excalidraw-diagram

The excalidraw-diagram skill generates Excalidraw-compatible diagrams directly from text content, helping users transform complex ideas, workflows, and structures into visual representations. It supports multiple output formats tailored for different workflows, including Obsidian-compatible Markdown files, standard Excalidraw JSON files, and animated Excalidraw diagrams with sequential drawing order metadata. The skill automatically detects the desired output mode based on trigger keywords and then analyzes the provided content to determine concepts, relationships, hierarchy, and the most appropriate diagram structure. This allows users to quickly create readable diagrams without manually arranging elements in a visual editor.

The skill includes support for a wide range of diagram styles such as flowcharts, mind maps, hierarchy diagrams, relationship diagrams, comparison layouts, timelines, matrices, and freeform visual structures. It also applies strict formatting and design rules to improve readability and consistency, including predefined font families, minimum font sizes, line-height settings, and text replacement rules for quotation marks and parentheses. In animated mode, the generated diagrams include animation order metadata for use with compatible animation tools. The workflow also automatically saves generated files to the current working directory and provides instructions for opening or editing them in compatible platforms.

This skill is useful for technical writers, educators, developers, researchers, project managers, and knowledge management users who need fast visual documentation generation. It is especially valuable for users working with Obsidian, Excalidraw, or diagram-based note-taking systems. Common use cases include documenting software architectures, visualizing workflows, creating study notes, brainstorming ideas, planning projects, and building animated presentation diagrams for demonstrations or educational content.