awslabs/diagram-as-code

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A Go-based CLI tool (awsdac) that generates AWS architecture diagrams from human-readable YAML definitions, following AWS diagram guidelines. It can also convert CloudFormation templates into diagrams and be used as a Go library for integration with IaC tools and AI assistants.

Use cases

• generate AWS architecture diagrams from YAML code
• convert CloudFormation templates into architecture diagrams
• manage infrastructure diagrams in Git as code
• automate diagram generation in CI/CD pipelines
• create diagrams compliant with AWS architecture icon guidelines
• integrate diagram generation with AI assistants via MCP server

When to choose

• you want diagrams-as-code versioned with Git instead of manual drawing tools
• your infrastructure is on AWS and you want guideline-compliant diagrams
• you need lightweight, headless diagram generation in CI/CD pipelines
• you want to derive diagrams automatically from CloudFormation templates

When to avoid

• you need diagrams for non-cloud or multi-cloud architectures without writing custom definition files
• you need interactive, drag-and-drop diagram editing
• you require rich output formats beyond PNG or complex custom styling

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cli-tool · maturity active

cli developer-tools infrastructure-as-code ci-cd documentation cloud-computing infrastructure-as-code developer-tools documentation cli windows go cross-platform aws diagram-as-code yaml cloudformation architecture-diagrams iac mcp-server linux macos

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