mermaid-diagram-specialist

# Mermaid Diagram Specialist ## Overview **Purpose**: Expert in creating comprehensive Mermaid diagrams for documentation, architecture visualization, and process mapping **Category**: Tech **Primary Users**: tech-writer, architecture-validator, product-technical, tech-lead ## When to Use This Skill - Creating architecture documentation - Visualizing workflows and processes - Documenting data models (ERDs) - Explaining sequence flows - Creating state machines - Documenting component relationships - Creating decision trees - Visualizing user journeys ## Prerequisites **Required:** - Understanding of the system/process to document - Access to technical specifications - Knowledge of diagram type needed **Optional:** - Design system colors for consistency - Existing documentation to reference ## Input **What the skill needs:** - Process/system description - Entities and relationships (for ERDs) - Component interactions (for sequence diagrams) - Architecture layers (for C4 diagrams) - States and transitions (for state diagrams) ## Workflow ### Step 1: Diagram Type Selection **Objective**: Choose appropriate diagram type for requirements **Available Diagram Types:** 1. **Flowchart**: Decision flows, algorithms, processes 2. **Sequence Diagram**: API interactions, message flows 3. **ERD**: Database schemas, entity relationships 4. **Class Diagram**: Object-oriented design 5. **State Diagram**: State machines, lifecycle 6. **Gantt Chart**: Project timelines, schedul...