bpmn

The BPMN skill allows users to create detailed business process diagrams using PlantUML syntax, leveraging BPMN, Enterprise Integration Pattern (EIP), and Lean Mapping stencil icons. It addresses the challenge of visualizing complex workflows, approval chains, message-based integrations, and value stream processes in a standardized and automated manner. By using a code-based diagram approach, it enables precise, reusable, and version-controllable diagrams, eliminating the inconsistencies and limitations often found in manual diagramming tools.

This skill supports a comprehensive set of diagramming features. Users can declare stencil icons for events, gateways, tasks, and data objects across BPMN, EIP, and Lean Mapping families. Process flows are represented with sequence flows (`-->`) and message flows (`..>`), while BPMN pools and lanes organize processes into structured containers. It provides a wide variety of stencil symbols, such as start and end events, user and service tasks, gateways for branching logic, and EIP messaging patterns, all with default styling applied automatically. The diagrams are wrapped in ` plantuml ` or ` puml ` fences to ensure correct rendering, and users can reference a library of over 9,500 icons for advanced customization.

Typical use cases include modeling workflow automation, designing approval chains, mapping value streams, and illustrating message-based integration architectures. Target users are business analysts, process designers, software architects, and integration engineers who need precise, maintainable, and collaborative diagrams. The skill is particularly valuable for teams that rely on textual diagram definitions for version control, automated documentation, or integration with Markdown-based documentation platforms.