tikz-diagrams SKILL.md skillA
tikz-diagrams from vecnode/vncode is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add vecnode/vncode/tikz-diagrams@git:20260920.25904b4Pins git:20260920.25904b4 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- vecnode/vncode
- Path
packages/dsh-diagrams/skills/tikz-diagrams/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 4
- Latest version
- git:20260920.25904b4, committed Sep 20, 2026
- First version recorded
- Sep 20, 2026
- Size
- 15,691 bytes
- Repository stars
- 10
- License
- AGPL-3.0
Author TikZ/LaTeX diagrams that compile: use the host's prepared preamble, the right libraries, layout and plot recipes, and read the compiler's line-accurate errors to converge in a couple of writes. A bundled reference covers complex, large pictures.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# TikZ diagrams
You are writing LaTeX/TikZ for the **`diagram_write`** tool of this harness. The
host compiles every write with the machine's own TeX engine and returns the
compiler's diagnostics, so the loop is:
```
diagram_write { kind: "tikz", title: "Layered architecture", source: "..." }
-> status "ok" : compiled; the PDF/SVG is cached and rendering
-> status "error" : fix `diagram.tex:LINE: ...` and write again
-> status "unavailable" : no TeX engine on this host (or the diagram was
stored but not compiled) - say so, and offer the .tex
```
Rules that matter:
- **Never finish on a non-`ok` status.** If TeX is unavailable, tell the user
plainly and hand over the source, which still exports as `.tex`.
- TikZ pays off for **precision** (alignment, arrows, annotations, plots) and
loses to Mermaid for rough, quickly-changing pictures. Choose accordingly.
- A diagram that fits one page at a readable size is the target. Prefer
**≤ 40 nodes** and **≤ 200 lines**; split anything larger.
- Iterate with **`diagram_patch`** (literal replace) - never re-emit a long
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add vecnode/vncode/tikz-diagrams@sha256:b12867342fe02448The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260920.25904b4, 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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Versions
The registry has recorded 4 versions of this file, all committed on Sep 20, 2026.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
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| git:20260920.25904b4 latest | 2026-09-20 | 25904b4 | 15,691 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260920.94547e9 | 2026-09-20 | 94547e9 | 14,841 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260920.1295337 | 2026-09-20 | 1295337 | 12,966 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260920.e4eee90 | 2026-09-20 | e4eee90 | 11,006 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (15691 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
vecnode/vncode · 10 stars · license AGPL-3.0 · pushed 2026-10-20 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_vf6pqfbni7qcolve GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=vecnode/vncode/tikz-diagrams GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/b12867342fe02448019e32334b10f3e0a440039da1d3e2784d8960aeb6b558b3
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