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Programmatic Excalidraw Diagram Generation

excalidraw files are just JSON so I built a way for agents to create them programmatically was working with and kept wishing I could say "draw this flow" and get a diagram now I can

Setup Time
1 hour
Monthly Cost
$10-30
Category
Development
Difficulty
beginner

@swiftlysingh shared their OpenClaw setup on X.


excalidraw files are just JSON so I built a way for agents to create them programmatically was working with and kept wishing I could say "draw this flow" and get a diagram now I can


Setup

Requires an always-on machine (Mac Mini, Hetzner VPS, etc.) running OpenClaw with a Claude API key. Integration with the mentioned services via their respective APIs or CLI tools.

Requirements

  • OpenClaw or Clawdbot
  • Always-on machine (Mac Mini, VPS, etc.)
  • Claude API Key

Source

swiftlysingh@swiftlysingh
x post ยท 2026-02-01
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