# drawio-diagrams

Generates, edits, and audits editable .drawio files inside agent sessions. It builds technical architecture diagrams and flowcharts, leaving out business data plots.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 2700 installs · ★ 8
- Author: stark-ai-de
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/stark-ai-de/agent-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/engineering-workflows/drawio-diagrams/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-22
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/drawio-diagrams

## What it does

The skill runs under four explicit workflows: `create`, `edit-repair`, `review`, and `export`. It skips automated guessing by design. Before generating diagrams, the agent sets styling boundaries like the `technical` or `isometric-air` design profile, light or dark modes, and connector animations. Brand icons retain their authentic colors and aspect ratios because modifying official vendor marks is explicitly barred.

Validation runs through bundled tools like `scripts/preflight-drawio-xml.mjs` and `scripts/validate_drawio.py`. The environment check expects Node 18 or newer, Python, and local draw.io binaries. Without an executable draw.io CLI candidate, the workflow yields direct XML instead of local raster previews.

This workflow focuses strictly on technical visuals like UML, ER, BPMN, and network topologies. It will not process raw tabular datasets into bar charts or line graphs.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add stark-ai-de/agent-skills --skill drawio-diagrams -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add stark-ai-de/agent-skills --skill drawio-diagrams -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add stark-ai-de/agent-skills --skill drawio-diagrams -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install stark-ai-de/agent-skills drawio-diagrams
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/drawio-diagrams/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add stark-ai-de/agent-skills --skill drawio-diagrams -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/stark-ai-de/agent-skills --path skills/engineering-workflows/drawio-diagrams
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add stark-ai-de/agent-skills --skill drawio-diagrams -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/stark-ai-de/agent-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/engineering-workflows/drawio-diagrams/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- generate editable `.drawio` architecture diagrams and flowcharts
- repair broken connectors or restyle existing `.drawio` XML files
- audit diagram structure using the read-only `review` branch
- style system nodes with adaptive light and dark theme support

## Example prompts
- Create a C4 architecture diagram in `.drawio` using the `technical` profile
- Run a read-only `review` on `system-design.drawio` to inspect node routing
- Insert a message broker into `pipeline.drawio` while preserving current styles

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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---
name: drawio-diagrams
description: Create, edit, review, or export editable draw.io diagrams. Use when the user needs .drawio architecture, flow, sequence, network, or other technical diagrams; not data plots or artistic images.
license: Apache-2.0
metadata:
  author: stark-ai-de
  category: engineering-workflows
  version: "0.7.5"
---

# drawio-diagrams

## Goal

Produce, edit, verify, and deliver high-quality draw.io / diagrams.net diagrams as editable `.drawio` files. Prefer self-contained diagrams that work in both light and dark mode.

## First response contract

For the first substantive response, expose the available presentation choices before authoring: `design_profile` (`technical`, `operator-grid`, `isometric-air`, `neon-hub`, `aurora-story`, or `adapted-<short-name>`), `theme_mode` (`adaptive`, `light`, or `dark`), `animation` (`on`, `off`, or `preserve`), and icon mode (`official-first` with semantic fallback for unresolved or generic nodes). State the selected profile and styling options, or ask only when the requested outcome is materially ambiguous; do not hide these choices until delivery.

## Official icon and logo policy

Use official organization/product/service artwork first when available and supported by the notation; use a semantic glyph only for generic, vendor-neutral, or unresolved nodes. Preserve source artwork, brand colors, proportions, viewBox, and variant. Do not arbitrarily tint, recolor, monochromatize, invert, filter, crop, stretch, or restyle official marks; solve contrast with surrounding neutral surfaces. Record per-node substitutions and disclose any explicitly requested or necessary accessibility recolor.

## When to use

Use this skill for requests to create, draw, generate, edit, repair, convert, verify, or export draw.io diagrams, including architecture diagrams, flowcharts, sequence diagrams, ER/UML/state diagrams, BPMN, SysML, ML/DL, swimlanes, timelines, network diagrams, C4-style diagrams, and icon-rich technical visuals.

## When not to use

Do not use for bar/line/pie charts, data analysis plots, photo editing, artistic images, or non-editable illustrations unless the user explicitly wants a draw.io diagram.

## Workflow selection

When invoked directly, always expose these finite workflows:

- `create`: create a new diagram or convert supplied semantics into editable draw.io.
- `edit-repair`: edit, repair, or intentionally restyle an existing `.drawio` file.
- `review`: read-only semantic, structural, validation, or visual assessment.
- `export`: export an already acceptable `.drawio` source without redesigning it.

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