/cli-anything-drawio

name: "cli-anything-drawio"
description: >-
  Command-line interface for Drawio - A CLI harness for **Draw.io** — create, edit, and export diagrams from the command line....

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:

pip install cli-anything-drawio

**Prerequisites:**

• Python 3.10+
• drawio must be installed on your system

Usage

Basic Commands

# Show help
cli-anything-drawio --help

# Start interactive REPL mode
cli-anything-drawio

# Create a new project
cli-anything-drawio project new -o project.json

# Run with JSON output (for agent consumption)
cli-anything-drawio --json project info -p project.json

REPL Mode

When invoked without a subcommand, the CLI enters an interactive REPL session:

cli-anything-drawio
# Enter commands interactively with tab-completion and history

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.

cli-anything-drawio project new -o myproject.json
# Or with JSON output for programmatic use
cli-anything-drawio --json project new -o myproject.json

Interactive REPL Session

Start an interactive session with undo/redo support.

cli-anything-drawio
# Enter commands interactively
# Use 'help' to see available commands
# Use 'undo' and 'redo' for history navigation

Export Project

Export the project to a final output format.

cli-anything-drawio --project myproject.json export render output.pdf --overwrite

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

# Human output
cli-anything-drawio project info -p project.json

# JSON output for agents
cli-anything-drawio --json project info -p project.json

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