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Reladraw gives people and agents control over diagram placement

github.com Editor score 7/10

Reladraw combines a diagram language with manual placement control and offers an installable skill for Claude or other agents. It targets the trade-off between automatic layout and agent-editable diagrams, making it relevant to tool design.

What
Reladraw is a text language for diagrams that lets users specify relative placement while retaining control over layout.
How
Its TypeScript parser, layout engine, and SVG renderer turn a `.reladraw` file into an SVG; the project also provides a command-line tool.
Why it matters
Relative placement offers engineers and agents more layout control than auto-positioned diagram languages without requiring manual coordinates.
input parse layout render .reladraw textfile command-linetool parser layout engine SVG renderer
Reladraw converts a text file into an SVG through its rendering pipeline. Sketched from the article's own text.

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