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coleam00/excalidraw-diagram-skill

Create Excalidraw diagram JSON files that make visual arguments. Use when the user wants to visualize workflows, architectures, or concepts.

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5.2kGitHub stars
59stars in 7 days
1skill in this repository
0commits in 30 days

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  • Star growth, last 24 hoursAhead of 85% of tracked repositories
  • Rank movement, last 7 daysAhead of 47% of tracked repositories
  • Commits, last 30 daysAhead of 0% of tracked repositories
  • Accounts asking about it through MCP, last 7 daysNot available
  • Hot votes this weekAhead of 0% of tracked repositories

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Individual skills in this repository

How it works

excalidraw-diagram

When your agent uses it

Create Excalidraw diagram JSON files that make visual arguments. Use when the user wants to visualize workflows, architectures, or concepts.

What it loads into context

Frontmatter

37 tokens

Always available to the agent

SKILL.md

5,469 tokens

When the skill is activated

Reference documents

3,240 tokens

Loaded on request

Token counts are estimates. Scripts run separately; they are not counted as reference context.

The playbook

  1. Customization
  2. Core Philosophy
  3. Depth Assessment (Do This First)
  4. Research Mandate (For Technical Diagrams)
  5. Evidence Artifacts
  6. Multi-Zoom Architecture
  7. Container vs. Free-Floating Text
  8. Design Process (Do This BEFORE Generating JSON)
  9. Large / Comprehensive Diagram Strategy
  10. Visual Pattern Library
  11. Shape Meaning
  12. Color as Meaning
  13. Modern Aesthetics
  14. Layout Principles
  15. Text Rules
  16. JSON Structure
  17. Element Templates
  18. Render & Validate (MANDATORY)
  19. Quality Checklist

Scripts executed separately

  • references/render_excalidraw.py

Files

  • .gitignoreasset34 bytes
  • README.mddoc2,872 bytes
  • SKILL.mdcore24,482 bytes
  • SKILL.mdcore24,482 bytes
  • SKILL.mdcore24,482 bytes
  • SKILL.mdcore24,482 bytes
  • SKILL.mdcore24,482 bytes
  • references/color-palette.mddoc2,116 bytes
  • references/element-templates.mddoc4,088 bytes
  • references/json-schema.mddoc1,958 bytes
  • references/pyproject.tomlasset127 bytes
  • references/render_excalidraw.pyruns6,630 bytes
  • references/render_template.htmlasset1,686 bytes

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Skills included

  • excalidraw-diagram

Repository facts

License
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Created
Mar 1, 2026
Last pushed
Mar 1, 2026
Forks
592
Open issues
11
Project activity
Slowing

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Before you install

Local scripts

Automated signals, not a guarantee

Checked Nov 2, 2026

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README.md

  • Network accessline 5
    Compatible with any coding agent that supports skills. For agents that read from `.claude/skills/` (like [Claude Code](https://docs.anthropic.com/en/docs/claude-code) and [OpenCode](https://github.com/nicepkg/OpenCode)), just drop it in and
  • Network accessline 19
    git clone https://github.com/coleam00/excalidraw-diagram-skill.git

SKILL.md

  • Network accessline 429
    "type": "excalidraw",   "version": 2,   "source": "https://excalidraw.com",
  • Network accessline 430
    "version": 2,   "source": "https://excalidraw.com",   "elements": [...],
  • Network accessline 431
    "source": "https://excalidraw.com",

references/render_excalidraw.py

  • Executable scriptline 1
    Executable file

references/render_template.html

  • Network accessline 15
    <script type="module">     import { exportToSvg } from "https://esm.sh/@excalidraw/excalidraw?bundle";
  • Network accessline 16
    import { exportToSvg } from "https://esm.sh/@excalidraw/excalidraw?bundle";

How the signals fit together

Facts from a static read of the files at the pinned commit. They describe what the code does, not why.

Some files could not be read; the facts below still hold.

Signal confidence: 6 facts

Works with

Agent compatibility, from the files in this repository
AgentStatusEvidenceInstall to
Claude CodeCompatibleStandard SKILL.md SKILL.md.claude/skills/<skill-name>/
CodexCompatibleStandard SKILL.md SKILL.md.agents/skills/<skill-name>/
CursorCompatibleStandard SKILL.md SKILL.md.cursor/skills/<skill-name>/
Gemini CLICompatibleStandard SKILL.md SKILL.md.gemini/skills/<skill-name>/
GitHub CopilotCompatibleStandard SKILL.md SKILL.md.github/skills/<skill-name>/
OpenCodeCompatibleStandard SKILL.md SKILL.md.opencode/skills/<skill-name>/
  • Native The repository ships a manifest, folder or frontmatter field for this agent.
  • Compatible A standard SKILL.md that this agent can read.
  • Unknown No evidence either way.

Derived automatically from paths, manifests and frontmatter. Not tested on each agent.

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