ai-figure

Clean SVG diagram renderer — define config, get beautiful diagrams. Works in browser and Node.js.

Features ✨

🎨 Rich visual styles — light/dark mode, nine built-in palettes (default, antv, drawio, figma, vega, mono-blue, mono-green, mono-purple, mono-orange) plus custom hex arrays; every diagram supports optional title & subtitle, node groups, and color-coded layers
📐 Auto layout — just describe the graph; x/y coordinates are computed automatically, and diagram dimensions scale to fit the content
🤖 AI-friendly — single fig() entry point accepts a markdown string or a JSON config; streaming-safe (partial input never throws); ships a SKILL.md that AI agents (Copilot, Cursor, Claude, etc.) can load as context
📊 10 diagram types — flowchart, tree, architecture, sequence, quadrant, Gantt, state machine, ER data model, timeline, and swimlane; pure SVG output with zero DOM dependency, works in browser and Node.js

Quick Start

Install

npm install ai-figure

Usage

import { fig } from 'ai-figure';

// ── JSON config object (typed, programmatic) ────────────────────────────────
const svg = fig({
  figure: 'flow',
  nodes: [
    { id: 'start',    label: 'Start',        type: 'terminal' },
    { id: 'process1', label: 'Process Data', type: 'process'  },
    { id: 'decision', label: 'Is Valid?',    type: 'decision' },
    { id: 'end_yes',  label: 'Success',      type: 'terminal' },
    { id: 'end_no',   label: 'Failure',      type: 'terminal' },
  ],
  edges: [
    { from: 'start',    to: 'process1'              },
    { from: 'process1', to: 'decision'              },
    { from: 'decision', to: 'end_yes', label: 'Yes' },
    { from: 'decision', to: 'end_no',  label: 'No'  },
  ],
  theme: 'light',
  palette: 'default',
  direction: 'TB',
});

// ── Markdown string (compact, AI-friendly) ──────────────────────────────────
const svg2 = fig(`
  figure flow
  direction: LR
  palette: default
  title: Auth Flow
  start((Start)) --> login[Enter Credentials]
  login --> validate{Valid?}
  validate --> dashboard((Dashboard)): yes
  validate --> error[Show Error]: no
  error --> login
`);

// Browser: inject into the DOM
document.body.innerHTML = svg;

// Node.js: write to file
import { writeFileSync } from 'fs';
writeFileSync('diagram.svg', svg);

API Reference

`fig(input): string`

The single entry point. Returns a fully self-contained SVG string.

input is either:

A JSON config object — typed FigOptions with the required figure field
A markdown string — Mermaid-like syntax, streaming-safe (never throws; partial input returns a valid empty SVG)

import { fig } from 'ai-figure';

// JSON config
fig({ figure: 'flow',     ...flowOptions     }); // flowchart
fig({ figure: 'tree',     ...treeOptions     }); // tree / hierarchy
fig({ figure: 'arch',     ...archOptions     }); // architecture diagram
fig({ figure: 'sequence', ...sequenceOptions }); // sequence diagram
fig({ figure: 'quadrant', ...quadrantOptions }); // quadrant chart
fig({ figure: 'gantt',    ...ganttOptions    }); // Gantt chart
fig({ figure: 'state',    ...stateOptions    }); // state machine
fig({ figure: 'er',       ...erOptions       }); // ER data model
fig({ figure: 'timeline', ...timelineOptions }); // timeline
fig({ figure: 'swimlane', ...swimlaneOptions }); // swimlane flow

// markdown string
fig(`figure flow\na[A] --> b[B]`);

`figure: 'flow'` — Flowchart

Field	Type	Default	Description
`figure`	`'flow'`	required	Selects the flowchart renderer
`nodes`	`FlowNode[]`	required	List of nodes
`edges`	`FlowEdge[]`	required	List of directed edges
`groups`	`FlowGroup[]`	`[]`	Optional logical groups
`title`	`string`	`undefined`	Optional centered title above the diagram
`subtitle`	`string`	`undefined`	Optional centered subtitle below the title
`theme`	`ThemeType`	`'light'`	Light or dark rendering mode (`'light'` \| `'dark'`)
`palette`	`PaletteType`	`'default'`	Color palette — see Palette API below
`direction`	`Direction`	`'TB'`	Layout direction (`'TB'` or `'LR'`)

`FlowNode`

Field	Type	Default	Description
`id`	`string`	required	Unique node identifier
`label`	`string`	required	Text displayed in the node
`type`	`NodeType`	`'process'`	Visual shape

Node types (NodeType)

Value	Shape	Use case
`process`	Rectangle	Default step / action
`decision`	Diamond	Conditional / branch
`terminal`	Rounded rectangle	Start / End
`io`	Parallelogram	Input / Output

`FlowEdge`

Field	Type	Default	Description
`from`	`string`	required	Source node ID
`to`	`string`	required	Target node ID
`label`	`string`	`undefined`	Optional edge label

`FlowGroup`

Field	Type	Default	Description
`id`	`string`	required	Unique group identifier
`label`	`string`	required	Label shown above the group border
`nodes`	`string[]`	required	IDs of nodes inside this group

`figure: 'tree'` — Tree Diagram

Renders a hierarchy from a flat node list with parent references. Uses Dagre for layout.

Field	Type	Default	Description
`figure`	`'tree'`	required	Selects the tree renderer
`nodes`	`TreeNode[]`	required	Flat list with optional parent ref
`title`	`string`	`undefined`	Optional centered title above the diagram
`subtitle`	`string`	`undefined`	Optional centered subtitle below the title
`theme`	`ThemeType`	`'light'`	Light or dark rendering mode (`'light'` \| `'dark'`)
`palette`	`PaletteType`	`'default'`	Color palette — see Palette API below
`direction`	`Direction`	`'TB'`	Layout direction

fig({
  figure: 'tree',
  nodes: [
    { id: 'ceo', label: 'CEO' },
    { id: 'cto', label: 'CTO', parent: 'ceo' },
    { id: 'coo', label: 'COO', parent: 'ceo' },
  ],
  theme: 'light',
  palette: 'default',
});

`figure: 'arch'` — Architecture Diagram

Renders a tech-stack landscape as layered, color-coded cards — no edges needed.

Field	Type	Default	Description
`figure`	`'arch'`	required	Selects the architecture renderer
`layers`	`ArchLayer[]`	required	Layers from top to bottom (TB) or left to right (LR)
`title`	`string`	`undefined`	Optional centered title above the diagram
`subtitle`	`string`	`undefined`	Optional centered subtitle below the title
`theme`	`ThemeType`	`'light'`	Light or dark rendering mode (`'light'` \| `'dark'`)
`palette`	`PaletteType`	`'default'`	Color palette — see Palette API below
`direction`	`Direction`	`'TB'`	`'TB'` = layers stacked, `'LR'` = layers side-by-side

fig({
  figure: 'arch',
  layers: [
    { id: 'fe', label: 'Frontend', nodes: [{ id: 'react', label: 'React' }, { id: 'vue', label: 'Vue' }] },
    { id: 'be', label: 'Backend',  nodes: [{ id: 'node', label: 'Node.js' }] },
  ],
});

`figure: 'sequence'` — Sequence Diagram

Renders a sequence diagram with vertical lifelines and horizontal message arrows.

Field	Type	Default	Description
`figure`	`'sequence'`	required	Selects the sequence renderer
`actors`	`string[]`	required	Ordered list of participant names
`messages`	`SeqMessage[]`	required	Ordered list of message arrows
`title`	`string`	`undefined`	Optional centered title above the diagram
`subtitle`	`string`	`undefined`	Optional centered subtitle below the title
`theme`	`ThemeType`	`'light'`	Light or dark rendering mode (`'light'` \| `'dark'`)
`palette`	`PaletteType`	`'default'`	Color palette — see Palette API below

fig({
  figure: 'sequence',
  actors: ['Browser', 'API', 'DB'],
  messages: [
    { from: 'Browser', to: 'API', label: 'POST /login' },
    { from: 'API',     to: 'DB',  label: 'SELECT user' },
    { from: 'DB',      to: 'API', label: 'user row',  style: 'return' },
    { from: 'API',     to: 'Browser', label: '200 OK', style: 'return' },
  ],
});

`figure: 'quadrant'` — Quadrant Chart

Renders a 2D quadrant scatter plot. Points are placed by normalized x/y values (0–1) and auto-colored by which quadrant they fall in.

Field	Type	Default	Description
`figure`	`'quadrant'`	required	Selects the quadrant renderer
`xAxis`	`AxisConfig`	required	X-axis label, min and max tick labels
`yAxis`	`AxisConfig`	required	Y-axis label, min and max tick labels
`quadrants`	`[TL, TR, BL, BR]`	required	Corner labels: top-left, top-right, bottom-left, bottom-right
`points`	`QuadrantPoint[]`	required	Data points to plot
`title`	`string`	`undefined`	Optional centered title above the diagram
`subtitle`	`string`	`undefined`	Optional centered subtitle below the title
`theme`	`ThemeType`	`'light'`	Light or dark rendering mode (`'light'` \| `'dark'`)
`palette`	`PaletteType`	`'default'`	Color palette — see Palette API below

`AxisConfig`

Field	Type	Description
`label`	`string`	Axis title
`min`	`string`	Label at the low end
`max`	`string`	Label at the high end

`QuadrantPoint`

Field	Type	Description
`id`	`string`	Unique identifier
`label`	`string`	Text shown next to the point
`x`	`number`	Normalized X position (0 = left, 1 = right)
`y`	`number`	Normalized Y position (0 = bottom, 1 = top)

fig({
  figure: 'quadrant',
  xAxis: { label: 'Effort', min: 'Low', max: 'High' },
  yAxis: { label: 'Value',  min: 'Low', max: 'High' },
  quadrants: ['Quick Wins', 'Major Projects', 'Fill-ins', 'Thankless Tasks'],
  points: [
    { id: 'a', label: 'Feature A', x: 0.2,  y: 0.85 },
    { id: 'b', label: 'Feature B', x: 0.75, y: 0.80 },
    { id: 'c', label: 'Feature C', x: 0.5,  y: 0.6  },
    { id: 'd', label: 'Feature D', x: 0.3,  y: 0.2  },
    { id: 'e', label: 'Feature E', x: 0.8,  y: 0.25 },
  ],
  theme: 'light',
  palette: 'default',
});

`figure: 'gantt'` — Gantt Chart

Renders a project timeline with task bars, optional group headers, and milestone markers. Canvas width is fixed at 804 px; height auto-adapts to the number of rows. The time axis ticks adjust automatically to the date range (weekly / monthly / quarterly).

Field	Type	Default	Description
`figure`	`'gantt'`	required	Selects the Gantt renderer
`tasks`	`GanttTask[]`	required	List of task bars
`milestones`	`GanttMilestone[]`	`[]`	Optional milestone markers
`title`	`string`	`undefined`	Optional centered title above the diagram
`subtitle`	`string`	`undefined`	Optional centered subtitle below the title
`theme`	`ThemeType`	`'light'`	Light or dark rendering mode
`palette`	`PaletteType`	`'default'`	Color palette — see Palette API below

`GanttTask`

Field	Type	Default	Description
`id`	`string`	required	Unique task identifier
`label`	`string`	required	Task name shown in the label column and inside the bar
`start`	`string`	required	Start date `yyyy-mm-dd`
`end`	`string`	required	End date `yyyy-mm-dd`
`groupId`	`string`	`undefined`	Tasks sharing the same `groupId` are clustered under a group header
`color`	`string`	`undefined`	Optional custom bar color (6-digit hex, e.g. `'#e64980'`)

`GanttMilestone`

Field	Type	Default	Description
`date`	`string`	required	Milestone date `yyyy-mm-dd`
`label`	`string`	required	Short label near the diamond icon

fig({
  figure: 'gantt',
  title: 'Project Roadmap',
  tasks: [
    { id: 'design', label: 'Design',       start: '2025-01-06', end: '2025-01-24' },
    { id: 'fe',     label: 'Frontend Dev', start: '2025-01-20', end: '2025-02-28', groupId: 'dev' },
    { id: 'be',     label: 'Backend Dev',  start: '2025-01-13', end: '2025-03-07', groupId: 'dev' },
    { id: 'qa',     label: 'QA Testing',   start: '2025-02-24', end: '2025-03-14', groupId: 'qa'  },
    { id: 'deploy', label: 'Deploy',       start: '2025-03-17', end: '2025-03-21' },
  ],
  milestones: [
    { date: '2025-01-24', label: 'Design freeze' },
    { date: '2025-03-21', label: 'Launch' },
  ],
  theme: 'light',
  palette: 'default',
});

`figure: 'state'` — State Machine

Renders a UML state machine with dagre layout. Supports start (●) and end (◎) pseudo-states, accent states, self-loops, and labeled transitions.

Field	Type	Default	Description
`figure`	`'state'`	required	Selects the state machine renderer
`nodes`	`StateNode[]`	required	List of states
`transitions`	`StateTransition[]`	required	List of directed transitions
`title`	`string`	`undefined`	Optional centered title above the diagram
`subtitle`	`string`	`undefined`	Optional centered subtitle below the title
`theme`	`ThemeType`	`'light'`	Light or dark rendering mode
`palette`	`PaletteType`	`'default'`	Color palette — see Palette API below

`StateNode`

Field	Type	Default	Description
`id`	`string`	required	Unique state identifier
`label`	`string`	required	Text displayed in the state box
`type`	`StateNodeType`	`'state'`	`'state'` \| `'start'` \| `'end'`
`accent`	`boolean`	`false`	Highlight this state with the accent color (max 1–2)

`StateTransition`

Field	Type	Default	Description
`from`	`string`	required	Source state ID
`to`	`string`	required	Target state ID
`label`	`string`	`undefined`	Optional label — typically `event [guard] / action`

fig({
  figure: 'state',
  title: 'Order Status',
  nodes: [
    { id: 'start',      label: '',           type: 'start' },
    { id: 'idle',       label: 'Idle' },
    { id: 'processing', label: 'Processing' },
    { id: 'shipped',    label: 'Shipped' },
    { id: 'failed',     label: 'Failed',     accent: true },
    { id: 'end',        label: '',           type: 'end' },
  ],
  transitions: [
    { from: 'start',      to: 'idle' },
    { from: 'idle',       to: 'processing', label: 'place order' },
    { from: 'processing', to: 'shipped',    label: 'confirmed' },
    { from: 'processing', to: 'failed',     label: 'error' },
    { from: 'failed',     to: 'idle',       label: 'retry' },
    { from: 'shipped',    to: 'end' },
  ],
});

`figure: 'er'` — Entity-Relationship Diagram

Renders a database schema with entity boxes (header + field list) and relationship lines with optional cardinality annotations.

Field	Type	Default	Description
`figure`	`'er'`	required	Selects the ER renderer
`entities`	`ErEntity[]`	required	List of entities (tables)
`relations`	`ErRelation[]`	required	List of relationship lines
`title`	`string`	`undefined`	Optional centered title above the diagram
`subtitle`	`string`	`undefined`	Optional centered subtitle below the title
`theme`	`ThemeType`	`'light'`	Light or dark rendering mode
`palette`	`PaletteType`	`'default'`	Color palette — see Palette API below

`ErEntity`

Field	Type	Default	Description
`id`	`string`	required	Unique entity identifier
`label`	`string`	required	Entity display name shown in the header
`fields`	`ErField[]`	required	Ordered list of fields (columns)
`accent`	`boolean`	`false`	Highlight as the aggregate root (max 1)

`ErField`

Field	Type	Default	Description
`name`	`string`	required	Field name
`type`	`string`	`undefined`	Data type string (e.g. `'uuid'`, `'text'`)
`key`	`'pk'\|'fk'`	`undefined`	`'pk'` = primary key (#), `'fk'` = foreign key (→)

`ErRelation`

Field	Type	Default	Description
`from`	`string`	required	Source entity ID
`to`	`string`	required	Target entity ID
`label`	`string`	`undefined`	Optional label centered on the line
`fromCard`	`string`	`undefined`	Cardinality at the `from` end (e.g. `'1'`, `'N'`)
`toCard`	`string`	`undefined`	Cardinality at the `to` end

fig({
  figure: 'er',
  title: 'Blog Schema',
  entities: [
    { id: 'user', label: 'User',
      fields: [{ name: 'id', type: 'uuid', key: 'pk' }, { name: 'email', type: 'text' }] },
    { id: 'post', label: 'Post',
      fields: [{ name: 'id', type: 'uuid', key: 'pk' }, { name: 'author_id', type: 'uuid', key: 'fk' }] },
  ],
  relations: [
    { from: 'user', to: 'post', label: 'writes', fromCard: '1', toCard: 'N' },
  ],
});

`figure: 'timeline'` — Timeline

Renders a horizontal date axis with events spaced proportionally. Labels alternate above and below the axis to reduce collision. Major milestones are rendered with a larger accent dot.

Field	Type	Default	Description
`figure`	`'timeline'`	required	Selects the timeline renderer
`events`	`TimelineEvent[]`	required	List of events (auto-sorted by date)
`title`	`string`	`undefined`	Optional centered title above the diagram
`subtitle`	`string`	`undefined`	Optional centered subtitle below the title
`theme`	`ThemeType`	`'light'`	Light or dark rendering mode
`palette`	`PaletteType`	`'default'`	Color palette — see Palette API below

`TimelineEvent`

Field	Type	Default	Description
`id`	`string`	required	Unique event identifier
`label`	`string`	required	Short label displayed near the event dot
`date`	`string`	required	Event date in `yyyy-mm-dd` format
`milestone`	`boolean`	`false`	Render as a major milestone (larger accent-color dot)

fig({
  figure: 'timeline',
  title: 'Product History',
  events: [
    { id: 'v1',   label: 'v1.0 Launch',   date: '2020-01-15', milestone: true },
    { id: 'v15',  label: 'v1.5 Patch',    date: '2021-06-01' },
    { id: 'v2',   label: 'v2.0 Redesign', date: '2022-03-10', milestone: true },
    { id: 'v3',   label: 'v3.0 AI',       date: '2023-11-01', milestone: true },
  ],
});

`figure: 'swimlane'` — Swimlane Flow

Renders a cross-functional flowchart with horizontal lane bands. Nodes are placed in their declared lane; cross-lane edges use S-curve routing.

Field	Type	Default	Description
`figure`	`'swimlane'`	required	Selects the swimlane renderer
`lanes`	`string[]`	required	Lane labels in display order
`nodes`	`SwimlaneNode[]`	required	Nodes placed inside their respective lanes
`edges`	`SwimlaneEdge[]`	required	Directed edges between nodes
`title`	`string`	`undefined`	Optional centered title above the diagram
`subtitle`	`string`	`undefined`	Optional centered subtitle below the title
`theme`	`ThemeType`	`'light'`	Light or dark rendering mode
`palette`	`PaletteType`	`'default'`	Color palette — see Palette API below

`SwimlaneNode`

Field	Type	Default	Description
`id`	`string`	required	Unique node identifier
`label`	`string`	required	Text displayed in the node
`lane`	`string`	required	Lane label this node belongs to
`type`	`NodeType`	`'process'`	Visual shape (same as flowchart nodes)

`SwimlaneEdge`

Field	Type	Default	Description
`from`	`string`	required	Source node ID
`to`	`string`	required	Target node ID
`label`	`string`	`undefined`	Optional edge label

fig({
  figure: 'swimlane',
  title: 'Order Processing',
  lanes: ['Customer', 'Warehouse', 'Shipping'],
  nodes: [
    { id: 'order',   label: 'Place Order',     lane: 'Customer'  },
    { id: 'pay',     label: 'Confirm Payment', lane: 'Customer'  },
    { id: 'receive', label: 'Receive Order',   lane: 'Warehouse' },
    { id: 'pack',    label: 'Pack Items',      lane: 'Warehouse' },
    { id: 'ship',    label: 'Ship Package',    lane: 'Shipping'  },
  ],
  edges: [
    { from: 'order',   to: 'pay'     },
    { from: 'pay',     to: 'receive' },
    { from: 'receive', to: 'pack'    },
    { from: 'pack',    to: 'ship'    },
  ],
});

Palette API

All ten diagram types accept two independent styling parameters:

Field	Type	Default	Description
`theme`	`'light' \| 'dark'`	`'light'`	Background and text rendering mode
`palette`	`string \| string[]`	`'default'`	Color palette for nodes

palette values:

Value	Description
`'default'`	Built-in multi-hue palette — `process`=blue, `decision`=amber, `terminal`=green, `io`=purple
`'antv'`	AntV G2 categorical palette — cornflower-blue, coral-orange, mint-teal, violet
`'drawio'`	draw.io / diagrams.net shape palette — sky-blue, amber, sage, red
`'figma'`	Figma / design-tool palette — indigo, cyan, emerald, rose-pink
`'vega'`	Vega / Vega-Lite categorical palette — steel-blue, orange, teal, crimson
`'mono-blue'`	Monochrome blue — all four node types use blue-family shades
`'mono-green'`	Monochrome green — all four node types use green-family shades
`'mono-purple'`	Monochrome purple — all four node types use purple-family shades
`'mono-orange'`	Monochrome orange — all four node types use orange-family shades
`string[]`	4-element hex array mapped to `[process, decision, terminal, io]`

// Built-in palette, dark mode
fig({ figure: 'flow', nodes, edges, theme: 'dark', palette: 'default' });

// AntV G2 palette
fig({ figure: 'flow', nodes, edges, palette: 'antv' });

// draw.io palette with dark background
fig({ figure: 'flow', nodes, edges, theme: 'dark', palette: 'drawio' });

// Monochrome blue
fig({ figure: 'flow', nodes, edges, palette: 'mono-blue' });

// Custom hex palette
fig({ figure: 'flow', nodes, edges, palette: ['#e64980', '#ae3ec9', '#7048e8', '#1098ad'] });

Markdown syntax

fig() also accepts a plain markdown string as input. The first non-empty line must be figure <type>. Config, data, and comment lines follow.

Line type	Syntax	Example
Header	`figure <type>`	`figure flow`
Config	`key: value`	`direction: LR` · `palette: antv` · `title: My Chart`
Comment	`%% text`	`%% ignored`
Data	diagram-specific	see per-diagram syntax below

Config keys available in all diagram types: title, subtitle, theme (light|dark), palette, direction (TB|LR).

Node notation (flow / tree / arch)

Notation	Shape
`id[label]`	process (rectangle)
`id{label}`	decision (diamond)
`id((label))`	terminal (pill)
`id[/label/]`	io (parallelogram)
`id`	process (bare id used as label)

Per-diagram syntax

flow

figure flow
direction: LR
title: Optional Title
subtitle: Optional Subtitle
id[Label]                          %% standalone node definition
A[Source] --> B[Target]            %% edge
A --> B[Target]: label             %% labeled edge
group GroupName: id1, id2, id3     %% logical group

tree

figure tree
direction: LR
title: Optional Title
root[Root]                   %% root node (no parent)
root --> child[Child]        %% parent → child relationship

arch

figure arch
direction: TB
title: Optional Title
layer Layer Label            %% layer declaration (label serves as id)
  nodeId[Node Label]         %% node in current layer (indentation optional)

sequence

figure sequence
title: Optional Title
actors: Actor1, Actor2, Actor3     %% optional; inferred from messages if omitted
Actor1 -> Actor2: message          %% solid arrow
Actor2 --> Actor1: response        %% dashed return arrow
Actor1 -> Actor2                   %% arrow without label

quadrant

figure quadrant
title: Optional Title
x-axis: min .. max                 %% axis range (label defaults to "")
x-axis Label: min .. max           %% axis range with explicit axis label
y-axis: min .. max
quadrant-1: Top-Left Name          %% 1=TL, 2=TR, 3=BL, 4=BR
quadrant-2: Top-Right Name
quadrant-3: Bottom-Left Name
quadrant-4: Bottom-Right Name
Point Label: 0.3, 0.7             %% data point (x, y in [0, 1])

gantt

figure gantt
title: Optional Title
section Section Name               %% group header (applied to subsequent tasks)
  Task Label: id, start, end       %% task bar (dates: yyyy-mm-dd)
milestone: Label, date             %% milestone diamond

state

figure state
title: Optional Title
idle[Idle]                         %% normal state (rounded rectangle)
accent: failed                     %% highlight as focal/error state
start --> idle                     %% start pseudo-state → first state
idle --> processing: order placed  %% transition with optional label
processing --> end: shipped        %% end pseudo-state

er

figure er
title: Optional Title
entity User                        %% entity declaration (name = id = label)
  id pk: uuid                      %% field: name [pk|fk]: type
  email: text
  name                             %% bare field (no type)
entity Post
  id pk: uuid
  author_id fk: uuid
User --> Post: writes              %% relationship line
accent: User                       %% mark as aggregate root

timeline

figure timeline
title: Optional Title
2020-01-15: v1.0 Launch milestone  %% major milestone (larger accent dot)
2021-06-01: v1.5 Patch
2022-03-10: v2.0 Redesign milestone

swimlane

figure swimlane
title: Optional Title
section Customer                          %% declare lane (subsequent nodes belong here)
  order[Place Order]                      %% node in current lane
  pay[Confirm Payment]
section Warehouse
  pack[Pack Items]
section Shipping
  ship[Ship Package]
order --> pack                            %% edges between nodes
pack --> ship

Using with AI

This library ships a SKILL.md — a machine-readable skill file that AI agents (Copilot, Cursor, Claude, etc.) can load as context.

# Load the skill into your AI context:
@SKILL.md

fig() accepts a plain markdown string, which makes it ideal for AI generation:

Streaming-safe — partial output never throws; the diagram fills in progressively as more tokens arrive
Compact — the markdown syntax is ~5× shorter than an equivalent JSON config

Prompt example:

"Draw a flowchart showing the user login process."

AI-generated code:

import { fig } from 'ai-figure';

const svg = fig(`
  flow TB default
  title: User Login
  start((Start)) --> creds[Enter Credentials]
  creds --> validate{Valid?}
  validate -->|yes| dashboard((Dashboard))
  validate -->|no| error[Show Error]
  error --> creds
  dashboard --> done((End))
`);

Development

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Build (ESM + CJS)
npm run build

# Run tests
npm test

# Type check
npm run typecheck

# Start browser demo (after building)
npx serve .
# Then open: http://localhost:3000/index.html

License

MIT © hustcc

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assets		assets
site		site
src		src
tests		tests
.gitignore		.gitignore
AGENT.md		AGENT.md
LICENSE		LICENSE
README.md		README.md
SKILL.md		SKILL.md
package.json		package.json
tsconfig.json		tsconfig.json
tsup.config.ts		tsup.config.ts

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fig(input): string

figure: 'flow' — Flowchart

FlowNode

FlowEdge

FlowGroup

figure: 'tree' — Tree Diagram

figure: 'arch' — Architecture Diagram

figure: 'sequence' — Sequence Diagram

figure: 'quadrant' — Quadrant Chart

AxisConfig

QuadrantPoint

figure: 'gantt' — Gantt Chart

GanttTask

GanttMilestone

figure: 'state' — State Machine

StateNode

StateTransition

figure: 'er' — Entity-Relationship Diagram

ErEntity

ErField

ErRelation

figure: 'timeline' — Timeline

TimelineEvent

figure: 'swimlane' — Swimlane Flow

SwimlaneNode

SwimlaneEdge

Palette API

Markdown syntax

Node notation (flow / tree / arch)

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`fig(input): string`

`figure: 'flow'` — Flowchart

`FlowNode`

`FlowEdge`

`FlowGroup`

`figure: 'tree'` — Tree Diagram

`figure: 'arch'` — Architecture Diagram

`figure: 'sequence'` — Sequence Diagram

`figure: 'quadrant'` — Quadrant Chart

`AxisConfig`

`QuadrantPoint`

`figure: 'gantt'` — Gantt Chart

`GanttTask`

`GanttMilestone`

`figure: 'state'` — State Machine

`StateNode`

`StateTransition`

`figure: 'er'` — Entity-Relationship Diagram

`ErEntity`

`ErField`

`ErRelation`

`figure: 'timeline'` — Timeline

`TimelineEvent`

`figure: 'swimlane'` — Swimlane Flow

`SwimlaneNode`

`SwimlaneEdge`