These commands are always available in the Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P / Cmd+Shift+P):
| Command |
Description |
ArchTect: New Project |
Create a new workspace with wizard |
ArchTect: Open Generation Center |
Open the documentation generation center |
ArchTect: Open User Guide |
Open the ArchTect user guide |
ArchTect: Show Copilot Diagnostics |
Open a diagnostics document with webview environment state |
These are available from the VS Code UI, not the Command Palette:
| Command |
Where |
Description |
ArchTect: Open with ArchTect |
Editor title icon, Explorer context menu |
Open a .dsl or .nbc4 file in the visual editor |
ArchTect: Open Project |
Explorer context menu (folders) |
Open a project folder in ArchTect |
These commands are available via the ArchTect menu in the menu bar when the ArchTect editor is open:
| Command |
Description |
ArchTect: Save |
Save the current project |
ArchTect: Export PNG |
Export the current view as a PNG image |
ArchTect: Export SVG |
Export the current view as an SVG image |
ArchTect: Export Diagram (Experimental) |
Export diagram in experimental format |
| Command |
Description |
ArchTect: Create View |
Create a new view in the workspace |
ArchTect: Open View in Canvas |
Open a view in the diagram canvas |
ArchTect: Toggle Explorer |
Show or hide the left panel |
| Command |
Description |
ArchTect: Edit Architecture Info |
Edit workspace-level metadata |
ArchTect: Generate Documentation |
Generate arc42-structured documentation from the model |
ArchTect: Validate Architecture |
Run DSL validation and report errors |
| Command |
Description |
ArchTect: MCP Toggle Server |
Start or stop the embedded MCP server |
ArchTect: MCP Show Status |
Show MCP server status |
ArchTect: MCP Configure Client |
Configure MCP client integration for the workspace |
ArchTect: MCP Configure Claude Code |
Configure MCP for Claude Code |
See MCP Server Integration for what the server exposes.
| Command |
Description |
ArchTect: Export All Views as SVG (Background) |
Export all views as SVG files in the background |
| Command |
Description |
ArchTect: Keep Changes |
Accept pending AI-suggested changes |
ArchTect: Discard Changes |
Reject pending AI-suggested changes |
See Copilot Chat Participant for the @archtect chat commands.
