Domain: Visual Engineering
Type: AI Reasoning Skill
status: Canonical
The Visual Engineering skill empowers AI agents to transform repository context into high-fidelity diagrams. It uses dynamic reasoning to understand source code, flow, and architecture, then leverages the deterministic dev.kit visualizer command to render SVG assets.
This skill utilizes dynamic LLM reasoning to perform the following:
- Flow Extraction: Reading READMEs or source code to identify discrete process steps.
- Visual Mapping: Determining which Mermaid pattern (flowchart, sequence, state) best represents the intent.
- Intent-to-MMD: Generating raw Mermaid source code based on extracted logic.
The following assets provide the programmatic engine for this skill:
- Templates: Standardized Mermaid patterns in
assets/templates/. - Patterns: High-fidelity Mermaid styling and shape standards.
- Export Engine: Hardened
mmdcwrapper for SVG/PNG generation.
Visual engineering is operationalized through deterministic UDX engines:
| Requirement | Grounding Resource | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Logic | udx/dev.kit |
High-fidelity export engine and template discovery. |
| Patterns | reference/standards/mermaid.md |
Canonical shapes and visual mapping rules. |
| Runtime | udx/worker |
Deterministic environment for asset generation. |
This skill is grounded in the following Deterministic Primitives:
dev.kit visualizer create: Initializes a new Mermaid source from templates.dev.kit visualizer export: Renders Mermaid sources into SVG/PNG.
- Templates: Standard flowchart, sequence, and state machine patterns in
docs/workflows/assets/templates/. - Patterns: High-fidelity Mermaid styling and shape standards in
docs/workflows/mermaid-patterns.md.
Visual engineering is grounded in systematic diagramming and documentation standards:
- Visualizing Complex Systems: Understanding software evolution through fluid dynamics and visual tracing.
- Mermaid Standards: High-fidelity synthetic enrichment for documentation.
UDX DevSecOps Team