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Graphviz (DOT)¶

Graphviz renders DOT graphs. UML-MCP sends DOT to Kroki with diagram_type set to graphviz.

Example (source)¶

digraph G {
  rankdir=LR;
  Browser -> CDN -> Origin;
  Origin -> Database;
  Origin -> Cache;
}

Example (rendered SVG)¶

The SVG below was produced with generate_uml (diagram_type: graphviz, output_format: svg) against the snippet above, then committed under docs/assets/diagrams/.

Parameters¶

Property	Value
`diagram_type`	`graphviz`
Backend	Graphviz (via Kroki)
Output formats	`png`, `svg`, `pdf`, `jpeg`

See also¶

D2 for D2 diagrams
More diagram backends (hub: ERD, DBML, BlockDiag, BPMN, C4, Structurizr, specialty)
Diagram catalog for the full diagram_type list