diff --git a/architecture/likec4.config.json b/architecture/likec4.config.json
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+{
+  "$schema": "https://likec4.dev/schemas/config.json",
+  "name": "bhce",
+  "title": "BloodHound Community Edition"
+}
+
diff --git a/architecture/model/api-server.c4 b/architecture/model/api-server.c4
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+// BloodHound Community Edition - API Server Components
+// Internal structure of the API Server container.
+
+model {
+
+  extend bloodhound.apiServer {
+
+    // ─── HTTP Layer ────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+    httpRouter = component 'HTTP Router' {
+      #go
+      description 'Gorilla Mux router that registers all REST API routes and applies global middleware.'
+      technology 'gorilla/mux'
+    }
+
+    authMiddleware = component 'Auth Middleware' {
+      #go
+      description 'Middleware that parses Authorization headers and authenticates requests via bearer tokens or HMAC signatures.'
+      technology 'Go'
+    }
+
+    authenticator = component 'Authenticator' {
+      #go
+      description 'Validates credentials for login, manages SAML/OIDC SSO flows, and issues JWT session tokens.'
+      technology 'Go'
+    }
+
+    authorizer = component 'Authorizer' {
+      #go
+      description 'Enforces role-based access control by checking user permissions against requested resources.'
+      technology 'Go'
+    }
+
+    // ─── REST API Handlers ─────────────────────────────────────
+
+    restApi = component 'REST API (v2)' {
+      #go
+      description 'HTTP handler functions implementing the BloodHound v2 REST API for graph queries, search, data upload, user management, and configuration.'
+      technology 'Go'
+    }
+
+    // ─── Background Daemons ────────────────────────────────────
+
+    apiDaemon = daemon 'API Daemon' {
+      description 'Hosts the HTTP server, listens for incoming connections, and serves the REST API and static UI assets.'
+      technology 'Go / net/http'
+    }
+
+    datapipeDaemon = daemon 'DataPipe Daemon' {
+      description 'Periodic loop that orchestrates the data pipeline: purge → ingest → analyze. Drives all data processing on a configurable tick interval.'
+      technology 'Go'
+    }
+
+    gcDaemon = daemon 'Data Pruning Daemon' {
+      description 'Daily background task that sweeps expired sessions and stale asset-group collections.'
+      technology 'Go'
+    }
+
+    changelogDaemon = daemon 'Changelog Daemon' {
+      description 'Tracks graph database changes and records a changelog of mutations for audit and incremental processing.'
+      technology 'Go'
+    }
+
+    // ─── Core Services ─────────────────────────────────────────
+
+    graphifyService = service 'Graphify Service' {
+      #go
+      description 'Transforms ingested JSON data into graph nodes and edges, writing them into the graph database.'
+      technology 'Go'
+    }
+
+    analysisService = service 'Analysis Service' {
+      #go
+      description 'Runs post-processing analysis on graph data including AD and Azure attack-path computation, ADCS analysis, and tier-zero identification.'
+      technology 'Go'
+    }
+
+    fileIngestService = service 'File Ingest Service' {
+      #go
+      description 'Handles uploaded data files (JSON/ZIP), validates them against the ingest schema, and queues them as ingest tasks.'
+      technology 'Go'
+    }
+
+    graphQueryService = service 'Graph Query Service' {
+      #go
+      description 'Executes Cypher queries against the graph database with caching, complexity limits, and result formatting.'
+      technology 'Go'
+    }
+
+    jobService = service 'Job Service' {
+      #go
+      description 'Manages background job lifecycle: creation, status tracking, timeout, and completion of ingest and analysis jobs.'
+      technology 'Go'
+    }
+
+    agiService = service 'Asset Group Isolation Service' {
+      #go
+      description 'Collects asset group membership from graph nodes based on system and user tags, and records isolation collections for each asset group.'
+      technology 'Go'
+    }
+
+    dataQualityService = service 'Data Quality Service' {
+      #go
+      description 'Computes and persists Active Directory and Azure data quality statistics and aggregations after each analysis run.'
+      technology 'Go'
+    }
+
+    openGraphSchemaService = service 'OpenGraph Schema Service' {
+      #go
+      description 'Manages custom graph schema extensions: CRUD operations for user-defined node kinds and relationship types, with graph database kind synchronization.'
+      technology 'Go'
+    }
+
+    // ─── Data Access ───────────────────────────────────────────
+
+    databaseClient = library 'Database Client' {
+      #go
+      description 'Abstraction layer providing typed queries against the PostgreSQL relational database via GORM.'
+      technology 'Go / GORM'
+    }
+
+    graphClient = library 'Graph Client (DAWGS)' {
+      #go
+      description 'DAWGS-based abstraction for graph database operations, supporting Neo4j and PostgreSQL graph backends.'
+      technology 'Go / DAWGS'
+    }
+  }
+}
+
diff --git a/architecture/model/bloodhound.c4 b/architecture/model/bloodhound.c4
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+// BloodHound Community Edition - Top-Level System & Containers
+// Defines the BloodHound system boundary and its primary containers.
+
+model {
+
+  bloodhound = system 'BloodHound' {
+    description 'Attack path management platform that reveals hidden relationships in Active Directory and Azure environments.'
+
+    // ─── API Server ──────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+    apiServer = container 'API Server' {
+      #go
+      description 'Go HTTP server that hosts the REST API, manages authentication, orchestrates data ingestion, and runs background daemons.'
+      technology 'Go'
+    }
+
+    // ─── Web UI ──────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+    ui = container 'Web UI' {
+      #react
+      description 'Single-page application that provides interactive graph exploration, search, and administration interfaces.'
+      technology 'React / TypeScript'
+      style {
+        shape browser
+      }
+    }
+
+    // ─── Databases ───────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+    postgresql = database 'PostgreSQL' {
+      #relationaldb
+      description 'Relational database that stores application configuration, user accounts, audit logs, ingest tasks, and saved queries.'
+      technology 'PostgreSQL'
+    }
+
+    postgresqlGraph = database 'PostgreSQL (Graph)' {
+      #graphdb
+      description 'PostgreSQL-backed graph database that stores Active Directory and Azure objects as nodes with their relationships as edges for attack path analysis, using the DAWGS graph abstraction layer.'
+      technology 'PostgreSQL / DAWGS'
+    }
+
+    neo4j = database 'Neo4j' {
+      #graphdb
+      description 'Graph database that stores Active Directory and Azure objects as nodes with their relationships as edges for attack path analysis.'
+      technology 'Neo4j'
+    }
+  }
+}
+
diff --git a/architecture/model/external.c4 b/architecture/model/external.c4
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+// BloodHound Community Edition - External Systems
+// Systems and actors that exist outside the BHCE codebase.
+
+model {
+
+  // ─── Actors ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+  securityOperator = actor 'Security Operator' {
+    description 'Uses BloodHound to identify and remediate Active Directory and Azure attack paths.'
+  }
+
+  apiConsumer = actor 'API Consumer' {
+    description 'External tooling or scripts that interact with the BloodHound REST API.'
+  }
+
+  // ─── External Data Collectors ────────────────────────────────────
+
+  sharpHound = externalSystem 'SharpHound' {
+    #external
+    description 'Windows data collector that enumerates Active Directory objects, ACLs, sessions, and group memberships.'
+    technology 'C#'
+  }
+
+  azureHound = externalSystem 'AzureHound' {
+    #external
+    description 'Data collector that enumerates Azure AD / Entra ID objects, roles, and permissions.'
+    technology 'Go'
+  }
+
+  // ─── Target Environments ─────────────────────────────────────────
+
+  activeDirectory = externalSystem 'Active Directory' {
+    #external
+    description 'On-premises Microsoft Active Directory domain environment being assessed.'
+  }
+
+  azureAd = externalSystem 'Azure AD / Entra ID' {
+    #external
+    description 'Microsoft cloud identity service being assessed.'
+  }
+}
+
diff --git a/architecture/model/relationships.c4 b/architecture/model/relationships.c4
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+// BloodHound Community Edition - Relationships
+// All relationships between elements in the architecture model.
+
+model {
+
+  // ─── External Actor → System ─────────────────────────────────
+
+  securityOperator -[sync]-> bloodhound.ui 'Uses web browser'
+  apiConsumer -[sync]-> bloodhound.apiServer 'Calls REST API'
+
+  // ─── External Data Collectors ────────────────────────────────
+  // Container-level and component-level edges coexist intentionally:
+  // container-level edges render in context/container views,
+  // component-level edges render in component-level views (e.g., data-pipeline).
+
+  sharpHound -[sync]-> activeDirectory 'Enumerates AD objects'
+  sharpHound -[sync]-> bloodhound.apiServer 'Uploads collected data'
+  sharpHound -[sync]-> bloodhound.apiServer.restApi 'Uploads collected data'
+
+  azureHound -[sync]-> azureAd 'Enumerates Azure objects'
+  azureHound -[sync]-> bloodhound.apiServer 'Uploads collected data'
+  azureHound -[sync]-> bloodhound.apiServer.restApi 'Uploads collected data'
+
+  // ─── UI → API Server ────────────────────────────────────────
+
+  bloodhound.ui -[sync]-> bloodhound.apiServer 'REST API calls'
+
+  // ─── API Server → Databases ──────────────────────────────────
+
+  bloodhound.apiServer -[sync]-> bloodhound.postgresql 'Reads/writes application data'
+  bloodhound.apiServer -[sync]-> bloodhound.postgresqlGraph 'Reads/writes graph data'
+  bloodhound.apiServer -[sync]-> bloodhound.neo4j 'Reads/writes graph data'
+
+  // ─── UI Internal ─────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+  bloodhound.ui.appShell -[uses]-> bloodhound.ui.reduxStore 'Dispatches actions, reads state'
+  bloodhound.ui.appShell -[uses]-> bloodhound.ui.exploreView 'Routes to'
+  bloodhound.ui.appShell -[uses]-> bloodhound.ui.administrationView 'Routes to'
+  bloodhound.ui.appShell -[uses]-> bloodhound.ui.groupManagementView 'Routes to'
+  bloodhound.ui.appShell -[uses]-> bloodhound.ui.downloadCollectorsView 'Routes to'
+  bloodhound.ui.appShell -[uses]-> bloodhound.ui.privilegeZonesView 'Routes to'
+  bloodhound.ui.appShell -[uses]-> bloodhound.ui.apiExplorerView 'Routes to'
+  bloodhound.ui.appShell -[uses]-> bloodhound.ui.userProfileView 'Routes to'
+  bloodhound.ui.exploreView -[uses]-> bloodhound.ui.sigmaGraph 'Renders graph'
+  bloodhound.ui.exploreView -[uses]-> bloodhound.ui.apiClientLib 'Fetches data'
+  bloodhound.ui.administrationView -[uses]-> bloodhound.ui.apiClientLib 'Fetches data'
+  bloodhound.ui.groupManagementView -[uses]-> bloodhound.ui.apiClientLib 'Fetches data'
+  bloodhound.ui.downloadCollectorsView -[uses]-> bloodhound.ui.apiClientLib 'Fetches collector data'
+  bloodhound.ui.privilegeZonesView -[uses]-> bloodhound.ui.apiClientLib 'Manages privilege zones'
+  bloodhound.ui.apiExplorerView -[uses]-> bloodhound.ui.apiClientLib 'Makes API requests'
+  bloodhound.ui.userProfileView -[uses]-> bloodhound.ui.apiClientLib 'Fetches profile data'
+  bloodhound.ui.reduxStore -[uses]-> bloodhound.ui.apiClientLib 'Sagas call API'
+  bloodhound.ui.apiClientLib -[sync]-> bloodhound.apiServer 'HTTP requests'
+  bloodhound.ui.apiClientLib -[sync]-> bloodhound.apiServer.httpRouter 'HTTP requests'
+
+  // ─── External Actor → API Server Components ─────────────────
+
+  securityOperator -[sync]-> bloodhound.ui.appShell 'Uses web UI'
+  apiConsumer -[sync]-> bloodhound.apiServer.httpRouter 'Calls REST API'
+
+  // ─── API Server Internal ─────────────────────────────────────
+
+  // HTTP request flow
+  bloodhound.apiServer.apiDaemon -[uses]-> bloodhound.apiServer.httpRouter 'Serves'
+  bloodhound.apiServer.httpRouter -[uses]-> bloodhound.apiServer.authMiddleware 'Applies to requests'
+  bloodhound.apiServer.authMiddleware -[uses]-> bloodhound.apiServer.authenticator 'Validates credentials'
+  bloodhound.apiServer.httpRouter -[uses]-> bloodhound.apiServer.restApi 'Dispatches to handlers'
+  bloodhound.apiServer.restApi -[uses]-> bloodhound.apiServer.authorizer 'Checks permissions'
+
+  // REST API → services
+  bloodhound.apiServer.restApi -[uses]-> bloodhound.apiServer.graphQueryService 'Executes graph queries'
+  bloodhound.apiServer.restApi -[uses]-> bloodhound.apiServer.fileIngestService 'Handles uploads'
+  bloodhound.apiServer.restApi -[uses]-> bloodhound.apiServer.openGraphSchemaService 'Manages graph extensions'
+
+  // DataPipe daemon pipeline
+  bloodhound.apiServer.datapipeDaemon -[async]-> bloodhound.apiServer.fileIngestService 'Processes queued files'
+  bloodhound.apiServer.datapipeDaemon -[async]-> bloodhound.apiServer.graphifyService 'Writes to graph'
+  bloodhound.apiServer.datapipeDaemon -[async]-> bloodhound.apiServer.analysisService 'Triggers analysis'
+  bloodhound.apiServer.datapipeDaemon -[uses]-> bloodhound.apiServer.jobService 'Manages job lifecycle'
+
+  // Analysis → sub-services
+  bloodhound.apiServer.analysisService -[uses]-> bloodhound.apiServer.agiService 'Runs isolation collections'
+  bloodhound.apiServer.analysisService -[uses]-> bloodhound.apiServer.dataQualityService 'Saves data quality stats'
+
+  // Services → data access
+  bloodhound.apiServer.graphifyService -[uses]-> bloodhound.apiServer.graphClient 'Writes nodes/edges'
+  bloodhound.apiServer.analysisService -[uses]-> bloodhound.apiServer.graphClient 'Reads/writes graph'
+  bloodhound.apiServer.analysisService -[uses]-> bloodhound.apiServer.databaseClient 'Reads config'
+  bloodhound.apiServer.agiService -[uses]-> bloodhound.apiServer.graphClient 'Reads tagged nodes'
+  bloodhound.apiServer.agiService -[uses]-> bloodhound.apiServer.databaseClient 'Records collections'
+  bloodhound.apiServer.dataQualityService -[uses]-> bloodhound.apiServer.graphClient 'Computes graph stats'
+  bloodhound.apiServer.dataQualityService -[uses]-> bloodhound.apiServer.databaseClient 'Persists quality stats'
+  bloodhound.apiServer.openGraphSchemaService -[uses]-> bloodhound.apiServer.databaseClient 'Manages schema extensions'
+  bloodhound.apiServer.openGraphSchemaService -[uses]-> bloodhound.apiServer.graphClient 'Refreshes graph kinds'
+  bloodhound.apiServer.graphQueryService -[uses]-> bloodhound.apiServer.graphClient 'Executes queries'
+  bloodhound.apiServer.fileIngestService -[uses]-> bloodhound.apiServer.databaseClient 'Manages ingest tasks'
+  bloodhound.apiServer.jobService -[uses]-> bloodhound.apiServer.databaseClient 'Tracks job state'
+  bloodhound.apiServer.authenticator -[uses]-> bloodhound.apiServer.databaseClient 'Looks up users/tokens'
+  bloodhound.apiServer.authorizer -[uses]-> bloodhound.apiServer.databaseClient 'Looks up permissions'
+
+  // Changelog daemon
+  bloodhound.apiServer.changelogDaemon -[uses]-> bloodhound.apiServer.graphClient 'Tracks graph changes'
+  bloodhound.apiServer.changelogDaemon -[uses]-> bloodhound.apiServer.databaseClient 'Persists changelog'
+
+  // GC daemon
+  bloodhound.apiServer.gcDaemon -[uses]-> bloodhound.apiServer.databaseClient 'Sweeps expired data'
+
+  // Data access → databases
+  bloodhound.apiServer.databaseClient -[sync]-> bloodhound.postgresql 'SQL queries'
+  bloodhound.apiServer.graphClient -[sync]-> bloodhound.postgresqlGraph 'Graph operations (DAWGS)'
+  bloodhound.apiServer.graphClient -[sync]-> bloodhound.neo4j 'Cypher queries'
+}
+
diff --git a/architecture/model/ui.c4 b/architecture/model/ui.c4
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+// BloodHound Community Edition - Web UI Components
+// Internal structure of the Web UI container.
+
+model {
+
+  extend bloodhound.ui {
+
+    // ─── Application Shell ─────────────────────────────────────
+
+    appShell = component 'Application Shell' {
+      #react
+      description 'Root React component providing theme, routing, error boundaries, notification providers, and the main navigation bar.'
+      technology 'React / MUI'
+    }
+
+    // ─── State Management ──────────────────────────────────────
+
+    reduxStore = component 'Redux Store' {
+      #react
+      description 'Centralized state management using Redux Toolkit with saga middleware. Manages auth, global UI, asset groups, tier-zero, and edge info state.'
+      technology 'Redux Toolkit / Redux-Saga'
+    }
+
+    // ─── Graph Visualization ───────────────────────────────────
+
+    sigmaGraph = component 'Graph Explorer' {
+      #react
+      description 'Interactive graph visualization using Sigma.js and Graphology. Renders AD/Azure nodes and edges with custom WebGL shaders, layout algorithms, and exploration controls.'
+      technology 'Sigma.js / Graphology / WebGL'
+    }
+
+    // ─── API Client ────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+    apiClientLib = component 'API Client' {
+      #react
+      description 'Axios-based HTTP client that attaches bearer tokens, handles 401/403 responses, and provides typed methods for all BloodHound API endpoints.'
+      technology 'Axios'
+    }
+
+    // ─── Feature Views ─────────────────────────────────────────
+
+    exploreView = component 'Explore View' {
+      #react
+      description 'Primary investigation interface combining graph visualization, search, node info panels, and pathfinding queries.'
+      technology 'React'
+    }
+
+    administrationView = component 'Administration View' {
+      #react
+      description 'User and role management, data quality statistics, database management, and application configuration pages.'
+      technology 'React'
+    }
+
+    groupManagementView = component 'Group Management View' {
+      #react
+      description 'Asset group and tier-zero management interface for defining and organizing high-value targets.'
+      technology 'React'
+    }
+
+    downloadCollectorsView = component 'Download Collectors View' {
+      #react
+      description 'Interface for downloading SharpHound and AzureHound collector packages for AD and Azure data collection.'
+      technology 'React'
+    }
+
+    privilegeZonesView = component 'Privilege Zones View' {
+      #react
+      description 'Tier-zero and privilege zone management interface for defining and reviewing critical asset boundaries.'
+      technology 'React'
+    }
+
+    apiExplorerView = component 'API Explorer View' {
+      #react
+      description 'Interactive REST API documentation and testing interface for exploring BloodHound API endpoints.'
+      technology 'React'
+    }
+
+    userProfileView = component 'User Profile View' {
+      #react
+      description 'User profile management page for viewing and updating account settings, API keys, and two-factor authentication.'
+      technology 'React'
+    }
+  }
+}
+
diff --git a/architecture/specification.c4 b/architecture/specification.c4
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+
+// BloodHound Community Edition - Architecture Specification
+// Defines element kinds, relationship kinds, tags, and default styling.
+
+specification {
+
+  // ─── Element Kinds ───────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+  element actor {
+    notation "Human users or external actors"
+    style {
+      shape person
+      color amber
+    }
+  }
+
+  element externalSystem {
+    notation "External systems outside the codebase"
+    style {
+      shape rectangle
+      color muted
+    }
+  }
+
+  element system {
+    notation "Core BloodHound system"
+    style {
+      shape rectangle
+      color primary
+    }
+  }
+
+  element container {
+    notation "Application containers (API, UI, databases)"
+    style {
+      shape rectangle
+      color secondary
+    }
+  }
+
+  element component {
+    notation "Internal components"
+    style {
+      shape rectangle
+      color secondary
+    }
+  }
+
+  element database {
+    notation "Data storage (PostgreSQL, Neo4j)"
+    style {
+      shape storage
+      color green
+    }
+  }
+
+  element daemon {
+    notation "Background daemons"
+    style {
+      shape rectangle
+      color indigo
+    }
+  }
+
+  element service {
+    notation "Application services"
+    style {
+      shape rectangle
+      color secondary
+    }
+  }
+
+  element library {
+    notation "Shared libraries and utilities"
+    style {
+      shape rectangle
+      color muted
+    }
+  }
+
+  // ─── Relationship Kinds ──────────────────────────────────────────
+
+  relationship async {
+    color amber
+    line dotted
+  }
+
+  relationship sync {
+    color primary
+    line solid
+  }
+
+  relationship uses {
+    line dashed
+  }
+
+  // ─── Tags ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+  tag external
+  tag go
+  tag react
+  tag graphdb
+  tag relationaldb
+}
+
diff --git a/architecture/views/api-server.c4 b/architecture/views/api-server.c4
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/architecture/views/api-server.c4
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+// BloodHound Community Edition - API Server Component View
+// Shows the internal components of the API Server container.
+
+views {
+
+  view apiServerComponents of bloodhound.apiServer {
+    title "API Server Components"
+    description "Internal structure of the Go API Server: daemons, HTTP layer, services, and data access."
+
+    include *
+
+    style bloodhound.apiServer.apiDaemon, bloodhound.apiServer.datapipeDaemon, bloodhound.apiServer.gcDaemon, bloodhound.apiServer.changelogDaemon {
+      color indigo
+    }
+
+    style bloodhound.apiServer.httpRouter, bloodhound.apiServer.authMiddleware, bloodhound.apiServer.authenticator, bloodhound.apiServer.authorizer, bloodhound.apiServer.restApi {
+      notation "HTTP & auth layer"
+      color sky
+    }
+
+    style bloodhound.apiServer.graphifyService, bloodhound.apiServer.analysisService, bloodhound.apiServer.fileIngestService, bloodhound.apiServer.graphQueryService, bloodhound.apiServer.jobService, bloodhound.apiServer.agiService, bloodhound.apiServer.dataQualityService, bloodhound.apiServer.openGraphSchemaService {
+      color secondary
+    }
+
+    style bloodhound.apiServer.databaseClient, bloodhound.apiServer.graphClient {
+      notation "Data access layer"
+      color muted
+    }
+  }
+}
+
diff --git a/architecture/views/auth.c4 b/architecture/views/auth.c4
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+++ b/architecture/views/auth.c4
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+// BloodHound Community Edition - Authentication Flow View
+// Focused view showing the authentication and authorization components.
+
+views {
+
+  view authFlow {
+    title "Authentication & Authorization"
+    description "How requests are authenticated (bearer tokens, HMAC, SAML, OIDC) and authorized (RBAC) within the API Server."
+
+    include
+      securityOperator,
+      apiConsumer,
+      bloodhound.ui.apiClientLib,
+      bloodhound.apiServer.httpRouter,
+      bloodhound.apiServer.authMiddleware,
+      bloodhound.apiServer.authenticator,
+      bloodhound.apiServer.authorizer,
+      bloodhound.apiServer.restApi,
+      bloodhound.apiServer.databaseClient,
+      bloodhound.postgresql
+
+    style securityOperator, apiConsumer {
+      color amber
+    }
+
+    style bloodhound.ui.apiClientLib {
+      notation "API client library"
+      color sky
+    }
+
+    style bloodhound.apiServer.httpRouter {
+      notation "HTTP router"
+      color primary
+    }
+
+    style bloodhound.apiServer.authMiddleware, bloodhound.apiServer.authenticator, bloodhound.apiServer.authorizer {
+      notation "Auth component"
+      color red
+    }
+
+    style bloodhound.apiServer.restApi {
+      notation "REST API handler"
+      color secondary
+    }
+
+    style bloodhound.postgresql {
+      color green
+    }
+  }
+}
+
diff --git a/architecture/views/containers.c4 b/architecture/views/containers.c4
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e118b0e7bde
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+++ b/architecture/views/containers.c4
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+// BloodHound Community Edition - Container View
+// Shows the major containers within the BloodHound CE system and their interactions.
+
+views {
+
+  view containers of bloodhound {
+    title 'Container Diagram'
+    description 'The main containers that make up BloodHound CE: API Server, Web UI, PostgreSQL (relational and graph), and Neo4j.'
+
+    include
+      *,
+      securityOperator,
+      apiConsumer,
+      sharpHound,
+      azureHound
+
+    style bloodhound.apiServer {
+      color primary
+    }
+
+    style bloodhound.ui {
+      color sky
+    }
+
+    style bloodhound.postgresql, bloodhound.postgresqlGraph, bloodhound.neo4j {
+      color green
+    }
+  }
+}
+
diff --git a/architecture/views/context.c4 b/architecture/views/context.c4
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5e688f5797e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/architecture/views/context.c4
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+// BloodHound Community Edition - System Context View
+// Shows BloodHound CE and its interactions with external actors and systems.
+
+views {
+
+  view context of bloodhound {
+    title 'System Context'
+    description 'High-level view of BloodHound CE, its users, and the external systems it interacts with.'
+
+    include
+      *,
+      securityOperator,
+      apiConsumer,
+      sharpHound,
+      azureHound,
+      activeDirectory,
+      azureAd
+
+    style * {
+      color secondary
+    }
+
+    style securityOperator, apiConsumer {
+      color amber
+    }
+
+    style sharpHound, azureHound, activeDirectory, azureAd {
+      color muted
+    }
+  }
+}
+
diff --git a/architecture/views/data-pipeline.c4 b/architecture/views/data-pipeline.c4
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6471350a450
--- /dev/null
+++ b/architecture/views/data-pipeline.c4
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+// BloodHound Community Edition - Data Pipeline View
+// Focused view showing the data ingestion and analysis flow.
+
+views {
+
+  view dataPipeline {
+    title "Data Pipeline"
+    description "How collected data flows from upload through ingestion, graphification, and analysis."
+
+    include
+      sharpHound,
+      azureHound,
+      bloodhound.apiServer.restApi,
+      bloodhound.apiServer.fileIngestService,
+      bloodhound.apiServer.datapipeDaemon,
+      bloodhound.apiServer.jobService,
+      bloodhound.apiServer.graphifyService,
+      bloodhound.apiServer.analysisService,
+      bloodhound.apiServer.agiService,
+      bloodhound.apiServer.dataQualityService,
+      bloodhound.apiServer.changelogDaemon,
+      bloodhound.apiServer.graphClient,
+      bloodhound.apiServer.databaseClient,
+      bloodhound.postgresql,
+      bloodhound.postgresqlGraph,
+      bloodhound.neo4j
+
+    style sharpHound, azureHound {
+      color muted
+    }
+
+    style bloodhound.apiServer.restApi {
+      notation "REST API endpoint"
+      color sky
+    }
+
+    style bloodhound.apiServer.datapipeDaemon {
+      color indigo
+    }
+
+    style bloodhound.apiServer.fileIngestService, bloodhound.apiServer.graphifyService, bloodhound.apiServer.analysisService, bloodhound.apiServer.jobService, bloodhound.apiServer.agiService, bloodhound.apiServer.dataQualityService {
+      color secondary
+    }
+
+    style bloodhound.apiServer.changelogDaemon {
+      color indigo
+    }
+
+    style bloodhound.apiServer.databaseClient, bloodhound.apiServer.graphClient {
+      notation "Data access layer"
+      color muted
+    }
+
+    style bloodhound.postgresql, bloodhound.postgresqlGraph, bloodhound.neo4j {
+      color green
+    }
+  }
+}
+
diff --git a/architecture/views/ui.c4 b/architecture/views/ui.c4
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..15ea9d11289
--- /dev/null
+++ b/architecture/views/ui.c4
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+// BloodHound Community Edition - Web UI Component View
+// Shows the internal components of the Web UI container.
+
+views {
+
+  view uiComponents of bloodhound.ui {
+    title "Web UI Components"
+    description "Internal structure of the React SPA: shell, state management, graph visualization, views, and API client."
+
+    include *
+
+    style bloodhound.ui.appShell {
+      notation "Application shell"
+      color primary
+    }
+
+    style bloodhound.ui.reduxStore {
+      notation "State management"
+      color indigo
+    }
+
+    style bloodhound.ui.sigmaGraph {
+      notation "Graph visualization"
+      color green
+    }
+
+    style bloodhound.ui.apiClientLib {
+      notation "API client library"
+      color muted
+    }
+
+    style bloodhound.ui.exploreView, bloodhound.ui.administrationView, bloodhound.ui.groupManagementView, bloodhound.ui.downloadCollectorsView, bloodhound.ui.privilegeZonesView, bloodhound.ui.apiExplorerView, bloodhound.ui.userProfileView {
+      notation "Feature view"
+      color sky
+    }
+  }
+}
+
diff --git a/justfile b/justfile
index f91417137bc..8d72d888f57 100644
--- a/justfile
+++ b/justfile
@@ -177,6 +177,10 @@ reset-node-modules:
   @rm -r node_modules
   @just ensure-deps
 
+# View Architecture Diagrams
+view-architecture:
+  @npx -y likec4@1.48.0 start
+
 # Initialize your dev environment (use "just init clean" to reset your config files)
 init wipe="":
   #!/usr/bin/env bash