MarkdyScript Cheatsheet

MarkdyScript 1-Page Cheatsheet

Quick copy-paste syntax cheatsheet for MarkdyScript scenes.

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1. Scene Header & Layout

scene "Scene Title" theme=paper width=1280 height=720
layout LR   # Options: LR (Left-to-Right), RL, TB (Top-to-Bottom), BT

Themes

• theme=paper — Clean light documentation canvas (Default)
• theme=editorial — Serif typography with refined ink lines and semantic accents
• theme=terminal — Dark CLI/TUI canvas with neon monospace glow
• theme=midnight — Deep modern dark developer canvas
• theme=blueprint — Technical cyan CAD drafting grid
• theme=sketchy — Organic hand-drawn whiteboard style
• theme=nebula — Deep-space cyberpunk canvas with orbit halos
• theme=graphite — Minimalist monochrome dark canvas

Layout Types

type=architecture (default) • type=flowchart • type=tree • type=state • type=sequence • type=layers • type=nested • type=swimlane • type=timeline • type=gantt • type=medallion • type=flywheel • type=constellation • type=quadrant • type=pyramid • type=radar • type=venn

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2. Semantic Node Declarations

# Syntax: <kind> <Id> ["Human Readable Label"]
browser WebApp "React SPA"
gateway ApiGateway "Envoy Gateway"
service AuthService "Auth & OAuth2"
service PaymentService "Stripe Checkout"
database Postgres "PostgreSQL 16"
cache Redis "Redis Cluster"
queue Kafka "Event Bus"
worker Transcoder "FFmpeg Worker"
storage S3 "Asset Bucket"
cdn Cloudflare "Edge CDN"
firewall WAF "AWS WAF Shield"
lambda Resize "Serverless Function"
pod OrderPod "order-pod-v2"

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3. Structural Grouping

group ingress "Public Ingress": Cloudflare WAF
group core "Core Backend Services": ApiGateway AuthService PaymentService
group persistence "Data Stores": Postgres Redis

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4. Flow Operators

Operator	Kind	Description
->	Synchronous Request	Solid arrow with moving particle (defines layout rank)
<-	Synchronous Response	Dashed return arrow flowing backward (cycle-safe)
~>	Asynchronous Event	Dotted pub/sub or event emission arrow
<->	Bidirectional Stream	Full-duplex WebSocket or socket connection
==>	Data Bulk Stream	Thick pipe for ETL, bulk replication, or WAL streams
-.->	Dotted Probe	Heartbeat ping, liveness probe, telemetry beacon
--	Structural Link	Static non-directional dependency line

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5. Storyboard Beats & Cues

beat reveal "Initial Reveal":
  show $nodes stagger=60ms

beat step1 "Process Checkout":
  frame WebApp ApiGateway zoom=1.1
  WebApp -> ApiGateway "POST /checkout"
  ApiGateway -> AuthService "verify token"
  ApiGateway <- AuthService "200 OK"
  ApiGateway -> PaymentService "charge"
  PaymentService -> Postgres "INSERT order"
  PaymentService ~> Kafka "order.created"
  WebApp <- ApiGateway "201 Created"
  glow Postgres color=#10b981

Cue Commands

• show <target>: Reveal nodes or groups (stagger=50ms, dur=400ms).
• hide <target>: Fade nodes out.
• glow <target>: Highlight with colored beacon (color=#3b82f6, strength=1.5).
• focus <target>: Pulse-scale attention ring.
• frame <target>: Smoothly pan and zoom camera to fit targets (zoom=1.15).
• &: Run concurrent cues at the same instant (show A & show B).