generating-ascii-diagrams

name	generating-ascii-diagrams
description	ASCII diagram generation skill for creating professional architectural diagrams in text format. Supports C4 models, sequence diagrams, component diagrams, deployment diagrams, data flow diagrams, class diagrams, and integration diagrams for technical documentation.
user-invocable	false

ASCII Diagram Generation Skill

Professional ASCII-based diagram generation for technical documentation. This skill provides templates and guidelines for creating clean, maintainable architectural diagrams that integrate seamlessly into documentation systems.

Diagram Standards

ASCII Character Sets

Standard Boxes (Components, Services)

┌─────────────────┐
│   Component     │
│    or Service   │
└─────────────────┘

Double-Line Boxes (External Systems, APIs)

╔═════════════════╗
║   External      ║
║   System/API    ║
╚═════════════════╝

Bold/Heavy Boxes (Databases, Storage)

┏━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┓
┃    Database     ┃
┃    or Storage   ┃
┗━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┛

Dashed Boxes (Optional, Conditional)

┌┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┐
┆  Optional      ┆
┆  Component     ┆
└┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┘

Connection Types

Symbol	Meaning	Usage
────►	Synchronous request	Direct API calls, HTTP requests