Content Blocks Reference
Complete reference for all content block types in Content Foundry. Blocks organised into categories covering documentation, diagrams, charts, decisions, risk, APIs, testing, operations, and marketing.
Content Foundry provides content block types designed for enterprise architecture documentation. This reference covers all block types organised into 14 categories.
Block Categories Overview
| Category | Blocks | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Text & Media | 13 | Rich text, images, code, videos, callouts, forms, infographics, and embedded content |
| Layout | 10 | Tables, accordions, tabs, steps, cards, and page structure |
| Diagrams | 7 | Architecture diagrams, animated presentations, graphs, mermaid, and visual documentation |
| Decisions | 7 | ADRs, assumptions, constraints, principles, and NFRs |
| Risk | 6 | Risks, registers, failure scenarios, and security threats |
| APIs & Data | 13 | REST APIs, schemas, data flows, and integration specs |
| Requirements | 19 | PRDs, user stories, use cases, and requirements traceability |
| Testing | 6 | Test cases, suites, coverage, and quality gates |
| Operations | 8 | Runbooks, incident response, deployments, and configs |
| Planning | 10 | Roadmaps, RACI matrices, capacity planning, and migrations |
| Reference | 16 | Service catalogs, glossaries, standards, and compliance |
| Charts | 3 | ECharts-powered interactive charts: standalone, dashboard rows, and text + chart side-by-side layouts |
| Marketing | 4 | Hero sections, animated hero backgrounds, feature grids, and call-to-action blocks |
Category Highlights
Block Metadata
Category Reference Pages
Reference for the 7 content category blocks: Rich Text, Image, Code, YouTube Video, Content Link, Graph Links, and Table of Contents.
Reference for the diagram category blocks: Diagram with linked presentation discovery, Presentation Diagram with step playback, Graph Diagram, and Trade-off Matrix.
Reference for the 4 decision category blocks: Assumption, Constraint, Principle, and NFR (Non-Functional Requirement).
Reference for the 4 risk and scenarios category blocks: Risk, Risk Register, Failure Scenario, and Scenario / What-If.
Reference for the 7 technical category blocks: Component Responsibility, Data Lifecycle, REST API Endpoint, API Schema, Search Model, Operational Note, and Mermaid Diagram.
Reference for the planning and governance blocks including Math/LaTeX, Vendor Assessment, API Versioning Strategy, Fitness Function, Configuration Item, and Deployment View.
Reference for the 4 marketing category blocks: Hero, Hero (Presentation), Feature Grid, and Call to Action. These blocks bring marketing home page section types into regular content pages.
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