PlantUML Renderer Skill

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Render PlantUML diagrams to various image formats with theme and styling support

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Overview

Renders PlantUML source files to images supporting sequence, class, component, and deployment diagrams with custom themes and batch processing.

Capabilities

Render PlantUML to PNG, SVG, PDF, and EPS formats
Support sequence, class, component, deployment, activity, and state diagrams
Apply custom themes and styling
Batch rendering of multiple diagrams
Generate image maps for interactive diagrams
Support PlantUML preprocessor directives

Target Processes

c4-model-documentation
ddd-strategic-modeling
event-storming
data-architecture-design

Input Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": ["source"],
  "properties": {
    "source": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "PlantUML source code or file path"
    },
    "outputFormat": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": ["png", "svg", "pdf", "eps"],
      "default": "png"
    },
    "outputPath": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Output file path"
    },
    "theme": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "PlantUML theme name (e.g., 'cerulean', 'superhero')"
    },
    "config": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "skinParams": {
          "type": "object",
          "description": "PlantUML skinparam settings"
        },
        "scale": {
          "type": "number",
          "default": 1
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Output Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "outputPath": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Path to rendered image"
    },
    "format": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "dimensions": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "width": { "type": "number" },
        "height": { "type": "number" }
      }
    },
    "metadata": {
      "type": "object"
    }
  }
}

Usage Example

{
  kind: 'skill',
  skill: {
    name: 'plantuml-renderer',
    context: {
      source: '@startuml\nAlice -> Bob: Hello\n@enduml',
      outputFormat: 'svg',
      outputPath: 'docs/diagrams/sequence.svg',
      theme: 'cerulean'
    }
  }
}

Signals

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Forks: 112
Last commit: Sep 2026

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Item type: skill
Key: plantuml-renderer
Source: github.com/a5c-ai/babysitter

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