insertDiagramInDocument
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Insert a new diagram into a document. Call listDiagramTypes to find your type, then getDiagramTypeGuide for DSL syntax before writing diagramCode. The diagramCode is COMPILE-CHECKED BY RENDERING at write time: broken DSL is rejected with the renderer's error (fix and retry), and valid DSL is rendered + thumbnailed immediately so the document displays instantly everywhere. The response tells you what happened: diagram.renderStatus ('rendered' | 'pending_render' with renderError when the renderer was unavailable), plus fresh optimistic-lock tokens — document.versionTimestamp and diagram.versionTimestamp — so you can keep editing without re-reading. Always set prompt (and ideally nlDescription) to describe what the diagram shows. To SEE the result inline set returnImage:true, or call getDiagramImage afterwards; if it is wrong or ugly, correct it with updateDiagramInDocument (provide the full updated diagramCode).
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| projectId | string | no | Optional. Narrows a friendly-id lookup to one project. Only needed when a friendly id is ambiguous — TAS-/IMP-/PLN- ids are numbered per PROJECT, so the same id can exist in several. Ignored when the id is a UUID. |
| documentId | string | yes | |
| documentVersionTimestamp | number | no | Optimistic-lock token: the document's versionTimestamp from getDocument() or any mutating tool's response. (Alias accepted: versionTimestamp.) |
| type | string | yes | Diagram type (e.g. mermaid, plantuml, bpmn, d2). Call listDiagramTypes for all types. |
| diagramCode | string | yes | Diagram DSL code. Call getDiagramTypeGuide for syntax. EXCEPTION — for type 'infographic', put a plain-English DESCRIPTION of the infographic here (NOT code); the system designs the AntV spec and renders it. |
| prompt | string | yes | Short description of what the diagram shows (1-2 sentences). |
| nlDescription | string | no | Extended description of the diagram (2-4 sentences). |
| align | string | no | Alignment. |
| caption | string | no | Caption below the diagram. |
| afterLine | number | no | Insert after this line, counting the SAME line numbers getDocument prints (1-based; frontmatter is not counted, and every diagram/image marker counts as exactly one line). 0 inserts at the very beginning; omit it to append at the end. Re-read with getDocument if the document may have changed, since the number is positional. |
| colorPlan | object | no | BPMN only. Color plan: { byElementId: { ElementId: SwatchName } }. |
| returnImage | boolean | no | If true, also render the inserted diagram and return it as an image inline (one-call insert-and-get-image). Defaults false. |
| imageFormat | string | no | Image format when returnImage:true (default png). |
| imageScale | number | no | Raster resolution 1x/2x/3x when returnImage:true (default 2). |
| imageBackground | string | no | Background for the returned png/jpeg (e.g. '#ffffff' or 'transparent'). |
| applyBrandTheme | boolean | no | Brand theming is ON BY DEFAULT: the document's effective BRAND KIT (colours only — typefaces are never injected) is baked into the diagram DSL before it is validated, rendered and stored, so the diagram is on-brand everywhere it appears (cascade: brandKitId override → project default → workspace default → org default → the built-in Stable Baseline theme). Set false to keep the library's stock styling. Themable types: mermaid, plantuml, graphviz, d2, systemsarchitecture, vega, vegalite, infographic — other types (incl. bpmn, which has colorPlan) are always stored unchanged. Author theming in the DSL wins (an existing mermaid %%{init}%%, plantuml !theme, d2 vars.d2-config, or a hand-written infographic palette is never overridden). The stored diagramCode is the THEMED source. |
| brandKitId | string | no | Optional brand kit UUID (see listBrandKits) to theme with instead of the cascade default. Must belong to your organisation. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"projectId": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Optional. Narrows a friendly-id lookup to one project. Only needed when a friendly id is ambiguous — TAS-/IMP-/PLN- ids are numbered per PROJECT, so the same id can exist in several. Ignored when the id is a UUID."
},
"documentId": {
"type": "string"
},
"documentVersionTimestamp": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Optimistic-lock token: the document's versionTimestamp from getDocument() or any mutating tool's response. (Alias accepted: versionTimestamp.)"
},
"type": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Diagram type (e.g. mermaid, plantuml, bpmn, d2). Call listDiagramTypes for all types."
},
"diagramCode": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Diagram DSL code. Call getDiagramTypeGuide for syntax. EXCEPTION — for type 'infographic', put a plain-English DESCRIPTION of the infographic here (NOT code); the system designs the AntV spec and renders it."
},
"prompt": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Short description of what the diagram shows (1-2 sentences)."
},
"nlDescription": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Extended description of the diagram (2-4 sentences)."
},
"align": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Alignment.",
"enum": [
"left",
"center",
"right"
]
},
"caption": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Caption below the diagram."
},
"afterLine": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Insert after this line, counting the SAME line numbers getDocument prints (1-based; frontmatter is not counted, and every diagram/image marker counts as exactly one line). 0 inserts at the very beginning; omit it to append at the end. Re-read with getDocument if the document may have changed, since the number is positional."
},
"colorPlan": {
"type": "object",
"description": "BPMN only. Color plan: { byElementId: { ElementId: SwatchName } }.",
"properties": {
"byElementId": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Map of element IDs to color swatch names.",
"additionalProperties": {
"type": "string"
}
}
},
"required": [
"byElementId"
]
},
"returnImage": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "If true, also render the inserted diagram and return it as an image inline (one-call insert-and-get-image). Defaults false."
},
"imageFormat": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"png",
"jpeg",
"svg"
],
"description": "Image format when returnImage:true (default png)."
},
"imageScale": {
"type": "number",
"enum": [
1,
2,
3
],
"description": "Raster resolution 1x/2x/3x when returnImage:true (default 2)."
},
"imageBackground": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Background for the returned png/jpeg (e.g. '#ffffff' or 'transparent')."
},
"applyBrandTheme": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Brand theming is ON BY DEFAULT: the document's effective BRAND KIT (colours only — typefaces are never injected) is baked into the diagram DSL before it is validated, rendered and stored, so the diagram is on-brand everywhere it appears (cascade: brandKitId override → project default → workspace default → org default → the built-in Stable Baseline theme). Set false to keep the library's stock styling. Themable types: mermaid, plantuml, graphviz, d2, systemsarchitecture, vega, vegalite, infographic — other types (incl. bpmn, which has colorPlan) are always stored unchanged. Author theming in the DSL wins (an existing mermaid %%{init}%%, plantuml !theme, d2 vars.d2-config, or a hand-written infographic palette is never overridden). The stored diagramCode is the THEMED source."
},
"brandKitId": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Optional brand kit UUID (see listBrandKits) to theme with instead of the cascade default. Must belong to your organisation."
}
},
"required": [
"documentId",
"type",
"diagramCode",
"prompt"
]
}