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- v1.0, committed Oct 11, 2026
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- License
- Apache-2.0
Required reading whenever any chart_* tool is available. Teaches the one-tool embedding contract (call chart_render → live chart appears in chat AND a downloadable PNG lands in the queen session dir), the ECharts (data viz) vs Mermaid (structural diagrams) decision, the BI/financial-grade aesthetic baseline (no chartjunk, restrained palette, proper typography, single message per chart), and the canonical spec patterns for the 12 most-common chart types. Skipping this leads to 1990s-Excel…
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What the file says
# Chart creation foundations
These tools render BI/financial-analyst-grade charts and diagrams that show up live in the chat AND save as high-DPI PNGs in the user's queen session dir.
## The embedding contract — one rule
> **To put a chart in chat, call `chart_render`. The chat reads `result.spec` and renders the chart live in the message bubble. The download link is `result.file_url`. Do not write `` image markdown by hand — the tool's result drives the UI.**
That's it. One tool call, one chart in chat, one file on disk. No two-step "remember to also save it" pattern. The chat's chart-rendering UI is fed by the tool result envelope automatically.
## When to chart at all
Chart when the data is **visual at heart**: trends over time, distributions, comparisons across categories, hierarchies, flows, geo. Skip the chart when:
- The point is one number → just say it. ("Revenue was $4.2M, up 12% YoY.")
- The point is a ranking of 5 things → use a markdown table with bold and emoji indicators.
- The data is so noisy a chart would mislead → describe the takeaway in prose.
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How to install
mdr add aden-hive/hive/hive.chart-creation-foundations@sha256:386a241b781c97c5The line at the top of this page pins the label v1.0, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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| v1.0 | 2026-05-01 | 6540f7b | 9,408 B | A | view |
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Source
aden-hive/hive · 11,142 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-11-02 · branch main
API
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