| name | btp-diagram-generator |
| description | Generate SAP BTP (Business Technology Platform) solution architecture diagrams as native draw.io (.drawio) files following the official SAP BTP Solution Diagram guidelines (Fiori Horizon design system) and open them via a configured draw.io MCP server. USE WHEN: user asks to create/draw/design/sketch a BTP diagram, BTP architecture, BTP landscape, BTP solution diagram, BTP reference architecture, SAP Business Technology Platform diagram, or wants to visualize SAP BTP services (CAP, Build, Integration Suite, SAC, AI Core, HANA Cloud, Cloud Foundry, Kyma, Workzone, etc.) and their interdependencies in draw.io / drawio / diagrams.net. DO NOT USE FOR: non-BTP architecture diagrams, generic flowcharts, sequence/UML diagrams, or diagrams that should remain in Mermaid/PlantUML. |
BTP Solution Diagram Generator
Produces a .drawio file in the workspace that conforms to the SAP BTP Solution Diagram guidelines and opens it through whichever draw.io MCP server is configured.
⚡ Quick Path (use this first)
For the vast majority of diagrams, do not hand-write XML. Use the btp_builder Python package — it owns icon lookup, SAP palette, port pinning, label HTML, A4 sizing, SVG upscaling, and validation. A typical L1 diagram is ~20 lines.
import sys
from pathlib import Path
sys.path.insert(0, str(Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent))
from btp_builder import BtpDiagram
d = BtpDiagram(level="L1", title="Task Center Reference Architecture")
btp = d.btp_container(x=260, y=80, w=560, h=440)
sub = d.subaccount(parent=btp, label="Subaccount",
x=btp.x + 24, y=btp.y + 110, w=520, h=170)
wz = d.service("work zone", in_=sub, x=sub.x + 60, y=sub.y + 60)
tc = d.service("task center", right_of=wz)
ci = d.service("cloud identity", below=tc)
eu = d.user("End User", x=60, y=btp.y + 100)
ac = d.app_client("Application Clients\n(Mobile or Desktop)", below=eu)
s4 = d.external("SAP S/4HANA\nOn-Premise Solutions",
x=btp.right_edge() + 40, y=btp.y + 70, kind="sap")
third = d.external("3rd Party\nApplications", below=s4, kind="non-sap")
cloud = d.external("SAP Cloud\nApplications", below=third, kind="sap")
idp = d.idp("3rd-party Identity Provider",
x=ci.center_x() - 140, y=btp.bottom_edge() + 60)
d.connect(eu, ac, direction="down")
d.connect(ac, wz, direction="right")
d.connect(wz, tc, kind="dblhd")
d.connect(tc, ci, kind="dblhd", direction="down")
d.connect(tc, s4); d.connect(tc, third); d.connect(tc, cloud)
d.connect(idp, ci, kind="dashed", direction="up")
d.save("btp-task-center-architecture.drawio")
Run via uv run python <script>.py from the repository root. save() validates first and raises ValueError with the full error list if anything is off; warnings are printed.
Quick-Path API surface
| Call | Returns | Notes |
|---|
BtpDiagram(level, title) | builder | level ∈ L0/L1/L2. Drives icon size + label weight. |
.btp_container(x,y,w,h, sub_label, env_label, with_logo) | NodeRef | Light-blue outer frame + SAP corner logo + Subaccount/Multi-Cloud labels. |
.subaccount(parent, label, ...) | NodeRef | White card inside the BTP container. |
.inner_card(parent, label, ...) | NodeRef | Generic white sub-card (e.g. CIS service group). |
.service(name, in_=, right_of=, left_of=, below=, above=) | NodeRef | name is fuzzy-matched via reference/icon-aliases.json (e.g. "task center", "cpi", "hana cloud"). |
.user(label, kind="sap") | NodeRef | kind ∈ sap / non-sap / highlight. |
.app_client(label, ...) | NodeRef | Generic mobile/desktop tile. |
.external(label, kind="sap"/"non-sap", ...) | NodeRef | Right-side external system tile. |
.idp(label, ...) | NodeRef | 3rd-party Identity Provider tile. |
.connect(src, tgt, kind, direction) | edge id | kind ∈ std/dblhd/dashed/optional/auth/scim/trust/neutral. direction auto-pins ports — override with "right"/"left"/"up"/"down". |
.save(path, validate=True) | Path | Writes XML. Validates inline (raises on errors). |
Positional kwargs (right_of, left_of, below, above, in_) auto-place nodes — only set explicit x,y for the first anchor in each row/column.
Icon name discovery
from btp_builder import list_aliases, list_icons, lookup_icon
print(list(list_aliases())[:30])
print(lookup_icon("integration suite", "L1")["key"])
If lookup_icon raises IconNotFound, fall back to a styled tile (external(label, kind="sap")) and call it out in the final response.
Open the diagram
uv run python skills/btp-diagram-generator/scripts/open_diagram.py btp-task-center-architecture.drawio
Falls back to printing a https://app.diagrams.net/?…#create=... URL if no system opener is found. If a draw.io MCP tool is available in the runtime, prefer that — only call MCP tools that actually appear in the tool list.
Manual XML path (advanced / niche cases only)
Use this only when the Quick Path doesn't cover what you need (e.g. exotic legend variants, custom flow-protocol pills, novel layouts not yet supported by the builder). Everything below documents the underlying XML primitives the builder generates for you.
When to use
Trigger on requests like:
- "Draw a BTP architecture for …"
- "Generate a BTP solution diagram showing CAP + HANA Cloud + Build Workzone"
- "Create a draw.io of our SAP BTP integration landscape"
- "L0 / L1 / L2 BTP diagram for "
If the request is a generic flowchart, sequence diagram, or non-SAP architecture, do not use this skill — generate Mermaid or use a plain draw.io workflow instead.
Inputs to gather (ask once, concisely)
Before generating, confirm what is missing. Default to L1 if unspecified.
| Input | Default | Notes |
|---|
| Audience level | L1 | L0 = business overview (no legend, neutral connectors); L1 = technical (services + main flows); L2 = detailed (data flows, protocols, components) |
| BTP services / SaaS apps | (must ask) | e.g. CAP, Build Code, Integration Suite (CPI/Event Mesh/API Mgmt), HANA Cloud, SAC, AI Core, Joule, Build Workzone, Identity Authentication, Destination, Connectivity |
| Non-BTP systems | (optional) | e.g. S/4HANA Cloud, SuccessFactors, Ariba, third-party SaaS, on-prem systems, end users |
| Environment / runtime | Cloud Foundry | Cloud Foundry, Kyma, ABAP Environment |
| Region / multi-region? | single | Affects grouping containers |
| Primary flows | (must ask) | What connects to what, direction, purpose |
| Output filename | btp-diagram.drawio | Saved to workspace root unless user specifies |
If the user gives a one-line prompt with enough services and a clear flow, proceed without asking — surface assumptions in the final response.
Workflow
1. Map requirements to BTP icons
There is no mxgraph.sap.* stencil family. SAP BTP icons in draw.io are SVGs embedded as base64 inside shape=image;image=data:image/svg+xml,<base64>;… style strings, distributed via the SAP draw.io shape library XML files. Generating shape=mxgraph.sap.foo produces an empty square in the canvas — you have seen this fail.
For every requested service, obtain its real style string by looking it up in reference/icon-index.json:
- Preferred: Load reference/icon-index.json (~660 KB, 100 icons). It maps each icon title (e.g.
31068-sap-build-work-zone_sd) to its style string and library cell width/height. Match by substring against the requested service name.
- Source XML libraries (if you need a non-default size or a metadata field the index doesn't carry) live in reference/libraries/ — one size-M
mxlibrary per icon set (foundational, integration suite, app-dev, AI, data-analytics, BTP-SaaS, all-in-one).
- Style donors: for compound patterns (subaccount cards, NETWORK boundaries, pill labels, legend cards), consult the curated reference/examples/ — 11 official editable diagrams (Task Center L0/L1/L2, Build Work Zone L2, Process Automation L2, Cloud Identity Services L1/L2, Private Link L2, SAP Start L2). Open any of them and copy the exact style string.
- If a service is genuinely missing from the library, use the styled fallback tile (see §3 below) and list it in the final response so the user can replace it.
Default icon geometry by audience level (matches the official examples — see reference/example-patterns.md §5):
SVG intrinsic size warning: Every icon in the SAP shape library has width="16" height="16" on its root <svg> element, even in the size-M set. draw.io rasterizes at that intrinsic size then upscales, producing a blurry icon. After extracting a base64 SVG, patch the root <svg width> and <svg height> to match the target cell size (e.g. 48 for L1) before re-encoding. Keep viewBox unchanged. See reference/example-patterns.md §11 for the Python helper.
| Level | Icon size | Label |
|---|
| L0 | 50×50 | Arial 14 bold |
| L1 | 48×48 | Arial 14 bold |
| L2 | 32×32 | Arial 12 regular |
The label goes in the cell's value= attribute and renders below the icon (the library style already sets verticalLabelPosition=bottom). Always keep the points=[[0,0,0,0,0],…] 12-anchor array from the library style so connectors snap cleanly.
2. Apply the SAP Fiori Horizon palette
Always use these colors only (never pick arbitrary fills). Source: SAP BTP Solution Diagram guideline — Foundation (Atoms) and Areas:
| Token | Hex | Use |
|---|
| SAP/BTP border (Primary) | #0070F2 | BTP container stroke, accent fills, sub-card stroke |
| SAP/BTP fill | #EBF8FF | BTP container background |
| Non-SAP border | #475E75 | Non-SAP / external area strokes, generic data-flow connectors |
| Non-SAP fill / Subtle bg | #F5F6F7 | Non-SAP areas, page background, generic pill fill |
| Title text | #1D2D3E | Headings, primary labels |
| Secondary text | #556B82 | Sub-labels, descriptions, footnotes |
| Positive (Auth, green) | #188918 / bg #F5FAE5 | Authentication flows (SAML, OIDC) — per guideline |
| Critical (Warning, orange) | #C35500 / bg #FFF8D6 | Warnings |
| Negative (Error, red) | #D20A0A / bg #FFEAF4 | Errors |
| Teal accent | #07838F / bg #DAFDF5 | Highlight areas |
| Indigo (Authorization) | #5D36FF / bg #F1ECFF | Authorization / provisioning (SCIM) flows — per guideline |
| Pink (Trust) | #CC00DC / bg #FFF0FA | Trust flows (mutual trust, federation) — per guideline |
Font: Arial (or Arial Black for headings), size 12 for body labels, 14 for service labels, 16 for group titles.
3. Apply the atomic structure
Per the SAP atomic design system (Atoms → Molecules → Organisms). The exact style strings, sizes and HTML label patterns to copy live in reference/example-patterns.md — match those rather than inventing variants.
- Document title (every diagram): a floating text cell above the BTP container, blue
#0070F2 bold Arial 16, format "{Scenario} - SAP BTP Solution Diagram".
- Outer container (Subaccount / Multi-Cloud):
rounded=1;strokeColor=#0070F2;fillColor=#EBF8FF;arcSize=32;absoluteArcSize=1;strokeWidth=1.5;. Carries the SAP-logo image tile in the top-left and two stacked labels: bold Subaccount (Arial 16) + smaller Multi-Cloud (Arial 12).
- Sub-containers (white cards inside the BTP boundary — e.g. Cloud Identity Services group): same
#0070F2 stroke, #FFFFFF fill, arcSize=16. Always blue stroke, never slate, when the card sits inside the BTP container. Per the guideline Areas / Nesting: alternate fill vs. no-fill between parent and child to keep visual contrast (BTP container has fill #EBF8FF, so inner cards use white).
- Service nodes: BTP icons (§1) wrapped in a
style="group" connectable="0" cell whenever they need a separate text label or are co-positioned with another shape. Children use coordinates relative to the group origin.
- External-system tiles (e.g.
SAP S/4HANA On-Premise): a group of (white card arcSize=14 + ~28×28 icon top-left + bold font-size:16px label on the right). Sit outside the BTP container.
- Users / actors: a
group containing the user SVG image and a centered End User text label below.
- Connectors — copy the right variant from the example patterns reference. Per the guideline Connectors section, line style encodes flow nature and line color encodes flow semantic:
- Line style: solid = direct synchronous request/response ·
dashed=1 = indirect / asynchronous · dashed=1;dashPattern=1 4; (dotted) = optional · strokeWidth=3 = firewalls / network barriers only.
- Semantic color: Authentication = green
#188918 · Authorization / Provisioning (SCIM) = indigo #5D36FF · Mutual trust / federation = pink #CC00DC · Generic data = slate #475E75.
- Standard data flow:
endArrow=blockThin;strokeColor=#475E75;endFill=1;endSize=4;startSize=4;strokeWidth=1.5;
- Orthogonal: prefix with
edgeStyle=orthogonalEdgeStyle;rounded=0;orthogonalLoop=1;jettySize=auto;
- Authentication (SAML/OIDC): same shape,
strokeColor=#188918
- Authorization / Provisioning (SCIM): same shape,
strokeColor=#5D36FF
- Mutual trust: add
startArrow=blockThin;startFill=1 and strokeColor=#CC00DC
- Async / indirect: add
dashed=1
- Optional: add
dashed=1;dashPattern=1 4; (dotted)
- Network / firewall boundary line: thick grey vertical separator
strokeColor=#475E75;strokeWidth=3;jumpStyle=gap; with a small uppercase NETWORK label (#475E75) beside it. Reserve strokeWidth=3 for firewalls/network barriers only — do not use it for normal data flows.
- Always pin exit/entry ports to avoid diagonal auto-routing: add
exitX=1;exitY=0.5;exitDx=0;exitDy=0;entryX=0;entryY=0.5;entryDx=0;entryDy=0; (adjust X/Y for the direction). For vertical connectors use exitY=1 / entryY=0. Remove manual <mxPoint> waypoints unless a deliberate detour is needed — leave <Array as="points"/> empty. See reference/example-patterns.md §8 for the full port-pinning reference.
- Edge labels are separate vertex pills, not inline edge text — small rounded rectangles
arcSize=50, ~16 px tall, color-matched to the connector (generic #475E75/#F5F6F7, auth #188918/#F5FAE5, authz/SCIM #5D36FF/#F1ECFF, trust #CC00DC/#FFF0FA).
- L0: no legend, no protocol pills, neutral
endArrow=block or endArrow=none connectors.
- L1: directional
endArrow=blockThin connectors, optionally a few colored auth/provisioning flows and pill labels.
- L2: add a description block +
Diagram Level: L2 under the title, pill tags on every meaningful edge, and a legend card in the top-right (white card, strokeColor=#eaecee, with colored 16×16 ellipse swatches for each flow type and a sample arrow per arrow style).
4. Generate the draw.io XML
Follow the draw.io AI generation rules:
- Use uncompressed XML, full
<mxfile> wrapper (so file-level vars are usable).
- Always include
<mxCell id="0"/> and <mxCell id="1" parent="0"/>.
- Vertices:
vertex="1". Edges: edge="1" with source/target. Mutually exclusive.
- Unique IDs across the diagram.
- Coordinates: top-left
(0,0), x→right, y→down. Children inside a group use coordinates relative to the group.
- Match perimeter to shape (e.g.
perimeter=ellipsePerimeter for ellipses).
- XML-escape labels (
&, <, >, "). HTML markup inside value= is allowed and is the standard way to bold/size text — see the official examples.
- Keep grid spacing on multiples of 10 px (
gridSize="10"); leave ≥20 px gaps between siblings; sub-containers padded by ~18–24 px.
- It is normal and expected for diagrams to be authored in negative coordinate space (e.g.
x="-2200"); draw.io centers on content.
Page size: always A4 landscape — pageWidth="1169" pageHeight="827", even for dense L2. Larger virtual canvas comes from spreading groups across negative coordinates, not from changing the page size. L2 additionally sets background="none" on <mxGraphModel>.
5. Write the file
Save to the path the user requested (default: workspace root, btp-diagram.drawio). Do not overwrite an existing file without confirming.
6. Open via the MCP server
Detect which draw.io MCP integration is available, in this order — use the first that is configured:
- MCP Tool Server (
@drawio/mcp / npx @drawio/mcp): call its "open diagram" tool with the generated XML to launch the editor in the browser.
- MCP App Server (
mcp.draw.io/mcp remote): call its render tool to embed the interactive viewer inline in chat.
- Neither configured: skip silently and instead print a
https://app.diagrams.net/?pv=0&grid=0#create=... URL built per the FAQ (URI-encode JSON {"type":"xml","compressed":true,"data":"<base64-deflate-raw>"}). If you cannot compress in-context, print the file path and instruct the user to open it in their installed draw.io.
Never invent an MCP tool name — only call tools that actually appear in the available tool list.
7. Validate before delivering
Run the bundled validator script first — it codifies most of the checklist:
python3 skills/btp-diagram-generator/scripts/validate_diagram.py <file.drawio>
If it warns about blurry icons (SVG intrinsic size smaller than cell), fix in place:
python3 skills/btp-diagram-generator/scripts/upscale_svg_icons.py <file.drawio> --size 48 --in-place
Then verify these remaining items by eye:
The validator covers everything else: root cells, unique IDs, vertex/edge exclusivity, no mxgraph.sap.*, edge source/target validity, port pinning, manual waypoints, SVG intrinsic size vs cell geometry, palette colors, and A4 landscape page size.
For deeper validation, reference mxfile.xsd and the style reference checklist.
Final response template
When done, respond with:
- The saved file path as a workspace-relative markdown link.
- Whether the diagram was opened in the MCP editor (and how), or the fallback URL/instructions.
- A short bullet list of assumptions made and any icons that fell back to generic tiles, so the user can correct them.
- If the diagram opened in a draw.io workspace using dark theme, mention that SAP labels (
#1D2D3E) are intentionally dark per the Fiori Horizon spec and will appear faint on dark canvas — switch draw.io to light theme or export to PNG/SVG to verify.
- One sentence on how to iterate (e.g. "ask me to add X service or change the audience level to L2").
Bundled assets
- reference/icon-index.json — flat
{title → {style, width, height}} map of all 100 BTP service icons + 3 generic user icons (generic:user-sap / -non-sap / -highlight). Primary lookup source for icon styles. The Quick-Path builder reads this for you.
- reference/icon-aliases.json — short-name → canonical-key map (132 aliases like
"task center", "cpi", "hana cloud", "end user"). Drives the fuzzy lookup in BtpDiagram.service().
- reference/styles.json — named SAP style strings (
container_btp, card_subaccount, tile_external_sap, arrow_dblhd, pill_auth, …) + port-pin fragments + per-level icon sizes. Loaded by the builder; useful as a copy-paste reference when hand-authoring XML.
- reference/templates/ — empty L0/L1/L2 mxfile skeletons, ready to fill in.
- reference/sap-logo.b64.txt — base64 of the SAP corner logo SVG, embedded by
btp_container(with_logo=True).
- reference/libraries/ — the 7 official SAP draw.io
mxlibrary XML files (foundational, integration-suite, app-dev-automation, data-analytics, AI, BTP-SaaS, and the all-in-one size-M set). Use when you need raw library data the index doesn't expose.
- reference/svg/ — 129 raw
.svg source files for every BTP service icon. Use when you need to edit/recolor an icon, export to non-draw.io targets, or embed an icon outside a draw.io style string.
- reference/examples/ — the 11 official editable example diagrams (Task Center L0/L1/L2, Build Work Zone L2, Process Automation L2, Cloud Identity Services L1/L2, Private Link L2, SAP Start L2). Primary source for compound style patterns (subaccount card, network boundary, pill labels, legend card).
- reference/sap-btp-palette.json — the exact color tokens above, ready to paste into draw.io
Extras → Configuration customColorSchemes.
- reference/example-patterns.md — ready-to-copy style strings, sizes, label HTML and connector/pill recipes extracted from the example diagrams. Consult this whenever you need the exact style of a container, icon, edge or pill — do not improvise.
Bundled scripts
In scripts/, runnable with uv run python (no third-party dependencies):
- scripts/btp_builder/ — the Quick-Path package.
BtpDiagram DSL, icon lookup with alias resolution, palette constants, port-pin helpers, SVG upscaling, named styles. Import as from btp_builder import BtpDiagram.
- scripts/examples/task_center_arch.py — runnable canonical example reproducing the Task Center reference architecture end-to-end.
- scripts/open_diagram.py — opens a
.drawio file via the OS opener (macOS open, Linux xdg-open, Windows start); falls back to printing an app.diagrams.net URL.
- scripts/validate_diagram.py — enforces the §7 checklist. Catches
mxgraph.sap.* typos, duplicate IDs, edges with broken source/target, missing port pins, manual waypoints, off-palette colors, and SVG intrinsic-size blur. Use --strict-palette and --strict-waypoints to fail on warnings. Also exposes validate_xml(xml) / validate_path(path) for reuse from Python.
- scripts/upscale_svg_icons.py — fixes blurry icons by patching the root
<svg> width/height to match the cell geometry (keeps viewBox unchanged). Default target 48 px; pass --size 32 for L2, --size 50 for L0. Use --in-place to overwrite. (The Quick-Path builder applies this automatically; only run manually on hand-authored XML.)
