| name | Excalidraw |
| skill_id | excalidraw |
| description | Shapes sketch-style diagrams and editable visual explanations for flows, product ideas, and architecture discussions. |
| version | 1.0.0 |
| source_kind | elephant-builtin |
| aliases | ["excalidraw","sketch diagram","whiteboard diagram"] |
| trigger_phrases | ["make this in excalidraw","sketch this system","turn this into a whiteboard diagram"] |
| keywords | ["excalidraw","diagram","whiteboard","sketch","flow"] |
| category | creative |
Excalidraw
Use this built-in skill when the user wants an editable sketch-style diagram rather than a polished presentation graphic.
Core rules
- Favor clarity, editable structure, and grouping over pixel-perfect ornament.
- Reduce each frame to the essential entities, flows, and callouts.
- Keep spatial grouping meaningful so the drawing still reads after edits.
- Preserve a human sketch feeling without making the content vague.
Default workflow
- Define the scene: entities, lanes, callouts, and arrows.
- Group related items and keep one dominant reading direction.
- Use concise labels and a restrained number of visual accents.
- Check that the diagram remains understandable after export or handoff.
Guardrails
- Do not pack dense prose into the drawing.
- Do not treat visual styling as a substitute for good structure.
- Do not output a sketch that loses the underlying logic of the flow.
