cli-anything-drawio

Command-line interface for Drawio - A CLI harness for **Draw.io** — create, edit, and export diagrams from the command line....

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npx skills add hkuds/cli-anything --skill cli-anything-drawio

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cli anything drawio A CLI harness for Draw.io — create, edit, and export diagrams from the command line. Installation This CLI is installed as part of the cli anything drawio package: Prerequisites: Python 3.10+ drawio must be installed on your system Usage Basic Commands REPL Mode When invoked without a subcommand, the CLI enters an interactive REPL session: Command Groups Project Project management: new, open, save, info. Command Description new Create a new blank diagram open Open an existing .drawio project file save Save the current project info Show detailed project information xml Print the raw XML of the current project presets List available page size presets Shape Shape operations: add, remove, move, resize, style. Command Description add Add a shape to the diagram remove Remove a shape by ID list List all shapes on a page label Update a shape's label text move Move a shape to new coordinates resize Resize a shape style Set a style property on a shape info Show detailed info about a shape types List all available shape types Connect Connector operations: add, remove, style. Command Description add Add a connector between two shapes remove Remove a connector by ID label Update a connector's label style Set a style property on a connector list List all connectors on a page styles List available edge styles Page Page operations: add, remove, rename, list. Command Description add Add a new page remove Remove a page by index rename Rename a page list List all pages Export Export operations: render to PNG, PDF, SVG. Command Description render Export the diagram to a file formats List available export formats Session Session management: status, undo, redo. Command Description status Show current session status undo Undo the last operation redo Redo the last undone operation save state Save session state to disk list List all saved sessions Examples Create a New Project Create a new drawio project file. Interactive REPL Session Start an interactive session with undo/redo support. Export Project Export the project to a final output format. State Management The CLI maintains session state with: Undo/Redo : Up to 50 levels of history Project persistence : Save/load project state as JSON Session tracking : Track modifications and changes Output Formats All commands support dual output modes: Human readable (default): Tables, colors, formatted text Machine readable ( json flag): Structured JSON for agent consumption For AI Agents When using this CLI programmatically: 1. Always use json flag for parseable output 2. Check return codes 0 for success, non zero for errors 3. Parse stderr for error messages on failure 4. Use absolute paths for all file operations 5. Verify outputs exist after export operations More Information Full documentation: See README.md in the package Test coverage: See TEST.md in the package Methodology: See HARNESS.md in the cli anything plugin Version 1.0.0