Sparx Enterprise Architect

aid: sparx-enterprise-architect
name: Sparx Enterprise Architect
description: Sparx Enterprise Architect is a comprehensive modeling, design, and management platform for enterprise architecture,
  software engineering, and systems engineering. It provides automation APIs including a COM Automation Interface, Add-In
  Framework, and scripting capabilities for programmatic access to models, diagrams, elements, connectors, and repository
  management.
type: Index
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created: '2026-03-16'
modified: '2026-10-06'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
access: 3rd-Party
tags:
- Enterprise Architecture
- Modeling
- Software Engineering
- Systems Engineering
- UML
- ArchiMate
- BPMN
- SysML
- OSLC
- MCP
- Model-Driven Development
tags_raw:
- Enterprise Architecture
- Modeling
- Software Engineering
- Systems Engineering
- UML
- ArchiMate
- BPMN
- SysML
- OSLC
- Model Context Protocol
- Model-Driven Development
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- aid: sparx-enterprise-architect:automation-interface
  name: Enterprise Architect Automation Interface
  description: COM-based Automation Interface providing programmatic access to Enterprise Architect repositories, models,
    packages, elements, diagrams, connectors, attributes, and tagged values. Supports creating, reading, updating, and deleting
    model elements through the Repository, Element, Diagram, Package, and Connector object hierarchy.
  humanURL: https://sparxsystems.com/enterprise_architect_user_guide/17.0/automation.htm
  tags:
  - Automation
  - COM
  - Diagramming
  - Elements
  - Models
  - Repository
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  - COM
  - Diagrams
  - Elements
  - Models
  - Repository
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- aid: sparx-enterprise-architect:add-in-framework
  name: Enterprise Architect Add-In Framework
  description: Framework for building custom add-ins that extend Enterprise Architect with new functionality. Add-ins can
    respond to application events, add custom menu items, and integrate with external systems using COM interop from .NET,
    Java, or other languages.
  humanURL: https://sparxsystems.com/enterprise_architect_user_guide/17.0/add-ins_2.htm
  tags:
  - Add-Ins
  - Extensions
  - Plugins
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- aid: sparx-enterprise-architect:scripting
  name: Enterprise Architect Scripting
  description: Built-in scripting engine supporting JavaScript, JScript, and VBScript for automating tasks within Enterprise
    Architect. Scripts can access the full automation interface to manipulate models, generate reports, validate models, and
    perform bulk operations.
  humanURL: https://sparxsystems.com/enterprise_architect_user_guide/17.0/scripting.htm
  tags:
  - Automation
  - JavaScript
  - Scripting
  - VBScript
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- aid: sparx-enterprise-architect:pro-cloud-server-api
  name: Pro Cloud Server API
  description: HTTP-based API provided by the Sparx Systems Pro Cloud Server for remote access to Enterprise Architect repositories.
    Enables integration with web-based clients, third-party tools, and automation systems via REST-like endpoints for model
    queries and operations.
  humanURL: https://sparxsystems.com/enterprise_architect_user_guide/17.0/pcs_overview.htm
  baseURL: https://{server}/{model_name}/oslc/
  baseURLNote: Templated on purpose. Pro Cloud Server is customer-installed software, so the OSLC RESTful API is served by
    the customer's own host, not by a Sparx Systems host. The provider's own documented example is http://localhost:480/firebird_model/oslc/.
    There is no vendor-hosted base URL to record.
  tags:
  - Cloud
  - HTTP
  - Remote Access
  - Repository
  properties:
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  - type: APIReference
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  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/sparx-enterprise-architect-authentication.yml
  - type: Conventions
    url: conventions/sparx-enterprise-architect-conventions.yml
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  url: finops/sparx-enterprise-architect-finops.yml
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- type: Website
  url: https://sparxsystems.com/
- type: DomainSecurity
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- type: Documentation
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- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://sparxsystems.com/enterprise_architect_user_guide/17.0/getting_started.htm
- type: Pricing
  url: https://sparxsystems.com/products/ea/pricing.html
- type: Support
  url: https://sparxsystems.com/support/
- type: FAQ
  url: https://sparxsystems.com/resources/faq/
- type: Training
  url: https://sparxsystems.com/training/
- type: ReleaseNotes
  url: https://sparxsystems.com/products/ea/release_notes.html
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  url: https://sparxsystems.com/resources/blog/
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- type: LinkedIn
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- type: YouTube
  url: https://www.youtube.com/user/SparxSystems
- type: Features
  data:
  - name: UML Modeling
    description: Comprehensive support for all 14 UML 2.5 diagram types for software and systems design.
  - name: ArchiMate Support
    description: Native ArchiMate 3.2 modeling for enterprise architecture frameworks.
  - name: BPMN Process Modeling
    description: Business process modeling with BPMN 2.0 for workflow and process documentation.
  - name: Code Generation
    description: Generate source code in C++, Java, C#, Python, PHP, and other languages from UML models.
  - name: Reverse Engineering
    description: Import existing codebases to create UML models from source code automatically.
  - name: Model Simulation
    description: Execute and simulate state machines and activity diagrams for validation.
  - name: Document Generation
    description: Generate rich documentation from models in RTF, HTML, PDF, and DOCX formats.
  - name: Team Collaboration
    description: Multi-user repository access with role-based security and version control integration.
- type: UseCases
  data:
  - name: Enterprise Architecture Governance
    description: Define and maintain enterprise architecture models aligned with TOGAF, Zachman, or ArchiMate frameworks.
  - name: Software Design Documentation
    description: Create detailed software designs with UML class, sequence, and component diagrams.
  - name: Requirements Management
    description: Capture, trace, and manage requirements from stakeholder needs through to implementation.
  - name: Database Design
    description: Model database schemas with ER diagrams and generate DDL scripts for multiple databases.
  - name: Model-Driven Development
    description: Use models as the primary artifact for generating code, tests, and documentation.
- type: Integrations
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  - name: Jira
    description: Integrate with Atlassian Jira for requirements traceability and issue tracking.
  - name: Azure DevOps
    description: Connect to Azure DevOps for work item synchronization and version control.
  - name: Git
    description: Version control model packages with Git repositories.
  - name: Eclipse
    description: Integrate with Eclipse IDE for model-driven Java development.
  - name: Visual Studio
    description: Integrate with Microsoft Visual Studio for .NET development workflows.
- type: MCPServer
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- type: SignUp
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maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-08-29'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 16
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  detail: 'Enterprise Architect is a licensed desktop modelling product, so its programmatic surface is real but never vendor-hosted:
    a first-party STDIO MCP server (v2.8.11, 38 tools) and a documented OSLC Architecture Management 2.0 RESTful API that
    runs on the customer''s own Pro Cloud Server. Contract discovery was run in full and found no OpenAPI/GraphQL/AsyncAPI
    on any vendor origin, correctly, because the only machine-readable discovery document is the OSLC Service Provider Resource
    served by each customer''s own deployment. Note for future runs: sparxsystems.com and sparxsystems.com.au serve a Cloudflare
    managed challenge (HTTP 403) to every non-browser client, so all documentation was read from the Sparx Systems Japan help
    mirror (www.sparxsystems.jp/help/17.0/) and the Sparx Systems North America site (www.sparxsystems.us), both Sparx Systems
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  checked: '2026-08-29'