root-at-skicandClaude Opus 5.5
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VS Code extension that previews Archify diagrams from their JSON sources (live, as you type) and opens rendered Archify HTML in a viewer tab. Bundles the Archify 3.0.1 renderer and runs it on VS Code's Node runtime. Adds validation diagnostics, JSON schema help, source-link navigation, export saving, render-to-file and open-in-browser commands. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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# Lifecycle Renderer
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Render `diagram_type: "lifecycle"` JSON files into the standard Archify HTML
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template.
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```bash
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node archify/renderers/lifecycle/render-lifecycle.mjs input.lifecycle.json output.html
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```
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The renderer validates input against `archify/schemas/lifecycle.schema.json`
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with the bundled standalone validator. No dependency installation is required.
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If `output.html` is omitted, the renderer uses the required `meta.output` value
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from the JSON file.
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## Input
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Lifecycle JSON files must set:
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```json
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{
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"schema_version": 2,
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"diagram_type": "lifecycle",
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"meta": {
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"title": "Deployment Release Lifecycle",
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"output": "deployment-release-lifecycle.html"
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},
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"lanes": [],
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"states": [],
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"transitions": [],
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"cards": []
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}
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```
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`schema_version` is `1` or `2`; author new diagrams as `2`. Lane ids `main`
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(required) and `terminal` are reserved in both versions.
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- **v2** renders one row per populated lane: `main` first, `terminal` last,
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other lanes in `lanes[]` order, each titled in the left gutter. A complete
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example lives at `archify/examples/deployment-release.lifecycle.json`.
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- **v1** keeps the fixed three bands: `main` is the top phase band,
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`terminal` the bottom outcome band, and every other lane shares the middle
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event band, whose header joins their labels with ` + `. A complete example
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lives at `archify/examples/agent-run.lifecycle.json`.
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The schema lives at:
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```text
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archify/schemas/lifecycle.schema.json
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```
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## Legend and state marks
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State color follows `states[].type`: active and start are cyan, waiting amber,
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decision purple, success green, failure rose, neutral and external slate.
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Structure is drawn, not colored: every `start` state gets a UML initial marker
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(a dot and arrow into its left side), and a state with no outgoing transition
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gets a double border as a final state (in v1, a main state followed by
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another main column is not final, because the implied rail continues).
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The default legend derives kinds from `states[].type`; the `start` entry shows
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the initial marker, and a non-interactive `final` entry appears when a final
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state exists. Supported `meta.legend.entries` keys, in stable order, are
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`start`, `active`, `waiting`, `decision`, `success`, `failure`, `neutral`, and
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`external`. Labels and visibility may be overridden through the shared legend
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contract; only kinds backed by rendered states receive Semantic Legend
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controls.
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State decorations share one top rail: the type sigil and `step` on the left,
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the brand mark at the right corner, and the Viewer's runtime source badge just
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left of the brand. Label layout reserves the badge's width whenever the state
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has verified repository sources.
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## Layout budget (v2)
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| Item | Value |
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|------|-------|
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| Columns | `col` 0–4, one x grid shared by every row |
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| Default state | 140×64 (text 11px label, 8px sublabel and tag) |
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| Column gap | 64px, widened until a labelled same-row neighbour transition fits beside its line; all gaps shrink toward 44px when the canvas would exceed the desktop readability budget of the smallest state text |
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| Row gap | at least 120px, opened further for the horizontal tracks its routes need |
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| Canvas | sized from the rows, columns, and measured legend when `meta.viewBox` is omitted; an authored `viewBox` is honored and validated |
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Transitions without `via`, a channel, or a non-`auto` route use the v2 grid
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router: neighbours in one row connect horizontally (a reciprocal pair runs as
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two parallel lines), rows connect through the facing top/bottom sides with one
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turn in a row gap, a state blocking a straight descent sends the route through
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the empty corridor between columns, and an unlabelled route blocked in an
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outer column loops around the outside of the grid. Each gap assigns tracks in
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the order that minimizes crossings. There is no implied rail; a forward
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transition between two `main` states without a `variant` renders as the
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emphasized primary path. Showcase labels are ranked beside their line, then on
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it, then outward past neighbouring parallels.
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Explicit `fromSide` / `toSide` values remain authoritative. Pins that match the
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grid router's chosen sides keep its routes and adaptive row gaps. If an automatic
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transition pins a different side, the scene uses the shared side-aware obstacle
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planner, retaining the v2 state grid and shared port spreading.
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## Layout budget (v1)
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| Band | Lane id | Top y | Column centers | Default state |
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|------|---------|-------|----------------|---------------|
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| Phase | `main` (required) | 126 | `col` 0–4 → x = 94, 248, 402, 556, 710 | 118×62 |
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| Event | any other id | 278 | `col` 0–2 → x = 402, 556, 710 | 126×58 |
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| Outcome | `terminal` | 450 | `col` 0–2 → x = 402, 556, 710 | 118×58 |
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Event and terminal columns are intentionally offset from the main rail:
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event/terminal `col: N` uses the same x coordinate as main `col: N + 2`.
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For example, lower-band columns 0, 1, and 2 align beneath main columns 2, 3,
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and 4 respectively.
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| Constant | Value |
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|----------|-------|
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| viewBox | default `[980, 660]`; schema minimum `[420, 566]` |
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| State area | x within `[32, width − 32]`; state bottom at or above `height − 122` |
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| State spacing | ≥10px between any two states — checked across lanes, because all event lanes share one band; separate same-band states with `col` or `yOffset` |
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| Transition length | ≥32px between endpoints |
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| Legend row | final baseline y = height − 36; extra measured rows wrap upward |
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The primary lifecycle rail runs along the phase band and extends to the
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furthest occupied phase column. Route presets for transitions: `straight`,
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`drop` (bend at `channelY`, defaulting to the vertical midpoint),
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`bottom-channel`, `top-channel`, `right-channel`, `left-channel`, explicit
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`via` points, or the default `auto`. Multi-segment transitions get rounded
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corners; tune them with `cornerRadius` (default 10, `0` for sharp bends).
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Transition `label` and `note` are independently optional. A non-empty `note`
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renders even when `label` is omitted or empty, using its existing secondary
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text style on a single row and retaining the note's fine-detail visibility.
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With both fields present, the note stays below the label. Notes participate in
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automatic label placement, route-space reservation, and label collision checks;
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the existing `labelAt`, `labelDx`, `labelDy`, and
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`labelSegment` controls also position a note-only text block.
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## Design Rules
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- Treat lifecycle diagrams as a phase map, not a dense state-transition graph.
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- Put the primary lifecycle on one horizontal row using the `main` lane; in v2,
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author each step of it as a transition.
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- In v2, place an interruption, recovery, or exit in the column of the state it
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leaves so its transition drops straight down.
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- Use `step` labels for ordered phases, such as `01`, `02`, and `03`.
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- Use lower lanes only for interruptions, recovery, and terminal exits.
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- Keep transition labels out of the main SVG unless the label is essential;
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prefer node labels, tags, legend entries, and summary cards.
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- Prefer axis-aligned lines and avoid crossings. Terminal exits should drop
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vertically from their source event whenever possible. Explicit `straight`
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routes remain supported; see the [authored routing contract](../../references/authoring-contract.md#executable-geometry-rules).
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- Use `success` for completion, `failure` for failure/terminal exits,
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`waiting` for pauses, and `decision` for quality gates.
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Schema violations exit non-zero with path-prefixed messages annotated with the
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element's id or label. The renderer additionally fails when it can detect
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layout problems, including a missing `main` lane, duplicate state IDs, unknown
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lanes, unknown transition endpoints, states outside the lifecycle area,
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overlapping states (including across lanes), labels colliding with states or
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other labels, labels wider than their state, unreadably short transitions, or
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transitions crossing unrelated states (2px Clean Flow clearance). Lifecycle
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bands remain intentional pass-through containers.
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Text width is estimated CJK-aware: fullwidth glyphs count as two units.
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Set `meta.quality_profile` to `showcase` for polished delivery. Unrelated proper
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X crossings then fail with `composition/proper-crossing`; default `standard`
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keeps them as artifact-receipt warnings. The final artifact check samples
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rounded `Q` corners. Collinear corridors remain outside the proper-X rule, but
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a separate gate warns in `standard` and fails in `showcase` when unrelated
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transitions overlap for at least 8px. Shared semantic endpoints, point touches,
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and shorter overlaps remain valid. Showcase also rejects any route segment
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below 8px and any interior turn segment below 16px; ordinary 8–15px endpoint
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stubs remain valid.
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