested · Works

Install — copy the command Download source ↗

Test report

Verdict: Tested · Works
Score: 9.6/10
Tested: Jul 17, 2026
Environment: Claude Code 2.x (agent harness)
Upstream re-checked: Jul 30, 2026 · 58dc7c9

⚠ This skill is no longer available upstream. Our re-check on Aug 10, 2026 couldn't find it any more (SKILL.md not found in repo tree). The test below is what we measured on Jul 17, 2026 and we're leaving it up as a record — but there is nothing left to install, so we've removed the command.

Rendered a real 8-node RAG-pipeline graph from a JSON spec: got a genuinely polished hand-drawn neon PNG, a 3.5 MB animated GIF and an editable .excalidraw file, with the retry edge correctly drawn as a dashed loop return channel and per-node semantic icons. The bundled doctor.py, --validate-only and --check gates all worked as documented, and the Pillow fallback kicked in exactly as SKILL.md promises when Playwright is absent (pip install of 2 packages was the only setup). The result beats any static SVG or Mermaid diagram producible without it in the same time; MP4/SVG/HTML formats need the optional Chromium install and were not tested.

Scored on four weighted criteria — install, triggering, output vs. baseline, docs. How scoring works

Installs cleanly 5/5
Triggers reliably 5/5
Output vs. baseline 9/10
Docs & honesty 5/5

What Archscribe does

Turns a system description or process into premium hand-drawn architecture, workflow and swimlane diagrams in a dark neon or light paper style. A spec-driven Python renderer outputs PNG, animated GIF/MP4, SVG, interactive HTML and editable Excalidraw sources, with a doctor script, spec validation and layout checks built in. Triggers on requests for hand-drawn or Excalidraw-style architecture diagrams, animated flow diagrams and swimlanes.

How to install Archscribe

Nothing to install: the source repository no longer has this skill. If the author brings it back, our daily re-check will pick it up and the command will reappear here.

Commands — how to trigger Archscribe

/archscribe Hand-drawn architecture diagrams: animated GIF, PNG, SVG, editable Excalidraw

It also activates on plain-language prompts like these:

Draw a hand-drawn architecture diagram of my RAG pipeline
Make an animated GIF showing this workflow's retry loop
Generate an editable Excalidraw diagram of this system

Frequently asked questions

Is the Archscribe skill free?: Yes. The skill itself is free from lazypay/Archscribe. SkillProof publishes the install command and an independent test verdict at no cost.
Does Archscribe work with Claude Code?: We tested it with Claude Code 2.x (agent harness) on Jul 17, 2026. Verdict: Tested · Works. Rendered a real 8-node RAG-pipeline graph from a JSON spec: got a genuinely polished hand-drawn neon PNG, a 3.5 MB animated GIF and an editable .excalidraw file, with the retry edge correctly drawn as a dashed loop return channel and per-node semantic icons. The bundled doctor.py, --validate-only and --check gates all worked as documented, and the Pillow fallback kicked in exactly as SKILL.md promises when Playwright is absent (pip install of 2 packages was the only setup). The result beats any static SVG or Mermaid diagram producible without it in the same time; MP4/SVG/HTML formats need the optional Chromium install and were not tested.
What is the Archscribe SkillProof Score?: 9.6/10 — installs cleanly 5/5, triggers reliably 5/5, output vs. baseline 9/10, docs & honesty 5/5.
How do I install Archscribe?: Copy the install command from this page, run it in your terminal, and restart Claude Code. Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ inside a project.
Can I use Archscribe with Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Codex or other AI tools?: The SKILL.md format is native to Claude (Claude Code, Desktop, claude.ai). The instructions inside adapt to other assistants: Cursor rules, GitHub Copilot instructions, Windsurf rules, Custom GPTs, AGENTS.md for OpenAI Codex, and GEMINI.md for Google Gemini CLI — our conversion guides cover each, and the free converter on the tools page does the wrapping for you.