| name | alibabacloud-cadt-arch-draw |
| description | Draw cloud architecture diagrams via CADT AI agent.
Submit a product/resource description, the backend creates the architecture and returns a summary.
Triggers: "画架构图", "架构绘图", "CADT 绘图", "draw architecture".
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CADT Architecture Diagram Drawing
Submit a product/resource description → CADT AI agent creates the architecture (nodes, connections, validation, layout) and returns a Markdown summary.
Prerequisites
aliyun version
aliyun configure list
If not met, see references/related-commands.md § Installation.
Security: NEVER read/echo AK/SK values, NEVER ask user to input credentials in conversation.
Flow
Step 1: Submit Drawing Request (SendMessage)
aliyun bpstudio execute-operation-sync \
--service-type ai_agent \
--operation SendMessage \
--region cn-hangzhou \
--user-agent "AlibabaCloud-Agent-Skills/alibabacloud-cadt-arch-draw/{SESSION_ID}" \
--attributes '{
"prompt": "一台 Web ECS + 一台 MySQL RDS + 一台 SLB,部署在同一个 VPC 内"
}'
- prompt (required): product/resource list — be specific about products, quantities, and relationships
- sessionId (optional): omit for new session; pass to iterate on existing architecture
- scene (optional): reserved for future drawing modes — currently no available values, omit
Session reuse (MANDATORY): If the user provides a sessionId (e.g. "sessionId 是 1001", "在上次那个架构基础上改", "继续修改刚才的图"), you MUST pass that exact sessionId in this SendMessage call to iterate on the existing CADT session. NEVER start a fresh session and NEVER regenerate the architecture locally. A new execution environment does NOT lose the session — the session lives on the CADT backend, keyed by sessionId; just pass it through the CLI.
Response:
{
"Code": 200,
"Data": {
"Status": "SUCCESS",
"Arguments": { "triggered": true, "sessionId": 1001, "requestId": "xxx-xxx" }
}
}
Architecture generation typically takes 30–120 seconds depending on complexity.
Step 2: Poll for Result (ListMessage)
aliyun bpstudio execute-operation-sync \
--service-type ai_agent \
--operation ListMessage \
--region cn-hangzhou \
--user-agent "AlibabaCloud-Agent-Skills/alibabacloud-cadt-arch-draw/{SESSION_ID}" \
--attributes '{"sessionId": 1001}'
Response structure:
{
"Data": {
"Status": "SUCCESS",
"Arguments": {
"hasMore": false,
"hasNext": false,
"lastMessageId": 5002,
"messageList": [
{
"messageId": 5001,
"sessionId": 1001,
"senderType": "customer",
"senderId": "120012345678****",
"content": "...",
"status": "done",
"messageSendTime": 1700000000000
},
{
"messageId": 5002,
"sessionId": 1001,
"senderType": "robot",
"senderId": "robot",
"content": "...Markdown architecture summary...",
"status": "done",
"prompt": "...",
"messageSendTime": 1700000090000
}
]
}
}
}
Polling logic:
- Find the last message where
senderType == "robot"
- If its
status == "ongoing" → wait 5s, poll again
- If its
status == "done" → proceed to Step 3
- If
messageList is empty / has no robot message → keep polling with the same sessionId (this alone is NOT a reason to switch sessions)
- Max poll: 30 times (~150s), then timeout → stop and report to the user
On timeout or persistently empty response: NEVER create a new session as a workaround. Report to the user that session {sessionId} returned no response (it may not exist, may have expired, or may belong to another environment) and ask how to proceed. Creating a new session without the user's explicit consent violates Hard Rule #6.
Multi-turn: The robot may ask clarifying questions (e.g., "部署在哪个地域?") instead of directly drawing.
In that case, status == "done" but content is a question — present it to the user, collect their reply, and call SendMessage again with the same sessionId.
Invalid input: Nonexistent products/regions (e.g. a made-up product name or a fake region like cn-nowhere) do NOT return FAILURE — the robot replies with a clarifying question (Case B) pointing out what it cannot recognize. Relay that clarification faithfully; NEVER fabricate a successful architecture.
Step 3: Deliver Result
When the robot's last message has status == "done", check its content:
Case A — Architecture complete (content contains resource table / topology / validation):
- Present the robot's Markdown
content to the user
- Inform user the architecture has been created in CADT and can be viewed/edited at CADT Console
- Offer to continue modifying (reuse the same
sessionId)
Case B — Clarifying question (content is a question asking for more info):
- Present the question to the user
- Collect user's reply
- Call SendMessage again with the same
sessionId and the reply as prompt
- Go back to Step 2
Prompt Tips
| Style | Example |
|---|
| Simple | "一台 ECS + 一台 RDS" |
| With roles | "Web ECS + MySQL RDS + SLB 负载均衡" |
| With topology | "VPC 内两台 ECS,通过 SLB 对外暴露,后接 Redis 和 PolarDB" |
| Multi-AZ | "两个可用区各一台 ECS,共享 RDS 和 Redis" |
| Constraints | "高可用架构:ALB + 2 台 ECS 跨 AZ,RDS 主备" |
Error Handling
| Status | Action |
|---|
SUCCESS | Proceed with Arguments data — never retry |
FAILURE (business error, e.g. permission/quota/parameter error) | Show Message to user and stop — do NOT retry |
FAILURE + "Failed to invoke" in Message (backend service unavailable) | Transient backend outage only — wait 30s and retry once; if it still fails, report to user |
Robot message status stays ongoing beyond 150s | Inform user of timeout — keep the same sessionId, do NOT create a new session |
messageList empty / no robot message after max polls | Report to user that session {sessionId} returned no response — never start a new session without user consent |
Retry policy: Retry is a conditional edge-case that applies only to the Failed to invoke backend-unavailable FAILURE. A SUCCESS response or any business-error FAILURE MUST NOT trigger any retry.
Observability
All aliyun CLI calls in this skill MUST include --user-agent for tracing.
UA template (placeholder form):
--user-agent AlibabaCloud-Agent-Skills/alibabacloud-cadt-arch-draw/{SESSION_ID}
UA actual example (runtime form):
--user-agent AlibabaCloud-Agent-Skills/alibabacloud-cadt-arch-draw/a1b2c3d4e5f6a7b8c9d0e1f2a3b4c5d6
Session-id rules:
- If env var
SKILL_SESSION_ID is set, use its value directly
- Otherwise, generate a 32-char lowercase hex string (
uuid4().hex) once at skill session start
- Reuse the same session-id across all CLI calls within one user interaction session
Hard Rules
- All calls via
aliyun bpstudio execute-operation-sync — no raw HTTP
- uid is auto-injected by gateway — never pass in attributes
- Poll by checking robot message
status, not a top-level ongoing field
- Present the robot's Markdown content faithfully — do not fabricate results
- NEVER generate architecture diagrams locally (no local
.md/.html/image files, no drawing from scratch). The architecture is ALWAYS produced by the CADT backend via aliyun CLI — your only job is to call the API and relay its output.
- When the user provides a
sessionId, you MUST reuse it by passing it to SendMessage — never create a new session or start over. A new/restarted execution environment does NOT invalidate the session; it persists on the CADT backend keyed by sessionId. Even on polling timeout or an empty response, do NOT switch to a new session — stop and report to the user; only the user may authorize a new session.
- This skill is architecture-creation only — no resource provisioning or deployment
- Every
aliyun call MUST carry --user-agent as specified in Observability section