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+# Architecture
+
+The Playground elements have three features that require a somewhat complex architecture:
+
+- Loading files from the main window into a preview iframe without using a server
+- Compiling TypeScript files and resolving bare import specifiers on the fly
+- Loading dependencies from a CDN
+
+To accomplish this, the Playground elements have a somewhat complex set of workers and iframes:
+- A playground-project element that coordinates most of the initialization and communication
+- A preview iframe
+- A service worker to serve files to the preview iframe
+- A web worker to compile TypeScript files and resolve bare import specifiers
+- A proxy iframe to install and communicate with the service worker from the main page
+
+These workers and iframes are controlled by various Playground elements like `<playground-project>`, `<playground-preview>`, and `<playground-file-editor>`.
+
+This chart shows the data flow between components. The arrows show the direction of the primary flow of data, ie, the file being transferred, not the message requesting the file.
+
+```mermaid
+flowchart TD
+    subgraph Project
+    ProxyIframe[Proxy iframe]
+    ProjectElement{{playground-project}}
+    WebWorker(Build Worker)
+    ServiceWorker(Service Worker)
+    end
+    subgraph Editors
+    FileEditor1{{playground-file-editor}}
+    FileEditor2{{playground-file-editor}}
+    end
+    subgraph Preview
+    PreviewElement{{playground-preview}}
+    PreviewIframe[Preview iframe]
+    end
+    CDN([NPM CDN])
+
+    ServiceWorker -- All Files --> PreviewIframe
+    ProjectElement -- Built Files --> ProxyIframe
+    Editors -- Project Files --> ProjectElement
+    ProjectElement -...-> PreviewElement
+    PreviewElement -.-> PreviewIframe
+    ProxyIframe -- Built Files --> ServiceWorker
+    WebWorker -- Built Files --> ProjectElement
+    ProjectElement -- Project Files --> WebWorker
+    CDN -- NPM Dependencies --> WebWorker
+```
+
+This diagram shows the sequence of messages and events between components.
+
+ALL_CAPS labels are direct `postMessage()` messages. methodName() labels on solid lines are Comlink remote method calls over MessagePorts. methodName() labels on loop-back dotted lines are important local invocations. Other dotted lines are responses or browser events.
+
+```mermaid
+sequenceDiagram
+    participant Project as playground-project
+    participant Proxy as Proxy iframe
+    participant Preview as Preview iframe
+    participant ServiceWorker as Service Worker
+    participant BuildWorker as Build Worker
+    Proxy -->> Project: load event
+    activate Project
+    Project ->>+ Proxy: CONFIGURE_PROXY
+    deactivate Project
+    Proxy -->> Proxy: navigator.serviceWorker.register()
+    Proxy ->>+ ServiceWorker: CONNECT_SW_TO_PROJECT
+    Proxy ->>- Project: CONNECT_PROJECT_TO_SW
+    ServiceWorker ->>- Project: ACKNOWLEDGE_SW_CONNECTION
+    activate Project
+    Project ->> ServiceWorker: setFileAPI()
+    deactivate Project
+    Project -->> Project: _loadProjectFromSource()
+    Project ->> BuildWorker: compileProject()
+    activate BuildWorker
+    Preview -->> ServiceWorker: fetch event
+    activate ServiceWorker
+    ServiceWorker ->> Project: getFile()
+    activate Project
+    Project ->> BuildWorker: getFile()
+    BuildWorker -->> Project: File
+    deactivate BuildWorker
+    Project -->> ServiceWorker: File
+    deactivate Project
+    ServiceWorker -->> Preview: File
+    deactivate ServiceWorker
+
+```