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name: lookup-element-kinds description: Quick reference for available element kinds and relationship types from shared specifications.

LikeC4 Element Kinds and Relationship Types Reference

Use this skill when you need to check available element kinds and relationship types.

Actors (C1)

Actor_Person, Actor_Staff, Actor_Admin

Systems (C1)

System_Existing, System_New, System_Legacy, System_External

Containers (C2)

Container_Api, Container_Webapp, Container_Database, Container_Queue, Container_Cache, Container_WebServer, Container_Loadbalancer, Container_ObjectStorage, Container_FileServer, Container_ProcessingServer, Container_Mailserver, Container_IamServer, Container_ExchangeServer, Container_ApplicationServer, Container_Spa, Container_MobileApp, Container_Browser, Container_ReverseProxy, Container_Waf, Container_Firewall, Container_DataServer, Container_Directory, Container_Api_Geo, Container_DatabaseGeo

Components (C3)

Component

Deployment Zones

Zone, Zone_Internet, Zone_Vlan, Zone_Lan

Deployment Nodes

Node_Environment, Node_Vm, Node_Server, Node_App, Node_Container, Node_Pod, Node_Cluster

Infrastructure

Infra_F5, Infra_Firewall, Infra_Router, Infra_Switch, Infra_Vpn

Relationship Kinds (Model)

calls, async, reads, writes, uses

Relationship Kinds (Deployment)

http, https, tcp, nfs, amqp, sql, redis, smtp, ldap, oidc_saml