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From: Root At Skic <root.at.skic@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 12:30:07 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Ship the three C4 examples and model:scaffold --example
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- examples/: c4-standard-web-app, c4-e-shop (was online-shop),
  c4-event-based-integration; the same models the extension offers
  under Archify | New Model…
- model-scaffold --example <name> copies one and renames id, name,
  description and the overview title; never overwrites
- tests cover every example and the copy; docs updated
---
 README.md                                     |  2 +-
 SKILL.md                                      | 11 ++-
 .../0100-context/online-shop.archify          |  0
 .../0200-containers/online-shop.archify       |  0
 .../0300-components/api.archify               |  0
 .../{online-shop => c4-e-shop}/main.archify   |  6 +-
 .../registry/containers.archify-registry      |  0
 .../registry/people.archify-registry          |  0
 .../registry/systems.archify-registry         |  0
 .../0100-context/platform.archify             | 26 ++++++
 .../0200-containers/platform.archify          | 46 ++++++++++
 .../0300-components/router.archify            | 46 ++++++++++
 .../c4-event-based-integration/main.archify   | 29 +++++++
 .../registry/containers.archify-registry      | 40 +++++++++
 .../registry/people.archify-registry          |  7 ++
 .../registry/systems.archify-registry         | 23 +++++
 .../0100-context/web-app.archify              | 26 ++++++
 .../0200-containers/web-app.archify           | 38 +++++++++
 .../0300-components/api.archify               | 42 ++++++++++
 examples/c4-standard-web-app/main.archify     | 29 +++++++
 .../registry/containers.archify-registry      | 32 +++++++
 .../registry/people.archify-registry          | 12 +++
 .../registry/systems.archify-registry         | 18 ++++
 references/authoring.md                       |  2 +-
 references/folders.md                         |  2 +-
 scripts/src/actions/model-scaffold/action.mjs | 84 +++++++++++++++++--
 scripts/src/test/run.mjs                      | 34 +++++++-
 27 files changed, 538 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
 rename examples/{online-shop => c4-e-shop}/0100-context/online-shop.archify (100%)
 rename examples/{online-shop => c4-e-shop}/0200-containers/online-shop.archify (100%)
 rename examples/{online-shop => c4-e-shop}/0300-components/api.archify (100%)
 rename examples/{online-shop => c4-e-shop}/main.archify (87%)
 rename examples/{online-shop => c4-e-shop}/registry/containers.archify-registry (100%)
 rename examples/{online-shop => c4-e-shop}/registry/people.archify-registry (100%)
 rename examples/{online-shop => c4-e-shop}/registry/systems.archify-registry (100%)
 create mode 100644 examples/c4-event-based-integration/0100-context/platform.archify
 create mode 100644 examples/c4-event-based-integration/0200-containers/platform.archify
 create mode 100644 examples/c4-event-based-integration/0300-components/router.archify
 create mode 100644 examples/c4-event-based-integration/main.archify
 create mode 100644 examples/c4-event-based-integration/registry/containers.archify-registry
 create mode 100644 examples/c4-event-based-integration/registry/people.archify-registry
 create mode 100644 examples/c4-event-based-integration/registry/systems.archify-registry
 create mode 100644 examples/c4-standard-web-app/0100-context/web-app.archify
 create mode 100644 examples/c4-standard-web-app/0200-containers/web-app.archify
 create mode 100644 examples/c4-standard-web-app/0300-components/api.archify
 create mode 100644 examples/c4-standard-web-app/main.archify
 create mode 100644 examples/c4-standard-web-app/registry/containers.archify-registry
 create mode 100644 examples/c4-standard-web-app/registry/people.archify-registry
 create mode 100644 examples/c4-standard-web-app/registry/systems.archify-registry

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 38a9fae..8894523 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ task model:validate -- --dir="/path/to/online-shop"
 task diagram:render  -- --file="/path/to/online-shop/0200-containers/online-shop.archify" --out="/tmp/containers.html"
 ```
 
-See [SKILL.md](SKILL.md) for the workflow, the task table and the gotchas; `examples/online-shop/` is a complete model that validates.
+See [SKILL.md](SKILL.md) for the workflow, the task table and the gotchas. `examples/` holds three complete models that validate (C4 - Standard Web App, C4 - E-Shop, C4 - Event-Based Integration); `task model:scaffold -- --dir="…" --example="c4-e-shop"` copies one.
 
 Requires Node.js 18+, bash and [go-task](https://taskfile.dev). The skill targets the Archify Diagram Viewer extension; a diagram that validates here opens the same way in VS Code.
 
diff --git a/SKILL.md b/SKILL.md
index 10f8425..acb8db5 100644
--- a/SKILL.md
+++ b/SKILL.md
@@ -40,10 +40,11 @@ task --list-all
 | `task model:validate -- --dir="<model or file inside>"` | Registry, every diagram (refs resolved, Archify validator), every `diagram:` link. Exit 1 on any error. Works on a single diagram outside a model too. |
 | `task model:list -- --dir="<model>"` | What the model page shows: metadata, diagrams by folder, registry elements with "used in N diagrams". |
 | `task model:scaffold -- --dir="<folder>" --id="<id>" --name="<name>" [--description="…"] [--c4]` | Creates `main.archify`; with `--c4` also `registry/` and the `0100-context`, `0200-containers`, `0300-components` folders with starter diagrams. Never overwrites. |
+| `task model:scaffold -- --dir="<folder>" --example="<name>" [--id="<id>"] [--name="<name>"] [--description="…"]` | Copies a complete example model: `c4-standard-web-app`, `c4-e-shop` or `c4-event-based-integration` (the same three the extension offers under *Archify \| New Model…*). Id, name and description default to the example's own. Never overwrites. |
 | `task model:resolve -- --file="<diagram>" [--out="<file.json>"]` | The Archify JSON the extension hands to Archify, for the plain Archify CLI or CI. |
 | `task diagram:validate -- --file="<diagram>"` | One diagram through Archify (refs resolved when inside a model). |
 | `task diagram:render -- --file="<diagram>" --out="<file.html>"` | Standalone HTML page for people without VS Code. |
-| `task test` | The skill's own checks against `examples/online-shop` and a scaffolded model. |
+| `task test` | The skill's own checks against the examples and scaffolded models. |
 | `task sync` | Refresh `scripts/vendor/archify` from an Archify checkout (maintainers only). |
 
 Options for validate and render: `--quality=showcase` (stricter composition checks), `--repo-root=<checkout>` for diagrams with `meta.repository` and `sources`.
@@ -65,6 +66,12 @@ New folder:
 task model:scaffold -- --dir="/path/to/online-shop" --id="online-shop" --name="Online Shop" --description="Web shop, API, workers and stores." --c4
 ```
 
+Or start from a complete example and rename it (`examples/` lists the three; C4 - Standard Web App, C4 - E-Shop, C4 - Event-Based Integration):
+
+```bash
+task model:scaffold -- --dir="/path/to/hub" --example="c4-event-based-integration" --id="hub" --name="Integration Hub"
+```
+
 Existing folder of diagrams: add `main.archify` with the `model` block (see `references/formats.md`); every `.archify` below it is now part of the model. `--c4` is a convention, not a requirement: any folders, any depth.
 
 The model's root is the nearest folder above a file that holds `main.archify`. Nothing else marks it. `main.archify` may also hold a diagram of its own (the overview), below the `model` block.
@@ -175,4 +182,4 @@ Diagrams next to `main.archify` are listed first, ungrouped; deeper ones by fold
 - Read `references/authoring.md` when writing or repairing a diagram: kinds, fields, grid, labels, boundaries, brands, validator codes and fixes.
 - Read `references/formats.md` when writing `main.archify`, a registry, a `ref` or a link, or when unsure what the tasks strip before Archify runs.
 - Read `references/folders.md` when laying out a model folder or explaining how the extension finds the root and groups diagrams.
-- `examples/online-shop/` is a complete C4-style model that validates with 0 problems; copy its shape.
+- `examples/c4-standard-web-app/`, `examples/c4-e-shop/` and `examples/c4-event-based-integration/` are complete C4-style models that validate with 0 problems; copy their shape, or copy one with `model:scaffold --example`.
diff --git a/examples/online-shop/0100-context/online-shop.archify b/examples/c4-e-shop/0100-context/online-shop.archify
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/online-shop/0100-context/online-shop.archify
rename to examples/c4-e-shop/0100-context/online-shop.archify
diff --git a/examples/online-shop/0200-containers/online-shop.archify b/examples/c4-e-shop/0200-containers/online-shop.archify
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/online-shop/0200-containers/online-shop.archify
rename to examples/c4-e-shop/0200-containers/online-shop.archify
diff --git a/examples/online-shop/0300-components/api.archify b/examples/c4-e-shop/0300-components/api.archify
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/online-shop/0300-components/api.archify
rename to examples/c4-e-shop/0300-components/api.archify
diff --git a/examples/online-shop/main.archify b/examples/c4-e-shop/main.archify
similarity index 87%
rename from examples/online-shop/main.archify
rename to examples/c4-e-shop/main.archify
index fc4be8a..8c6e712 100644
--- a/examples/online-shop/main.archify
+++ b/examples/c4-e-shop/main.archify
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 schema_version: 1
 model:
-  id: online-shop
-  name: Online Shop
+  id: e-shop
+  name: E-Shop
   description: >
     The web shop, its API and workers, and the stores behind them.
     Context, containers and components, C4 style.
 diagram_type: architecture
 meta:
-  title: Online Shop — overview
+  title: E-Shop — overview
   output: main.html
 components:
   - ref: customer
diff --git a/examples/online-shop/registry/containers.archify-registry b/examples/c4-e-shop/registry/containers.archify-registry
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/online-shop/registry/containers.archify-registry
rename to examples/c4-e-shop/registry/containers.archify-registry
diff --git a/examples/online-shop/registry/people.archify-registry b/examples/c4-e-shop/registry/people.archify-registry
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/online-shop/registry/people.archify-registry
rename to examples/c4-e-shop/registry/people.archify-registry
diff --git a/examples/online-shop/registry/systems.archify-registry b/examples/c4-e-shop/registry/systems.archify-registry
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/online-shop/registry/systems.archify-registry
rename to examples/c4-e-shop/registry/systems.archify-registry
diff --git a/examples/c4-event-based-integration/0100-context/platform.archify b/examples/c4-event-based-integration/0100-context/platform.archify
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bd48c26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/c4-event-based-integration/0100-context/platform.archify
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+schema_version: 1
+diagram_type: architecture
+meta:
+  title: System context
+  output: context.html
+components:
+  - ref: crm
+    pos: [40, 60]
+    size: [130, 60]
+  - ref: erp
+    pos: [40, 260]
+    size: [130, 60]
+  - ref: platform
+    pos: [280, 160]
+    size: [170, 60]
+  - ref: warehouse
+    pos: [540, 60]
+    size: [150, 60]
+  - ref: ops
+    pos: [540, 260]
+    size: [150, 60]
+connections:
+  - { from: crm, to: platform, label: customer events, variant: emphasis }
+  - { from: erp, to: platform, label: order events, variant: emphasis }
+  - { from: platform, to: warehouse, label: pick lists }
+  - { from: ops, to: platform, label: replays, variant: dashed }
diff --git a/examples/c4-event-based-integration/0200-containers/platform.archify b/examples/c4-event-based-integration/0200-containers/platform.archify
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..61246f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/c4-event-based-integration/0200-containers/platform.archify
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+schema_version: 1
+diagram_type: architecture
+meta:
+  title: Containers
+  output: containers.html
+components:
+  - ref: crm
+    pos: [40, 60]
+    size: [130, 60]
+  - ref: erp
+    pos: [40, 260]
+    size: [130, 60]
+  - ref: ingest
+    pos: [250, 160]
+    size: [140, 60]
+  - ref: bus
+    pos: [470, 160]
+    size: [140, 60]
+  - ref: router
+    pos: [690, 160]
+    size: [150, 60]
+  - ref: dlq
+    pos: [690, 320]
+    size: [150, 60]
+  - ref: store
+    pos: [920, 60]
+    size: [140, 60]
+  - ref: notifier
+    pos: [920, 160]
+    size: [140, 60]
+  - ref: analytics
+    pos: [920, 260]
+    size: [140, 60]
+boundaries:
+  - kind: region
+    label: Integration platform
+    wraps: [ingest, bus, router, dlq, store, notifier, analytics]
+connections:
+  - { from: crm, to: ingest, label: HTTPS, variant: emphasis }
+  - { from: erp, to: ingest, label: HTTPS, variant: emphasis }
+  - { from: ingest, to: bus, label: publish }
+  - { from: bus, to: router, label: consume }
+  - { from: router, to: store, label: append }
+  - { from: router, to: notifier, label: notify }
+  - { from: router, to: analytics, label: flatten }
+  - { from: router, to: dlq, label: failed, variant: dashed, labelDy: 24 }
diff --git a/examples/c4-event-based-integration/0300-components/router.archify b/examples/c4-event-based-integration/0300-components/router.archify
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3c147ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/c4-event-based-integration/0300-components/router.archify
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+schema_version: 1
+diagram_type: architecture
+meta:
+  title: Event router components
+  output: router.html
+components:
+  - ref: bus
+    pos: [40, 160]
+    size: [140, 60]
+  - id: validate
+    type: security
+    label: Validate
+    sublabel: schema check
+    pos: [270, 160]
+    size: [130, 60]
+  - id: enrich
+    type: backend
+    label: Enrich
+    sublabel: reference data
+    pos: [480, 160]
+    size: [130, 60]
+  - id: dispatch
+    type: backend
+    label: Dispatch
+    pos: [690, 160]
+    size: [130, 60]
+  - ref: store
+    pos: [920, 60]
+    size: [140, 60]
+  - ref: notifier
+    pos: [920, 160]
+    size: [140, 60]
+  - ref: dlq
+    pos: [270, 320]
+    size: [150, 60]
+boundaries:
+  - kind: region
+    label: Event router
+    wraps: [validate, enrich, dispatch]
+connections:
+  - { from: bus, to: validate, label: event }
+  - { from: validate, to: enrich, label: valid }
+  - { from: enrich, to: dispatch, label: enriched }
+  - { from: dispatch, to: store, label: append }
+  - { from: dispatch, to: notifier, label: notify }
+  - { from: validate, to: dlq, label: invalid, variant: dashed, labelDy: 24 }
diff --git a/examples/c4-event-based-integration/main.archify b/examples/c4-event-based-integration/main.archify
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..925bbeb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/c4-event-based-integration/main.archify
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+schema_version: 1
+model:
+  id: event-based-integration
+  name: Event-Based Integration
+  description: >
+    Systems that never call each other directly; events go through a bus,
+    a router validates and enriches them, consumers react. Context,
+    containers, the router's components and one flow, C4 style.
+diagram_type: architecture
+meta:
+  title: Event-Based Integration — overview
+  output: main.html
+components:
+  - ref: crm
+    pos: [40, 60]
+    size: [130, 60]
+  - ref: erp
+    pos: [40, 260]
+    size: [130, 60]
+  - ref: platform
+    pos: [280, 160]
+    size: [170, 60]
+  - ref: warehouse
+    pos: [540, 160]
+    size: [150, 60]
+connections:
+  - { from: crm, to: platform, label: customer events, variant: emphasis }
+  - { from: erp, to: platform, label: order events, variant: emphasis }
+  - { from: platform, to: warehouse, label: pick lists }
diff --git a/examples/c4-event-based-integration/registry/containers.archify-registry b/examples/c4-event-based-integration/registry/containers.archify-registry
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a86285d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/c4-event-based-integration/registry/containers.archify-registry
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+schema_version: 1
+elements:
+  ingest:
+    type: backend
+    label: Ingest API
+    sublabel: HTTPS in, events out
+    description: Accepts events from systems that cannot publish to the bus themselves.
+  bus:
+    type: messagebus
+    label: Event bus
+    sublabel: Kafka
+    brand: apache-kafka
+    description: One topic per event type; retained for seven days.
+  router:
+    type: backend
+    label: Event router
+    sublabel: validate, enrich, dispatch
+    description: Checks each event against its schema, adds reference data, hands it to the consumers.
+    diagram: 0300-components/router.archify
+  dlq:
+    type: messagebus
+    label: Dead-letter queue
+    sublabel: failed events
+    description: Events the router could not process; replayed by operations.
+  store:
+    type: database
+    label: Event store
+    sublabel: PostgreSQL
+    brand: postgresql
+    description: Every accepted event, for audit and replay.
+  notifier:
+    type: backend
+    label: Notifier
+    sublabel: email, chat
+    description: Turns selected events into messages to people.
+  analytics:
+    type: database
+    label: Analytics
+    sublabel: warehouse tables
+    description: Flattened events for reporting.
diff --git a/examples/c4-event-based-integration/registry/people.archify-registry b/examples/c4-event-based-integration/registry/people.archify-registry
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c4702e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/c4-event-based-integration/registry/people.archify-registry
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+schema_version: 1
+elements:
+  ops:
+    type: external
+    label: Operations
+    sublabel: on-call
+    description: Watches the dead-letter queue and replays failed events.
diff --git a/examples/c4-event-based-integration/registry/systems.archify-registry b/examples/c4-event-based-integration/registry/systems.archify-registry
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a2f262d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/c4-event-based-integration/registry/systems.archify-registry
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+schema_version: 1
+elements:
+  platform:
+    type: cloud
+    label: Integration platform
+    sublabel: the system
+    description: Receives events from the business systems, routes them, keeps a record.
+    diagram: 0200-containers/platform.archify
+  crm:
+    type: external
+    label: CRM
+    sublabel: customers
+    description: Source of customer events; created, updated, merged.
+  erp:
+    type: external
+    label: ERP
+    sublabel: orders and stock
+    description: Source of order events and the target of stock updates.
+  warehouse:
+    type: external
+    label: Warehouse system
+    sublabel: fulfilment
+    description: Receives pick lists; reports shipments back as events.
diff --git a/examples/c4-standard-web-app/0100-context/web-app.archify b/examples/c4-standard-web-app/0100-context/web-app.archify
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c180390
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/c4-standard-web-app/0100-context/web-app.archify
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+schema_version: 1
+diagram_type: architecture
+meta:
+  title: System context
+  output: context.html
+components:
+  - ref: user
+    pos: [40, 60]
+    size: [130, 60]
+  - ref: admin
+    pos: [40, 260]
+    size: [130, 60]
+  - ref: webapp
+    pos: [280, 160]
+    size: [160, 60]
+  - ref: idp
+    pos: [530, 60]
+    size: [150, 60]
+  - ref: email
+    pos: [530, 260]
+    size: [150, 60]
+connections:
+  - { from: user, to: webapp, label: uses, variant: emphasis }
+  - { from: admin, to: webapp, label: administers }
+  - { from: webapp, to: idp, label: signs in via, variant: security }
+  - { from: webapp, to: email, label: sends mail }
diff --git a/examples/c4-standard-web-app/0200-containers/web-app.archify b/examples/c4-standard-web-app/0200-containers/web-app.archify
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cef2e3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/c4-standard-web-app/0200-containers/web-app.archify
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+schema_version: 1
+diagram_type: architecture
+meta:
+  title: Containers
+  output: containers.html
+components:
+  - ref: user
+    pos: [40, 160]
+    size: [130, 60]
+  - ref: spa
+    pos: [250, 160]
+    size: [150, 60]
+  - ref: api
+    pos: [480, 160]
+    size: [130, 60]
+  - ref: idp
+    pos: [480, 20]
+    size: [130, 60]
+  - ref: cache
+    pos: [690, 60]
+    size: [130, 60]
+  - ref: db
+    pos: [690, 160]
+    size: [130, 60]
+  - ref: storage
+    pos: [690, 260]
+    size: [130, 60]
+boundaries:
+  - kind: region
+    label: Web Application
+    wraps: [spa, api, cache, db, storage]
+connections:
+  - { from: user, to: spa, label: HTTPS, variant: emphasis }
+  - { from: spa, to: api, label: JSON }
+  - { from: api, to: idp, label: verify token, variant: security, labelAt: [531, 110] }
+  - { from: api, to: cache, label: read }
+  - { from: api, to: db, label: SQL }
+  - { from: api, to: storage, label: files }
diff --git a/examples/c4-standard-web-app/0300-components/api.archify b/examples/c4-standard-web-app/0300-components/api.archify
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..930e8fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/c4-standard-web-app/0300-components/api.archify
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+schema_version: 1
+diagram_type: architecture
+meta:
+  title: API components
+  output: api.html
+components:
+  - ref: spa
+    pos: [40, 160]
+    size: [150, 60]
+  - id: auth
+    type: security
+    label: Auth
+    sublabel: token check
+    pos: [270, 40]
+    size: [130, 60]
+  - id: accounts
+    type: backend
+    label: Accounts
+    pos: [270, 160]
+    size: [130, 60]
+  - id: content
+    type: backend
+    label: Content
+    pos: [270, 280]
+    size: [130, 60]
+  - ref: db
+    pos: [500, 160]
+    size: [130, 60]
+  - ref: storage
+    pos: [500, 280]
+    size: [130, 60]
+boundaries:
+  - kind: region
+    label: API
+    wraps: [auth, accounts, content]
+connections:
+  - { from: spa, to: auth, label: token, variant: security }
+  - { from: spa, to: accounts, label: profile }
+  - { from: spa, to: content, label: pages }
+  - { from: accounts, to: db, label: SQL }
+  - { from: content, to: db, label: SQL }
+  - { from: content, to: storage, label: files }
diff --git a/examples/c4-standard-web-app/main.archify b/examples/c4-standard-web-app/main.archify
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fcf3d61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/c4-standard-web-app/main.archify
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+schema_version: 1
+model:
+  id: standard-web-app
+  name: Standard Web App
+  description: >
+    A classic web application; a single-page app, an API, a database,
+    a cache and file storage, with sign-in through an identity provider.
+    Context, containers and the API's components, C4 style.
+diagram_type: architecture
+meta:
+  title: Standard Web App — overview
+  output: main.html
+components:
+  - ref: user
+    pos: [40, 160]
+    size: [130, 60]
+  - ref: webapp
+    pos: [250, 160]
+    size: [160, 60]
+  - ref: idp
+    pos: [490, 60]
+    size: [150, 60]
+  - ref: email
+    pos: [490, 260]
+    size: [150, 60]
+connections:
+  - { from: user, to: webapp, label: uses, variant: emphasis }
+  - { from: webapp, to: idp, label: signs in via, variant: security }
+  - { from: webapp, to: email, label: sends mail }
diff --git a/examples/c4-standard-web-app/registry/containers.archify-registry b/examples/c4-standard-web-app/registry/containers.archify-registry
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8e62726
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/c4-standard-web-app/registry/containers.archify-registry
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+schema_version: 1
+elements:
+  spa:
+    type: frontend
+    label: Single-page app
+    sublabel: React
+    brand: react
+    description: The user interface; talks only to the API.
+  api:
+    type: backend
+    label: API
+    sublabel: Node.js
+    brand: node-js
+    description: Owns accounts, content and files; checks tokens from the identity provider.
+    diagram: 0300-components/api.archify
+  db:
+    type: database
+    label: Database
+    sublabel: PostgreSQL
+    brand: postgresql
+    description: Accounts and content; the source of truth.
+  cache:
+    type: database
+    label: Cache
+    sublabel: Redis
+    brand: redis
+    description: Sessions and hot content; safe to lose.
+  storage:
+    type: cloud
+    label: Object storage
+    sublabel: uploaded files
+    description: User uploads and generated exports.
diff --git a/examples/c4-standard-web-app/registry/people.archify-registry b/examples/c4-standard-web-app/registry/people.archify-registry
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9d9d3b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/c4-standard-web-app/registry/people.archify-registry
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+schema_version: 1
+elements:
+  user:
+    type: external
+    label: User
+    sublabel: browser
+    description: Anyone with an account; uses the application from a browser.
+  admin:
+    type: external
+    label: Administrator
+    sublabel: back office
+    description: Manages users and content from the same application with extra rights.
diff --git a/examples/c4-standard-web-app/registry/systems.archify-registry b/examples/c4-standard-web-app/registry/systems.archify-registry
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..28046da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/c4-standard-web-app/registry/systems.archify-registry
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+schema_version: 1
+elements:
+  webapp:
+    type: cloud
+    label: Web Application
+    sublabel: the system
+    description: Everything we build and run; the single-page app, the API and its stores.
+    diagram: 0200-containers/web-app.archify
+  idp:
+    type: external
+    label: Identity provider
+    sublabel: OpenID Connect
+    description: Signs users in and issues tokens; we never store passwords.
+  email:
+    type: external
+    label: Email service
+    sublabel: transactional mail
+    description: Sends sign-up confirmations and notifications.
diff --git a/references/authoring.md b/references/authoring.md
index 6ed2fb3..6125887 100644
--- a/references/authoring.md
+++ b/references/authoring.md
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ Ids match `^[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9_-]*$` and are unique in their collection. Relatio
 
 Collections: `components` (required), `connections`, `boundaries`, `cards`, `layout`.
 
-Placement is yours; Archify routes the lines but never moves boxes. Use free positions on this grid, which is what the templates and `examples/online-shop` use:
+Placement is yours; Archify routes the lines but never moves boxes. Use free positions on this grid, which is what the templates and `examples/c4-e-shop` use:
 
 - box `size: [130, 60]` (`[150, 60]` for a system-level box with a longer label)
 - columns at x = 40, 250, 460, 670, 880 (step 210: an 80px clear gap between boxes)
diff --git a/references/folders.md b/references/folders.md
index 28d4b90..106b41a 100644
--- a/references/folders.md
+++ b/references/folders.md
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ How the levels hang together:
 - The container "api" in `containers.archify-registry` points at `0300-components/api.archify`. Click the api, see its components.
 - The same api, drawn in the containers diagram and in several component diagrams, is one entry with one description.
 
-The numbered folders are only for sorting; nothing depends on the names. A team that wants only context and containers has `main.archify`, two folders and two registry files. `task model:scaffold --c4` creates this shape with three levels and empty registries; `examples/online-shop/` in this skill is the filled-in version.
+The numbered folders are only for sorting; nothing depends on the names. A team that wants only context and containers has `main.archify`, two folders and two registry files. `task model:scaffold --c4` creates this shape with three levels and empty registries; `examples/c4-e-shop/` in this skill is the filled-in version (two more examples sit next to it).
 
 Component types that fit C4: people are `external`; the system itself and other systems are `cloud` (own) or `external` (others); containers are `frontend`, `backend`, `database`, `messagebus`, `security`; components inside a container use the same set, wrapped in a `region` boundary named after the container.
 
diff --git a/scripts/src/actions/model-scaffold/action.mjs b/scripts/src/actions/model-scaffold/action.mjs
index fd9f3e5..a611d7e 100644
--- a/scripts/src/actions/model-scaffold/action.mjs
+++ b/scripts/src/actions/model-scaffold/action.mjs
@@ -1,17 +1,31 @@
 // Creates a model: main.archify with the model block, and with --c4 an
 // overview diagram, empty registries and the C4 folders with starter
-// diagrams that validate. Never overwrites existing files.
+// diagrams that validate; or, with --example, a copy of one of the shipped
+// example models (the same three the VS Code extension offers under
+// "Archify | New Model…"). Never overwrites existing files.
 
 import fs from 'node:fs';
 import path from 'node:path';
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
 import { ID, MAIN } from '../../services/model.mjs';
 
-export const help = `model-scaffold — create main.archify (and with --c4 the C4 folders)
+const EXAMPLES_DIR = path.resolve(path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)), '..', '..', '..', '..', 'examples');
+
+/** The shipped examples: folder under examples/ → what it shows. */
+export const EXAMPLES = {
+  'c4-standard-web-app': 'C4 - Standard Web App: single-page app, API, database, cache, file storage, identity provider',
+  'c4-e-shop': 'C4 - E-Shop: web shop, API, worker, queue, payment and email providers',
+  'c4-event-based-integration': 'C4 - Event-Based Integration: event bus, router, dead-letter queue, event store, consumers',
+};
+
+export const help = `model-scaffold — create main.archify (and with --c4 the C4 folders), or copy an example
   --dir <path>           folder of the model; created when missing (required)
-  --id <id>              model id, letters/digits/-/_ (required)
-  --name <text>          model name (required)
+  --id <id>              model id, letters/digits/-/_ (required unless --example)
+  --name <text>          model name (required unless --example)
   --description <text>   model description (optional)
-  --c4                   also create registry/, 0100-context, 0200-containers, 0300-components`;
+  --c4                   also create registry/, 0100-context, 0200-containers, 0300-components
+  --example <name>       copy a complete example instead: ${Object.keys(EXAMPLES).join(' | ')}
+                         (id, name and description default to the example's own)`;
 
 function block(text) {
   // YAML folded scalar: safe for colons and long sentences.
@@ -168,9 +182,65 @@ connections:
   - { from: orders, to: db, label: SQL }
 `;
 
+function listFiles(dir, rel = '') {
+  return fs.readdirSync(path.join(dir, rel), { withFileTypes: true }).flatMap((entry) => {
+    const next = rel ? `${rel}/${entry.name}` : entry.name;
+    return entry.isDirectory() ? listFiles(dir, next) : [next];
+  });
+}
+
+/** The example's main.archify with id, name, description and overview title replaced when given. */
+function mainFromExample(text, { id, name, description }) {
+  let out = text;
+  if (id) out = out.replace(/^(  id: ).*$/m, `$1${id}`);
+  if (name) {
+    out = out.replace(/^(  name: ).*$/m, `$1${JSON.stringify(name)}`);
+    out = out.replace(/^(  title: ).*$/m, `$1${JSON.stringify(`${name} — overview`)}`);
+  }
+  if (description) out = out.replace(/^  description: >\n(?:    .*\n)+/m, `  description: ${block(description)}\n`);
+  return out;
+}
+
+async function copyExample(input) {
+  const example = String(input.example);
+  if (!EXAMPLES[example]) return { success: false, error: `Unknown example "${example}". Choose one of: ${Object.keys(EXAMPLES).join(', ')}.`, examples: EXAMPLES };
+  const source = path.join(EXAMPLES_DIR, example);
+  const dir = path.resolve(String(input.dir));
+  const id = input.id && input.id !== true ? String(input.id) : undefined;
+  if (id && !ID.test(id)) return { success: false, error: `--id "${id}" must match ${ID} (letters, digits, - and _; starts with a letter).` };
+  const name = input.name && input.name !== true ? String(input.name) : undefined;
+  const description = input.description && input.description !== true ? String(input.description) : undefined;
+
+  const files = listFiles(source);
+  const existing = files.filter((file) => fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, file)));
+  if (existing.length) return { success: false, error: `Refusing to overwrite existing files in ${dir}.`, existing };
+  if (fs.existsSync(dir) && !fs.statSync(dir).isDirectory()) return { success: false, error: `${dir} is not a folder.` };
+  for (const file of files) {
+    const full = path.join(dir, file);
+    fs.mkdirSync(path.dirname(full), { recursive: true });
+    const text = fs.readFileSync(path.join(source, file), 'utf8');
+    fs.writeFileSync(full, file === MAIN ? mainFromExample(text, { id, name, description }) : text);
+  }
+  const main = fs.readFileSync(path.join(dir, MAIN), 'utf8');
+  return {
+    success: true,
+    root: dir,
+    example,
+    model: { id: /^  id: (.*)$/m.exec(main)?.[1], name: JSON.parse(/^  name: (".*"|.*)$/m.exec(main)?.[1].replace(/^([^"].*)$/, '"$1"') ?? '""') },
+    created: files,
+    nextSteps: [
+      `task model:validate -- --dir="${dir}"`,
+      'Rename, add or remove elements in registry/*.archify-registry and the diagrams; keep "ref:" pointing at registry ids.',
+      `Open ${path.join(dir, MAIN)} in VS Code with the Archify Diagram Viewer extension to see the model page.`,
+    ],
+  };
+}
+
 export async function run(input) {
-  const missing = ['dir', 'id', 'name'].filter((key) => !input[key] || input[key] === true);
-  if (missing.length) return { success: false, error: `Missing ${missing.map((key) => `--${key}`).join(', ')}.`, help };
+  if (!input.dir || input.dir === true) return { success: false, error: 'Missing --dir.', help };
+  if (input.example) return copyExample(input);
+  const missing = ['id', 'name'].filter((key) => !input[key] || input[key] === true);
+  if (missing.length) return { success: false, error: `Missing ${missing.map((key) => `--${key}`).join(', ')} (or pass --example).`, help };
   const id = String(input.id);
   if (!ID.test(id)) return { success: false, error: `--id "${id}" must match ${ID} (letters, digits, - and _; starts with a letter).` };
   const name = String(input.name);
diff --git a/scripts/src/test/run.mjs b/scripts/src/test/run.mjs
index 5ae5c6e..eb529cf 100644
--- a/scripts/src/test/run.mjs
+++ b/scripts/src/test/run.mjs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
-// The skill's own checks. Runs every action against examples/online-shop and
+// The skill's own checks. Runs every action against examples/c4-e-shop and
 // a scaffolded temp model. Prints YAML (success first); exit 1 on any failure.
 
 import fs from 'node:fs';
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import { toYaml } from '../services/yaml.mjs';
 
 const scripts = path.resolve(path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)), '..', '..');
 const skill = path.resolve(scripts, '..');
-const example = path.join(skill, 'examples', 'online-shop');
+const example = path.join(skill, 'examples', 'c4-e-shop');
 const cli = path.join(scripts, 'src', 'cli', 'commands.mjs');
 const checks = [];
 
@@ -168,6 +168,36 @@ try {
   check('plain model validates (model block only)', ['--action', 'model-validate', '--dir', plain], (r) => {
     assert(r.status === 0, `exit ${r.status}`);
   });
+
+  // The shipped examples: the same three the extension offers under "Archify | New Model…".
+  const examplesDir = path.join(skill, 'examples');
+  const exampleNames = fs.readdirSync(examplesDir, { withFileTypes: true }).filter((e) => e.isDirectory()).map((e) => e.name).sort();
+  check('examples/ holds exactly the three C4 examples', [], () => {
+    assert(exampleNames.join(',') === 'c4-e-shop,c4-event-based-integration,c4-standard-web-app', `unexpected examples: ${exampleNames.join(',')}`);
+  });
+  for (const name of exampleNames) {
+    check(`example ${name} validates with 0 problems`, ['--action', 'model-validate', '--dir', path.join(examplesDir, name)], (r) => {
+      assert(r.status === 0, `exit ${r.status}`);
+      assert(yamlValue(r.stdout, '  errors') === '0' && yamlValue(r.stdout, '  warnings') === '0', 'example has problems');
+      assert(yamlValue(r.stdout, '  diagrams') === '4', 'expected 4 diagrams');
+    });
+  }
+  const fromExample = path.join(tmp, 'from-example');
+  check('model-scaffold --example copies and renames an example', ['--action', 'model-scaffold', '--dir', fromExample, '--example', 'c4-event-based-integration', '--id', 'hub', '--name', 'Integration Hub', '--description', 'Our hub: events between systems'], (r) => {
+    assert(r.status === 0, `exit ${r.status}`);
+    const main = fs.readFileSync(path.join(fromExample, 'main.archify'), 'utf8');
+    assert(/^  id: hub$/m.test(main) && /^  name: "Integration Hub"$/m.test(main) && /Our hub: events between systems/.test(main) && /Integration Hub — overview/.test(main), `main.archify not renamed:\n${main}`);
+    assert(fs.existsSync(path.join(fromExample, 'registry', 'containers.archify-registry')) && fs.existsSync(path.join(fromExample, '0300-components', 'router.archify')), 'example files missing');
+  });
+  check('copied example validates', ['--action', 'model-validate', '--dir', fromExample], (r) => {
+    assert(r.status === 0, `exit ${r.status}`);
+    assert(yamlValue(r.stdout, '  errors') === '0' && yamlValue(r.stdout, '  warnings') === '0', 'copied example has problems');
+  });
+  check('model-scaffold --example refuses to overwrite and rejects unknown names', ['--action', 'model-scaffold', '--dir', fromExample, '--example', 'c4-e-shop'], (r) => {
+    assert(r.status === 1 && /Refusing to overwrite/.test(r.stdout), 'no refusal');
+    const unknown = cliRun(['--action', 'model-scaffold', '--dir', path.join(tmp, 'x'), '--example', 'nope']);
+    assert(unknown.status === 1 && /Unknown example/.test(unknown.stdout), 'unknown example accepted');
+  });
 } finally {
   fs.rmSync(tmp, { recursive: true, force: true });
 }