🚀 TL;DR: Create System Architecture Diagrams Instantly Using Claude AI + draw.io

Designing architecture diagrams for your project? Skip the drag-and-drop hassle. Use Claude AI to generate draw.io diagrams instantly with just a prompt.

💡 Why Use This?

• 🧠 Claude AI generates draw.io-compatible XML
• ⚡ Instantly visualize system architectures
• 💻 No design skills required – just describe your system

🛠 How It Works (3 Simple Steps)

1. Prompt Claude AI with something like:

Generate a draw.io-compatible XML diagram for this project/code/pseudocode etc. 

[And provide it the base content]

1. Copy Claude's Output into a 'test.drawio' file (XML code)

2. Import into draw.io

   • Open draw.io
   • Click File → Import from → Device
   • Select the test.drawio file

🧩 Sample Prompt

Generate an architecture diagram for a full-stack MERN app with auth, database, backend, and frontend layers. Output XML for draw.io.

Claude will reply with XML like this (trimmed for preview):

<mxfile>
  <diagram name="MERN App Architecture">
    <!-- XML content here -->
  </diagram>
</mxfile>

🔥 Why It's Useful

• Saves 30+ minutes of manual diagramming
• Great for docs, pitches, and planning
• Works with any app idea you describe

Originally inspired by my full blog: How to Use Claude AI + draw.io