# mermaid-diagrams > Use when creating Mermaid diagrams - covers flowcharts, sequence diagrams, and AST visualization - Author: Max Clayton Clowes - Repository: mcclowes/lea - Version: 20260112092210 - Stars: 3 - Forks: 0 - Last Updated: 2026-02-08 - Source: https://github.com/mcclowes/lea - Web: https://mule.run/skillshub/@@mcclowes/lea~mermaid-diagrams:20260112092210 --- --- name: mermaid-diagrams # prettier-ignore description: Use when creating Mermaid diagrams - covers flowcharts, sequence diagrams, and AST visualization --- # Mermaid Diagram Best Practices ## Quick Start ```mermaid flowchart TD A[Source Code] --> B[Lexer] B --> C[Tokens] C --> D[Parser] D --> E[AST] E --> F[Interpreter] F --> G[Result] ``` ## Diagram Types ### Flowchart (AST Visualization) ```mermaid flowchart TD subgraph "BinaryExpr" op["+"] left[NumberLiteral: 2] right[NumberLiteral: 3] end op --> left op --> right ``` ### Sequence Diagram (Execution Flow) ```mermaid sequenceDiagram participant User participant REPL participant Parser participant Interpreter User->>REPL: "2 + 3" REPL->>Parser: parse() Parser-->>REPL: AST REPL->>Interpreter: evaluate(AST) Interpreter-->>REPL: 5 REPL-->>User: 5 ``` ### State Diagram (Token States) ```mermaid stateDiagram-v2 [*] --> Start Start --> Number: digit Start --> String: quote Start --> Identifier: letter Number --> Number: digit Number --> [*]: other String --> String: char String --> [*]: quote ``` ### Class Diagram (AST Types) ```mermaid classDiagram class Expr { <> } class NumberLiteral { +number value } class BinaryExpr { +string op +Expr left +Expr right } Expr <|-- NumberLiteral Expr <|-- BinaryExpr ``` ## AST Node Styling ```mermaid flowchart TD classDef literal fill:#e1f5fe classDef expr fill:#fff3e0 classDef stmt fill:#e8f5e9 A[LetStmt]:::stmt --> B[Identifier: x] A --> C[BinaryExpr]:::expr C --> D[NumberLiteral: 2]:::literal C --> E[NumberLiteral: 3]:::literal ``` ## Generating from Code ```typescript function astToMermaid(node: Expr, id = "n0"): string { const lines: string[] = []; function visit(node: Expr, nodeId: string): void { switch (node.type) { case "NumberLiteral": lines.push(` ${nodeId}["${node.value}"]`); break; case "BinaryExpr": lines.push(` ${nodeId}["${node.op}"]`); const leftId = `${nodeId}L`; const rightId = `${nodeId}R`; lines.push(` ${nodeId} --> ${leftId}`); lines.push(` ${nodeId} --> ${rightId}`); visit(node.left, leftId); visit(node.right, rightId); break; } } visit(node, id); return `flowchart TD\n${lines.join("\n")}`; } ``` ## HTML Embedding ```html

flowchart TD A --> B

``` ## Reference Files - [references/syntax.md](references/syntax.md) - Complete Mermaid syntax - [references/theming.md](references/theming.md) - Custom themes and styles