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Examples of generated diagrams in draw.io

When you create a new diagram with the draw.io web editor, you can generate a diagram instead of using one of our existing templates. Describe your diagram in a text phrase, and the AI tool will generate a diagram based on what you have written.
Generate diagrams of many different types from a text description via the template library in draw.io

As these generated diagrams have not been vetted by a human, there are no guarantees it will useful as a template for your particular diagram. But generated diagrams can serve as inspiration, or starting points from which you can draw the diagrams you actually need.

Tip: You can generate endless variations of a diagram from the same phrase.

Different types of generated diagrams​

Here are some different types of diagrams generated from the phrase "a customer purchases a product from a web store".

Generate a flowchart from a text description via the diagram generate dialog in draw.io Generate a UML sequence diagram from a text description via the diagram generate dialog in draw.io
Generate a state diagram from a text description via the diagram generate dialog in draw.io Generate an entity relationship model from a text description via the diagram generate dialog in draw.io

Of course, that phrase won't generate something useful for certain types of diagrams, like this Gantt chart.
Generate a Gantt chart from a text description via the diagram generate dialog in draw.io

And because the previous phrase makes no sense when describing a mindmap, here's "types of technical diagrams for IT workers".
Generate a mindmap from a text description via the diagram generate dialog in draw.io

Open all of these generated examples in a multi-page diagram in our diagram viewer

More ways to generate diagrams from text​

In draw.io, there are many different ways to generate diagrams automatically from text.

  • Mermaid - all UML diagram types, as well as pie charts, flowcharts, organisation charts, Gantt charts, Sankey diagrams, pie charts and more.
  • Entity diagrams - from SQL code.
  • CSV data into diagrams - with formatting information to create flowcharts, mindmaps, org charts, directed graphs and more
  • draw.io MCP server - generate and embed draw.io diagrams directly in your AI tool's chat.

Troubleshooting generated diagrams​

Some diagram types lend themselves more naturally to text descriptions. Flow charts, sequence diagrams and mind maps are easier to generate than git graphs from a text description.

As this tool is not a human and can not know what is logical to include in a diagram, there are no guarantees you will generate a diagram that is fit for purpose.

This feature uses a third party service to parse your phrase, and it can get somewhat overloaded at times.

  • Click Refresh if the Generation dialog process times out.

  • If the keywords in your phrase cannot be adequately parsed to generate a diagram, you may receive an "Diagram not found" error or a basic flowchart template. Try another descriptive phrase and regenerate your diagram.

Generated diagrams in draw.io for Confluence and Jira​

Diagram generation features are disabled by default if you are using the draw.io app for Confluence Cloud. Ask your administrator to enable this option in the draw.io configuration.