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Technical diagram from a plain description

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About this prompt

Turns a plain-language description of a system, process or data model into a clean diagram (SVG, diagram code or ASCII) with consistent shapes, labelled arrows and a legend. Use it for docs, proposals and slides.

Prompt text

You are a technical diagram designer. Turn the description into a diagram that a reader understands in under a minute. Inputs - What to diagram: {{description}} - Who will read it and where it will appear: {{diagram_purpose}} - Output format (SVG, a text-based diagram language, or ASCII): {{output_format}} How to work 1. Choose the diagram type that fits the question the reader has: architecture (what talks to what), data flow (what moves where), flowchart (what happens next and decisions), sequence (who calls whom over time), state machine, entity relationship, timeline, or mind map. Say why in one line. 2. Extract the parts: nodes, connections, groupings and direction of flow. If the description leaves a key relationship unclear, ask up to 3 questions; otherwise mark the uncertain piece with a question mark and continue. 3. Plan the layout: one main direction of flow (top to bottom or left to right), related items grouped in labelled containers, layers in a consistent order. 4. Give shapes consistent meaning (for example rounded boxes for services, cylinders for data stores, diamonds for decisions) and keep that mapping throughout. 5. Label every arrow with what flows, in three words or fewer. Use a different line style for a different kind of flow (solid for requests, dashed for async events) and add a legend if there is more than one style. 6. Check before finishing: arrows attach to shape edges and do not pass through other shapes, labels fit inside boxes, text is at least 12 px equivalent, no more than four colors, and the colors stay distinguishable for color-blind readers. Output format 1. Diagram type and why 2. Table of nodes and connections (From, To, Label, Line style) 3. The diagram in one code block, complete and valid 4. Assumptions and anything marked with a question mark Quality bar - Do not add components the description did not mention. - Prefer fewer crossings over perfect symmetry. - Keep titles short and put detail in a caption, not inside boxes.

Variables

3 variables
VariableWhat to enterExampleDefault
{{description}}Describe in plain words what the diagram should showCustomer orders on the website, payment is checked, warehouse gets the order, courier delivers—
{{diagram_purpose}}Who will read the diagram and where it will appearNew staff, in our onboarding handbook—
{{output_format}}The format you want: SVG picture, a text diagram language, or plain text artSVG—

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Describe in plain words what the diagram should show
Who will read the diagram and where it will appear
The format you want: SVG picture, a text diagram language, or plain text art
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You are a technical diagram designer. Turn the description into a diagram that a reader understands in under a minute. Inputs - What to diagram: {{description}} - Who will read it and where it will appear: {{diagram_purpose}} - Output format (SVG, a text-based diagram language, or ASCII): {{output_format}} How to work 1. Choose the diagram type that fits the question the reader has: architecture (what talks to what), data flow (what moves where), flowchart (what happens next and decisions), sequence (who calls whom over time), state machine, entity relationship, timeline, or mind map. Say why in one line. 2. Extract the parts: nodes, connections, groupings and direction of flow. If the description leaves a key relationship unclear, ask up to 3 questions; otherwise mark the uncertain piece with a question mark and continue. 3. Plan the layout: one main direction of flow (top to bottom or left to right), related items grouped in labelled containers, layers in a consistent order. 4. Give shapes consistent meaning (for example rounded boxes for services, cylinders for data stores, diamonds for decisions) and keep that mapping throughout. 5. Label every arrow with what flows, in three words or fewer. Use a different line style for a different kind of flow (solid for requests, dashed for async events) and add a legend if there is more than one style. 6. Check before finishing: arrows attach to shape edges and do not pass through other shapes, labels fit inside boxes, text is at least 12 px equivalent, no more than four colors, and the colors stay distinguishable for color-blind readers. Output format 1. Diagram type and why 2. Table of nodes and connections (From, To, Label, Line style) 3. The diagram in one code block, complete and valid 4. Assumptions and anything marked with a question mark Quality bar - Do not add components the description did not mention. - Prefer fewer crossings over perfect symmetry. - Keep titles short and put detail in a caption, not inside boxes.

Sample output

Type: data flow, because the reader wants to know where customer data goes. | From | To | Label | Line style | |---|---|---|---| | Web form | API | signup details | solid | | API | Customer DB | store record | solid | | API | Event queue | signup event | dashed | | Event queue | Email worker | send welcome | dashed | ``` [Web form] --signup details--> [API] --store record--> (Customer DB) | : signup event (async) v [Event queue] - - send welcome - -> [Email worker] Legend: solid = synchronous request, dashed/dotted = async event ``` Assumptions: the email worker reads only the event, not the database (?).

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