# CLI Anything Drawio

Command-line interface for Drawio - A CLI harness for **Draw.io**, create, edit, and...

- Repository: https://github.com/HKUDS/CLI-Anything (58029 stars)
- Category: Engineering
- License: Apache-2.0
- Last updated: 2026-09-22
- Runs scripts: no, instructions only

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add HKUDS/CLI-Anything --skill cli-anything-drawio -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add HKUDS/CLI-Anything --skill cli-anything-drawio -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add HKUDS/CLI-Anything --skill cli-anything-drawio -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add HKUDS/CLI-Anything --skill cli-anything-drawio -g -a gemini-cli -y`
Claude Code plugin marketplace: `/plugin marketplace add HKUDS/CLI-Anything`

## Description

Command-line interface for Drawio - A CLI harness for **Draw.io**, create, edit, and export diagrams from the command line....

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

# cli-anything-drawio

A CLI harness for **Draw.io**, create, edit, and export diagrams from the command line.

## Installation

This CLI is installed as part of the cli-anything-drawio package:

```bash
pip install cli-anything-drawio
```

**Prerequisites:**
- Python 3.10+
- drawio must be installed on your system


## Usage

### Basic Commands

```bash
# Show help
cli-anything-drawio --help

# Start interactive REPL mode
cli-anything-drawio

# Create a new project
cli-anything-drawio project new -o project.json

# Run with JSON output (for agent consumption)
cli-anything-drawio --json project info -p project.json
```

### REPL Mode

When invoked without a subcommand, the CLI enters an interactive REPL session:

```bash
cli-anything-drawio
# Enter commands interactively with tab-completion and history
```


## Command Groups


### Project

Project management: new, open, save, info.

| Command | Description |
|---------|-------------|
| `new` | Create a new blank diagram |
| `open` | Open an existing .drawio project file |
| `save` | Save the current project |
| `info` | Show detailed project information |
| `xml` | Print the raw XML of the current project |
| `presets` | List available page size presets |


### Shape

Shape operations: add, remove, move, resize, style.

| Command | Description |
|---------|-------------|
| `add` | Add a shape to the diagram |
| `remove` | Remove a shape by ID |
| `list` | List all shapes on a page |
| `label` | Update a shape's label text |
| `move` | Move a shape to new coordinates |
| `resize` | Resize a shape |
| `style` | Set a style property on a shape |
| `info` | Show detailed info about a shape |
| `types` | List all available shape types |


### Connect

Connector operations: add, remove, style.

The rest: https://github.com/HKUDS/CLI-Anything/blob/HEAD/drawio/agent-harness/cli_anything/drawio/skills/SKILL.md