# antv-x6-editor

Teaches the agent to build flowchart, DAG and ER diagram editors on @antv/x6, wire up plugins and track down rendering bugs.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 676 installs · ★ 515
- Author: antvis
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/antvis/chart-visualization-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/antv-x6-editor/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-09-22
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/antv-x6-editor

## What it does

This skill carries working knowledge of the X6 v3 engine from AntV. You make a `Graph`, fill it with `graph.addNode()` and `graph.addEdge()`, and turn on features by passing plugin classes to `graph.use()`. The notes cover the mistakes that break a diagram editor early: X6 v3 has no `graph.render()`, the container is given as the string `container: 'container'`, and every class you call must be imported from `@antv/x6` or the browser picks an unrelated global.

There is a clear split between two kinds of options. Eleven plugin classes exist, among them `Export`, `Selection`, `History`, `MiniMap`, `Stencil` and `Dnd`; those go through `graph.use`. Settings like `mousewheel`, `embedding`, `panning`, `connecting` and `grid` are constructor options instead. Treat them as plugins and the import fails, because there is no such class to import.

Reference material comes from an AntV HTTP endpoint at `https://sive.antv.antgroup.com`, path `/api/v1/context/retrieve`, called with GET and the parameters `query` plus `library=x6`. Network access and `curl` are what the lookup needs. The skill targets @antv/x6 v3 only. Bring it a G2 chart, a G6 network or an S2 pivot table and the advice will be wrong, since those libraries expose a different API.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add antvis/chart-visualization-skills --skill antv-x6-editor -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/antv-x6-editor/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/antv-x6-editor/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add antvis/chart-visualization-skills --skill antv-x6-editor -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/antv-x6-editor/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add antvis/chart-visualization-skills --skill antv-x6-editor -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/antv-x6-editor/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install antvis/chart-visualization-skills antv-x6-editor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/antv-x6-editor/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add antvis/chart-visualization-skills --skill antv-x6-editor -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/antvis/chart-visualization-skills --path skills/antv-x6-editor
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/antv-x6-editor/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add antvis/chart-visualization-skills --skill antv-x6-editor -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/antvis/chart-visualization-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/antv-x6-editor/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- build a node-and-edge flowchart on @antv/x6
- register Export, Selection or MiniMap without breaking the graph
- wire node ports together and connect edges to them
- fix a diagram whose content drifts to the top-left corner
- move an editor from X6 v2 to v3

## Example prompts
- Build an @antv/x6 editor with a shape stencil on the left and a canvas on the right, connecting ports by dragging
- Add a minimap and a PNG export to my X6 graph
- Why does registering Selection throw an error in X6 v3?

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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````text
---
name: antv-x6-editor
description: "Use this skill whenever the user wants to create, customize, or troubleshoot X6 v3 graph editor diagrams. Triggers include: any mention of 'X6', 'antv x6', '@antv/x6', 'X6 editor', 'X6 图编辑', '流程图', 'DAG', 'ER图', '实体关系图', '血缘图', '组织架构图', 'UML类图', 'flowchart', 'DAG diagram', 'ER diagram', 'lineage graph', 'org chart', 'network topology', 'stencil', 'drag-and-drop editor', 'port connection', 'node port edge', 'graph editor', 'diagram editor', or requests about X6 node/edge styling, plugins (Selection, History, Clipboard, Keyboard, MiniMap, Scroller, Snapline, Stencil, Dnd, Transform, Export), interactions (panning, mousewheel, connecting, embedding), HTML shape nodes, custom shapes, serialization, or layout. Also use when debugging X6 rendering errors, v2→v3 migration, or editor interaction issues. Do NOT use for G2 statistical charts, G6 network graphs, or S2 pivot tables."
tools:
  - curl
---

# X6 v3 Graph Editor

## Overview

X6 v3 is AntV's diagram editing engine for flowcharts, DAGs, ER diagrams, org charts, and other interactive node-edge editors. Unlike G2/G6, X6 uses an **imperative API** — you create a `Graph` instance, then call `graph.addNode()`, `graph.addEdge()`, and register plugins via `graph.use()`.

```javascript
import { Graph } from '@antv/x6';

const graph = new Graph({
  container: 'container',
  background: { color: '#F2F7FA' },
});

const source = graph.addNode({
  shape: 'rect',
  x: 40, y: 40, width: 100, height: 40,
  label: 'Source',
  attrs: { body: { stroke: '#8f8f8f', strokeWidth: 1, fill: '#fff', rx: 6, ry: 6 } },
});

const target = graph.addNode({
  shape: 'rect',
  x: 300, y: 200, width: 100, height: 40,
  label: 'Target',
  attrs: { body: { stroke: '#8f8f8f', strokeWidth: 1, fill: '#fff', rx: 6, ry: 6 } },
});

graph.addEdge({ source, target, attrs: { line: { stroke: '#8f8f8f', strokeWidth: 1 } } });
graph.centerContent();
```

### CDN Usage

```html
<script src="https://unpkg.com/@antv/x6@3/dist/x6.js"></script>
<script>
  const graph = new X6.Graph({
    container: 'container',
    background: { color: '#F2F7FA' },
  });
  const source = graph.addNode({
    shape: 'rect',
    x: 40, y: 40, width: 100, height: 40,
    label: 'Source',
    attrs: { body: { stroke: '#8f8f8f', strokeWidth: 1, fill: '#fff', rx: 6, ry: 6 } },
  });
````
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