Tools

Each ADP tool is made for one task where a specialized view beats a generic diagram or plain text. This catalogue lists all 39 tools, grouped by the focus area they serve, with their state in each of the eight hosts. A tool that serves several focus areas is listed under each. The states are read from the hosts' own repositories, or from ADP's list of tools for a host that keeps none; nothing is shown as available unless you can install it. Tick focus areas, hosts or states in the filter above to narrow the list, and follow a tool’s name to its own page.

Technology assessment

Supply chain diagram
etalii/supply-chain
Follow goods from raw material to consumer, showing who supplies whom, how much, and what depends on what.
Standalone
Prototype
Desktop
Prototype
IntelliJ Platform
Not planned
Visual Studio Code
Not planned
Eclipse
Idea
ThinkRail
Not planned
Notion
Not planned
Claude
Not planned
Gartner hype cycle graph
gartner/hypecycle-graph
Aims to provide insights in how socio-technological trends relate to each other.
Standalone
In progress
Desktop
In progress
IntelliJ Platform
Not planned
Visual Studio Code
Prototype
Eclipse
Not planned
ThinkRail
Not planned
Notion
Prototype
Claude
Not planned
Timeline diagram
generic/timeline
Lay out activities as bars along time, on rows, with the connections between them.
Standalone
Available
Desktop
Not yet released
IntelliJ Platform
Not planned
Visual Studio Code
Not planned
Eclipse
Not planned
ThinkRail
Not planned
Notion
Not planned
Claude
Not planned
Causal loop diagram
systems/causal-loop-diagram
Aims to make the feedback structure of a system explicit, with every loop's reinforcing or balancing label checked against its own arrows.
Not yet usable
Standalone
In progress
Desktop
In progress
IntelliJ Platform
Not planned
Visual Studio Code
Not planned
Eclipse
Not planned
ThinkRail
Not planned
Notion
Not planned
Claude
Not planned
Wardley map
wardley/map
Map a value chain by how visible each component is to users and how evolved it is.
Standalone
Prototype
Desktop
Prototype
IntelliJ Platform
Not planned
Visual Studio Code
Not planned
Eclipse
Not planned
ThinkRail
Not planned
Notion
Not planned
Claude
Not planned

Humans and agents together

Agent activity diagram
etalii/agent-activity-diagram
Aims to give developers one overview of where work happens: which agent works on which specification, on which branch, folder and machine.
Standalone
In progress
Desktop
In progress
IntelliJ Platform
Not planned
Visual Studio Code
Prototype
Eclipse
Not planned
ThinkRail
Not planned
Notion
Not planned
Claude
Not planned
Agent Behavior Modelling
etalii/agent-behavior-modelling
Make a chat agent's instructions explicit as a behavior tree: what it does in order, what it tries, where it asks first and when it stops.
Standalone
Prototype
Desktop
Prototype
IntelliJ Platform
Not planned
Visual Studio Code
Prototype
Eclipse
Not planned
ThinkRail
Not planned
Notion
Not planned
Claude
Not planned
Functional decomposition graph
etalii/functional-decomposition-graph
Aims to structure frontend application development by identifying and linking its UI elements, data elements, actions and functions.
Standalone
Prototype
Desktop
Prototype
IntelliJ Platform
Not planned
Visual Studio Code
Not planned
Eclipse
Not planned
ThinkRail
Not planned
Notion
Not planned
Claude
Not planned
Hierarchical Requirement Designer
etalii/hierarchical-requirement
Read and edit the requirements of a subject by its structure, as nested boxes, in a Markdown file an agent writes too.
Standalone
Prototype
Desktop
Prototype
IntelliJ Platform
Not planned
Visual Studio Code
Prototype
Eclipse
Not planned
ThinkRail
Not planned
Notion
Not planned
Claude
Not planned
Knowledge designer
etalii/knowledge
Model knowledge as linked tables of typed properties in local YAML, XML or JSON files, with views that sort, filter and group them.
Standalone
Prototype
Desktop
Prototype
IntelliJ Platform
Not planned
Visual Studio Code
Prototype
Eclipse
Not planned
ThinkRail
Not planned
Notion
Not planned
Claude
Not planned

Clarity in textual data

Systems and strategy

Knowledge and semantics

Software delivery

Planning and roadmapping

Gartner hype cycle graph
gartner/hypecycle-graph
Aims to provide insights in how socio-technological trends relate to each other.
Standalone
In progress
Desktop
In progress
IntelliJ Platform
Not planned
Visual Studio Code
Prototype
Eclipse
Not planned
ThinkRail
Not planned
Notion
Prototype
Claude
Not planned
Dependency graph
generic/dependencies
Draw named things and what depends on what, freely placed and connected.
Standalone
Available
Desktop
Not yet released
IntelliJ Platform
Not planned
Visual Studio Code
Not planned
Eclipse
Not planned
ThinkRail
Not planned
Notion
Not planned
Claude
Not planned
Timeline diagram
generic/timeline
Lay out activities as bars along time, on rows, with the connections between them.
Standalone
Available
Desktop
Not yet released
IntelliJ Platform
Not planned
Visual Studio Code
Not planned
Eclipse
Not planned
ThinkRail
Not planned
Notion
Not planned
Claude
Not planned
Wardley map
wardley/map
Map a value chain by how visible each component is to users and how evolved it is.
Standalone
Prototype
Desktop
Prototype
IntelliJ Platform
Not planned
Visual Studio Code
Not planned
Eclipse
Not planned
ThinkRail
Not planned
Notion
Not planned
Claude
Not planned

Psychological and societal insights

Gartner hype cycle graph
gartner/hypecycle-graph
Aims to provide insights in how socio-technological trends relate to each other.
Standalone
In progress
Desktop
In progress
IntelliJ Platform
Not planned
Visual Studio Code
Prototype
Eclipse
Not planned
ThinkRail
Not planned
Notion
Prototype
Claude
Not planned
Causal loop diagram
systems/causal-loop-diagram
Aims to make the feedback structure of a system explicit, with every loop's reinforcing or balancing label checked against its own arrows.
Not yet usable
Standalone
In progress
Desktop
In progress
IntelliJ Platform
Not planned
Visual Studio Code
Not planned
Eclipse
Not planned
ThinkRail
Not planned
Notion
Not planned
Claude
Not planned

Other tools

JSON editor
editor/json
`.json` files checked for JSON's own mistakes and against the JSON Schema their `$schema` names, with completion and descriptions from it
Standalone
Available
Desktop
Not planned
IntelliJ Platform
Not planned
Visual Studio Code
Not planned
Eclipse
Not planned
ThinkRail
Not planned
Notion
Not planned
Claude
Not planned
XML editor
editor/xml
XML text with tags kept matched, mistakes marked where they are made, and checking against the XSD or DTD the document names
Standalone
Available
Desktop
Not planned
IntelliJ Platform
Not planned
Visual Studio Code
Not planned
Eclipse
Not planned
ThinkRail
Not planned
Notion
Not planned
Claude
Not planned
YAML editor
editor/yaml
YAML's own mistakes marked, with findings, completion and hover from the JSON Schema each document names
Standalone
Available
Desktop
Not planned
IntelliJ Platform
Not planned
Visual Studio Code
Not planned
Eclipse
Not planned
ThinkRail
Not planned
Notion
Not planned
Claude
Not planned

Ideas

These are candidates for a tool. No host is building them yet, and each may or may not become one.

Apache Airflow DAG
airflow/dag
See the tasks of an Apache Airflow DAG and the dependencies that decide their order.
Focus area: Software delivery
Family: Data platforms & pipeline orchestration
Sources
- airflow.apache.org
- DAGs concept
ArchiMate — Application layer
archimate/application
Model the applications, their components and the data they exchange, in ArchiMate's application layer.
Focus area: Systems and strategy
Family: Enterprise Architecture frameworks
Sources
- ArchiMate spec
ArchiMate — Business layer
archimate/business
Model business actors, roles, processes and services in ArchiMate's business layer.
Focus area: Systems and strategy
Family: Enterprise Architecture frameworks
Sources
- ArchiMate spec
ArchiMate — Implementation & Migration layer
archimate/implementation-migration
Plan the move from current to target architecture through work packages, plateaus and gaps.
Focus area: Systems and strategy, Planning and roadmapping
Family: Enterprise Architecture frameworks
Sources
- ArchiMate spec
ArchiMate — Motivation layer
archimate/motivation
Capture why an architecture exists: stakeholders, drivers, goals, principles and requirements.
Focus area: Systems and strategy, Technology assessment
Family: Enterprise Architecture frameworks
Sources
- ArchiMate spec
ArchiMate — Strategy layer
archimate/strategy
Relate an organization's capabilities, resources and courses of action in ArchiMate's strategy layer.
Focus area: Systems and strategy, Planning and roadmapping
Family: Enterprise Architecture frameworks
Sources
- ArchiMate spec
ArchiMate — Technology layer
archimate/technology
Model the nodes, devices, networks and system software that applications run on.
Focus area: Systems and strategy, Software delivery
Family: Enterprise Architecture frameworks
Sources
- ArchiMate spec
Argo workflow
argoproj/workflow
Show the steps, DAG templates and artifacts of an Argo Workflows definition.
Focus area: Software delivery
Family: Data platforms & pipeline orchestration
Sources
- argo-workflows docs
AWS architecture diagram
aws/architecture
Draw an AWS architecture with the services it uses and how they connect.
Focus area: Software delivery
Family: Infrastructure, network & cloud diagrams
Sources
- AWS Architecture Icons
Azure architecture diagram
azure/architecture
Draw an Azure architecture with the services it uses and how they connect.
Focus area: Software delivery
Family: Infrastructure, network & cloud diagrams
Sources
- Azure Architecture Icons
BPMN process diagram
bpmn/process
Model a business process with BPMN's events, activities, gateways and pools.
Focus area: Systems and strategy
Family: Business process & workflow notation
Sources
- bpmn.org
- OMG BPMN spec
Concept map
cmap/concept-map
Connect concepts with labelled relationships to show how a body of knowledge fits together.
Focus area: Knowledge and semantics, Clarity in textual data
Family: Knowledge & informal modeling
Sources
- Novak & Cañas, "The Theory Underlying Concept Maps"
Common Workflow Language workflow
commonwl/workflow
Show the steps of a Common Workflow Language workflow and how their inputs and outputs connect.
Focus area: Software delivery
Family: Data platforms & pipeline orchestration
Sources
- commonwl.org
- CWL user guide
Context Mapper context map
contextmapper/context-map
Show the bounded contexts of a Context Mapper model and the relationships between them.
Focus area: Systems and strategy, Software delivery
Family: 11f. Context Mapper
Sources
- contextmapper.org
D2 diagram
d2/diagram
Edit D2's declarative diagram text with the rendered diagram beside it.
Focus area: Software delivery, Clarity in textual data
Family: 11d. D2
Sources
- d2lang.com
Dagster asset graph
dagster/assets
See the software-defined assets of a Dagster project and what each one is built from.
Focus area: Software delivery
Family: Data platforms & pipeline orchestration
Sources
- dagster.io
- Asset definitions
dbt project lineage
dbt/lineage
Trace how the models and sources of a dbt project feed into each other.
Focus area: Software delivery
Family: Data platforms & pipeline orchestration
Sources
- docs.getdbt.com
- About dbt projects
Context map
ddd/context-map
Map the bounded contexts of a domain and how the teams and models behind them relate.
Focus area: Systems and strategy, Software delivery
Family: Domain-Driven Design collaborative modeling
Sources
- Context Mapping reference
Event Storming
ddd/event-storming
Explore a business domain together by placing its events, commands and actors on a timeline.
Focus area: Systems and strategy, Humans and agents together
Family: Domain-Driven Design collaborative modeling
Sources
- eventstorming.com
Data flow diagram
dfd/data-flow
Show how data moves between processes, stores and external entities.
Focus area: Software delivery
Family: Data-oriented diagrams
Sources
- DeMarco's foundational text
Cloud infrastructure diagram
diagrams-python/cloud-infrastructure
Draw cloud and infrastructure diagrams with vendor icons, written as Python code.
Focus area: Software delivery, Clarity in textual data
Family: 11e. Diagrams (Python)
Sources
- diagrams.mingrammer.com
Entity-relationship diagram
erd/entity-relationship
Model the entities of a domain, their attributes and how they relate.
Focus area: Software delivery, Knowledge and semantics
Family: Data-oriented diagrams
Sources
- Chen's original paper
GCP architecture diagram
gcp/architecture
Draw a Google Cloud architecture with the services it uses and how they connect.
Focus area: Software delivery
Family: Infrastructure, network & cloud diagrams
Sources
- Google Cloud Architecture Icons
Swimlane diagram
generic/swimlane
Show who does which step of a process by placing each step in its actor's lane.
Focus area: Humans and agents together, Systems and strategy
Family: Business process & workflow notation
Sources
- Lucidchart guide
Flowchart
iso/flowchart
Draw the steps and decisions of a procedure with the standard flowchart symbols.
Focus area: Software delivery
Family: Business process & workflow notation
Sources
- ISO 5807 overview
Kubeflow pipeline
kubeflow/pipeline
Show the components of a Kubeflow pipeline and how their inputs and outputs connect.
Focus area: Software delivery
Family: Data platforms & pipeline orchestration
Sources
- kubeflow.org
LinkML schema
linkml/schema
Show the classes, slots and enums of a LinkML schema and how they inherit from each other.
Focus area: Knowledge and semantics
Family: Ontologies & semantic web
Sources
- linkml.io
- schema guide
Meltano ELT project
meltano/project
See how the extractors, loaders and transforms of a Meltano project move data from source to target.
Focus area: Software delivery
Family: Data platforms & pipeline orchestration
Sources
- meltano.com
- meltano.yml reference
Architecture diagram
mermaid/architecture
Edit Mermaid architecture diagrams, of services and resources in groups, with the diagram beside the text.
Focus area: Software delivery, Clarity in textual data
Family: 11a. Mermaid
Sources
- mermaid.js.org
C4 diagram
mermaid/c4
Edit Mermaid's C4 diagrams with the diagram beside the text.
Focus area: Software delivery, Clarity in textual data
Family: 11a. Mermaid
Sources
- mermaid.js.org
Class diagram
mermaid/class
Edit Mermaid class diagrams with the diagram beside the text.
Focus area: Software delivery, Clarity in textual data
Family: 11a. Mermaid
Sources
- mermaid.js.org
Entity-relationship diagram
mermaid/er
Edit Mermaid entity-relationship diagrams with the diagram beside the text.
Focus area: Software delivery, Clarity in textual data
Family: 11a. Mermaid
Sources
- mermaid.js.org
Flowchart
mermaid/flowchart
Edit Mermaid flowcharts with the diagram beside the text.
Focus area: Software delivery, Clarity in textual data
Family: 11a. Mermaid
Sources
- mermaid.js.org
Gantt chart
mermaid/gantt
Edit Mermaid Gantt charts of tasks, sections and milestones with the chart beside the text.
Focus area: Planning and roadmapping, Clarity in textual data
Family: 11a. Mermaid
Sources
- mermaid.js.org
Sequence diagram
mermaid/sequence
Edit Mermaid sequence diagrams with the diagram beside the text.
Focus area: Software delivery, Clarity in textual data
Family: 11a. Mermaid
Sources
- mermaid.js.org
State diagram
mermaid/state
Edit Mermaid state diagrams with the diagram beside the text.
Focus area: Software delivery, Clarity in textual data
Family: 11a. Mermaid
Sources
- mermaid.js.org
MongoDB aggregation pipeline
mongodb/aggregation-pipeline
Follow a MongoDB aggregation pipeline stage by stage, with the document shape after each stage.
Focus area: Clarity in textual data, Software delivery
Family: Database queries & results
Sources
- Aggregation pipeline manual
MongoDB find query
mongodb/query
Read a MongoDB find query as a tree of conditions, and its results as documents.
Focus area: Clarity in textual data, Software delivery
Family: Database queries & results
Sources
- MongoDB CRUD queries
Cypher query and result graph
neo4j/cypher
See a Cypher query's MATCH patterns as a graph, and its results as an interactive graph.
Focus area: Knowledge and semantics, Clarity in textual data
Family: Database queries & results
Sources
- Cypher manual
Network topology diagram
network/topology
Show the devices, links and segments of a network and how they are connected.
Focus area: Software delivery
Family: Infrastructure, network & cloud diagrams
Sources
- Cisco iconography
Nextflow pipeline
nextflow/workflow
See the processes of a Nextflow pipeline and the channels that carry data between them.
Focus area: Software delivery
Family: Data platforms & pipeline orchestration
Sources
- nextflow.io
Apache NiFi flow
nifi/flow
Show the processors, connections and process groups of an Apache NiFi flow.
Focus area: Software delivery
Family: Data platforms & pipeline orchestration
Sources
- nifi.apache.org
OpenLineage lineage graph
openlineage/lineage
Trace which jobs read and wrote which datasets, from captured OpenLineage events.
Focus area: Software delivery, Knowledge and semantics
Family: Data platforms & pipeline orchestration
Sources
- openlineage.io
- spec on GitHub
Workflow Description Language workflow
openwdl/workflow
Show the tasks and calls of a WDL workflow and how data flows between them.
Focus area: Software delivery
Family: Data platforms & pipeline orchestration
Sources
- openwdl.org
C4-PlantUML diagram
plantuml/c4
Edit C4 diagrams written with C4-PlantUML, with the diagram beside the text.
Focus area: Software delivery, Clarity in textual data
Family: 11b. PlantUML
Sources
- C4-PlantUML
Snakemake workflow
snakemake/workflow
See the rules of a Snakemake workflow and how their inputs and outputs chain together.
Focus area: Software delivery
Family: Data platforms & pipeline orchestration
Sources
- snakemake.readthedocs.io
Spark declarative pipeline
spark/declarative-pipeline
Trace the flows, streaming tables and materialized views of a Spark Declarative Pipeline.
Focus area: Software delivery
Family: Data platforms & pipeline orchestration
Sources
- SDP programming guide
C4 model
structurizr/c4
Edit a Structurizr C4 model once and see every view generated from it.
Focus area: Software delivery, Systems and strategy
Family: 11c. Structurizr
Sources
- structurizr.com
TOGAF ADM cycle diagram
togaf/adm
Follow an architecture effort through the phases of the TOGAF Architecture Development Method.
Focus area: Systems and strategy, Planning and roadmapping
Family: Enterprise Architecture frameworks
Sources
- TOGAF Standard
Activity diagram
uml/activity
Model the flow of actions and decisions in a process or algorithm.
Focus area: Software delivery
Family: 1b. Behavioral diagrams
Sources
- uml-diagrams.org
Class diagram
uml/class
Model the classes of a system, their attributes and operations, and how they relate.
Focus area: Software delivery
Family: 1a. Structural diagrams
Sources
- uml-diagrams.org
Communication diagram
uml/communication
Show which objects exchange which numbered messages to carry out one interaction.
Focus area: Software delivery
Family: 1c. Interaction diagrams
Sources
- uml-diagrams.org
Component diagram
uml/component
Show the components of a system and the interfaces they provide and require.
Focus area: Software delivery
Family: 1a. Structural diagrams
Sources
- uml-diagrams.org
Composite structure diagram
uml/composite-structure
Show the internal parts of a class or component and how they are wired together.
Focus area: Software delivery
Family: 1a. Structural diagrams
Sources
- uml-diagrams.org
Deployment diagram
uml/deployment
Show which artifacts are deployed on which nodes and how the nodes communicate.
Focus area: Software delivery
Family: 1a. Structural diagrams
Sources
- uml-diagrams.org
Interaction overview diagram
uml/interaction-overview
Combine several interactions into one flow of control, like an activity diagram of interactions.
Focus area: Software delivery
Family: 1c. Interaction diagrams
Sources
- uml-diagrams.org
Object diagram
uml/object
Show a snapshot of concrete objects, their values and links at one moment.
Focus area: Software delivery
Family: 1a. Structural diagrams
Sources
- uml-diagrams.org
Package diagram
uml/package
Organize model elements into packages and show the dependencies between them.
Focus area: Software delivery
Family: 1a. Structural diagrams
Sources
- uml-diagrams.org
Profile diagram
uml/profile
Extend UML for a domain with stereotypes, tagged values and constraints.
Focus area: Software delivery, Knowledge and semantics
Family: 1a. Structural diagrams
Sources
- uml-diagrams.org
Sequence diagram
uml/sequence
Show the messages between participants in the order they happen.
Focus area: Software delivery
Family: 1c. Interaction diagrams
Sources
- uml-diagrams.org
State machine diagram
uml/state-machine
Model the states something can be in and the events that move it between them.
Focus area: Software delivery
Family: 1b. Behavioral diagrams
Sources
- uml-diagrams.org
Timing diagram
uml/timing
Show how the states of participants change along a precise time axis.
Focus area: Software delivery
Family: 1c. Interaction diagrams
Sources
- uml-diagrams.org
Use case diagram
uml/use-case
Show who uses a system and for which goals.
Focus area: Software delivery, Humans and agents together
Family: 1b. Behavioral diagrams
Sources
- uml-diagrams.org
Zachman Framework matrix
zachman/matrix
Classify an enterprise's architecture descriptions by question and by perspective in the Zachman matrix.
Focus area: Systems and strategy
Family: Enterprise Architecture frameworks
Sources
- Zachman International

Tools

Technology assessment

Humans and agents together

Clarity in textual data

Systems and strategy

Knowledge and semantics

Software delivery

Planning and roadmapping

Psychological and societal insights

Other tools

Ideas

Apache Airflow DAG

Sources

ArchiMate — Application layer

Sources

ArchiMate — Business layer

Sources

ArchiMate — Implementation & Migration layer

Sources

ArchiMate — Motivation layer

Sources

ArchiMate — Strategy layer

Sources

ArchiMate — Technology layer

Sources

Argo workflow

Sources

AWS architecture diagram

Sources

Azure architecture diagram

Sources

BPMN process diagram

Sources

Concept map

Sources

Common Workflow Language workflow

Sources

Context Mapper context map

Sources

D2 diagram

Sources

Dagster asset graph

Sources

dbt project lineage

Sources

Context map

Sources

Event Storming

Sources

Data flow diagram

Sources

Cloud infrastructure diagram

Sources

Entity-relationship diagram

Sources

GCP architecture diagram

Sources

Swimlane diagram

Sources

Flowchart

Sources

Kubeflow pipeline

Sources

LinkML schema

Sources

Meltano ELT project

Sources

Architecture diagram

Sources

C4 diagram

Sources

Class diagram

Sources

Entity-relationship diagram

Sources

Flowchart

Sources

Gantt chart

Sources

Sequence diagram