# Visio Image Rebuilder

Rebuild or restyle editable Microsoft Visio diagrams from reference images and existing...

- Repository: https://github.com/pengjunchi0/codex-visio-paper-figure-skill (1131 stars)
- Category: Design
- License: MIT
- Last updated: 2026-08-16
- Runs scripts: no, instructions only

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add pengjunchi0/codex-visio-paper-figure-skill --skill visio-image-rebuilder -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add pengjunchi0/codex-visio-paper-figure-skill --skill visio-image-rebuilder -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add pengjunchi0/codex-visio-paper-figure-skill --skill visio-image-rebuilder -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add pengjunchi0/codex-visio-paper-figure-skill --skill visio-image-rebuilder -g -a gemini-cli -y`

## Description

Rebuild or restyle editable Microsoft Visio diagrams from reference images and existing .vsdx files, then export deliverables as .vsdx, PNG, SVG, PDF, or PPTX. Use when the user asks Codex to open Visio, recreate a diagram from a PNG/JPG/screenshot/reference image, match a scientific model figure, update colors/typography/layout in a .vsdx, calibrate panel coordinates to avoid shifted or overlapping submodules, or make publication/presentation outputs while preserving Visio native editable shapes rather than embedding the reference image as a flat picture.

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

# Visio Image Rebuilder

## Core Rule

Recreate the reference as editable Visio content. Do not satisfy a rebuild request by inserting the whole reference image into the page. Embedding the reference image is only allowed as a temporary locked tracing layer if it is removed or hidden before delivery and the final `.vsdx` remains native shapes, text, connectors, and groups.

Treat `.vsdx` as the source of truth. Export PNG, SVG, PDF, or PPTX only after the Visio page has been rebuilt or restyled and checked for native editability.

## Workflow

1. Inspect inputs.
   - Confirm paths for the target `.vsdx`, reference image, requested output formats, and output directory.
   - Export the current Visio page to PNG before editing when a target file already exists.
   - Inspect the `.vsdx` package for pages, media entries, and shape counts.
   - Back up the target file before any write.
   - If Visio is already open, close only the target document or ask before terminating a stuck process.

2. Decode the reference image.
   - Identify page orientation, panel boundaries, module colors, captions, text hierarchy, arrows, dashed lines, and repeated motifs.
   - Build an object inventory: containers, titles, process boxes, icons, charts, graphs, equations, connectors, captions.
   - Calibrate the canvas first, then calibrate each major panel or subpanel with explicit top-left bounds or four corner points.
   - Draw panel internals in panel-local normalized coordinates whenever the figure has dense multi-panel content.
   - Decide whether the task is a full rebuild, color/style transfer, local edit, or export-only job.
   - For dense scientific figures, first create a coarse panel map, then draw panel internals. Do not start with small decorative details.

The rest: https://github.com/pengjunchi0/codex-visio-paper-figure-skill/blob/HEAD//SKILL.md