v0.4.0 – full sequence diagram support

Sequence diagrams

New tool vp_build_sequence builds a complete sequence diagram in one call from participants and ordered steps:

• lifelines with classifiers (form : OrderForm) and actors
• synchronous calls, replies (dashed, unnumbered), async messages, self calls, create (the new object starts at the message) and destroy (X)
• activation bars derived automatically from call/return pairs
• combined fragments alt, opt, loop, par, break, critical, neg, ... with guarded operands, nestable
• interaction uses (ref), optional sd frame and sequence numbers

Also: vp_get_view (presentation properties of a shape/diagram), diagram options through vp_update_element view, connector points in vp_get_diagram.

Install

Close Visual Paradigm, unzip into %APPDATA%\VisualParadigm\plugins (Linux: ~/.config/VisualParadigm/plugins), start VP. Restart your Claude Code session to load the new tools.

Skill (recommended)

visual-paradigm-skill.zip contains the visual-paradigm skill: workflow, UML conventions, checking results, dialogs and tested examples for every diagram type. Unzip it into your client's skills folder: ~/.claude/skills/ (Claude Code), ~/.codex/skills/ (Codex CLI), ~/.config/opencode/skills/ (OpenCode) or ~/.gemini/antigravity/skills/ (Antigravity CLI). MCP setup commands for all four clients are in the README.