{
 "schema_version": 1,
 "generated": "2026-10-20",
 "id": "nahumlitvin-prismantis--draw-system-flowchart-from-claude-reply",
 "repo": "NahumLitvin/prismantis",
 "repo_url": "https://github.com/NahumLitvin/prismantis",
 "repo_slug": "nahumlitvin-prismantis",
 "title": "Draw a flowchart or chart inside a Claude Code reply",
 "page_title": "How to draw a flowchart or chart inside a Claude Code reply with Prismantis",
 "summary": "Have Claude answer with a mermaid diagram that draws as colored text, then copy it as art or markdown.",
 "who": "An engineer who wants to explain a process, service flow or data pipeline to a teammate from inside a Claude Code session.",
 "problem": "Claude Code prints mermaid as source, so the flow is hard to read without rendering it elsewhere.",
 "outcome": "A flowchart, sequence diagram, bar chart or pie chart appears in the reply and can be copied as text art.",
 "steps": [
  "Install Prismantis as described in its README and confirm it is active with `/prismantis`.",
  "Ask Claude for the flow, for example: explain the request path of this service as a mermaid flowchart.",
  "Check that the mermaid block draws as colored text art and fits the terminal width.",
  "Use the `⧉ art` copy button to copy the drawn text, or `⧉ md` to copy the markdown.",
  "If the diagram is wider than the window or over 80 lines, shorten the question and ask again, since the README says those stay as code."
 ],
 "agent_prompt": "Using the NahumLitvin/prismantis plugin in Claude Code, ask Claude to explain <process name> as a mermaid flowchart. Expected output: a colored text diagram with one color per box, not raw mermaid source. Verify that the diagram fits the terminal width and that the copy button on the diagram works.",
 "agents": [
  "claude-code"
 ],
 "difficulty": "Intermediate",
 "time": "15 minutes",
 "basis": "readme",
 "caveat": "Diagrams that are too wide for the window or longer than 80 lines stay as code, so large systems need to be split into smaller questions.",
 "category": "Software and DevOps",
 "tags": [
  "Software and DevOps"
 ],
 "lang": "typescript",
 "requirements": [
  "Claude Code version 2.1.287 or later",
  "A terminal that can show colors; kitty or Ghostty if you want LaTeX math drawn as images",
  "RaTeX's ratex-render binary, only if you want LaTeX math"
 ],
 "risk": "none",
 "seen_in_the_wild": false,
 "mentioned_publicly": false,
 "risks": [],
 "best": false,
 "score": 0.9,
 "evidence": [],
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