291 mermaid-cli(1) - Kailash Tool Reference
291.1 mermaid-cli
mermaid-cli - mermaid-cli — command-line rendering for the Mermaid diagram language.
| Layer | OPS |
| Category | o-06-documentation-reporting-authoring |
| Safety class | safe |
| Licence | MIT |
| Upstream | github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid-cli |
291.1.1 NAME
mermaid-cli - mermaid-cli — command-line rendering for the Mermaid diagram language.
291.1.2 SYNOPSIS & usage
Derived from the upstream README at generation time; verify against --help where the tool is installed.
npm install -g @mermaid-js/mermaid-climmdc -i input.mmd -o output.svg291.1.3 DESCRIPTION (upstream)
This is a command-line interface (CLI) for mermaid. It takes a mermaid definition file as input and generates an SVG/PNG/PDF file as output. There’s basic support for converting mermaid code blocks embedded within Markdown files. npm install -g @mermaid-js/mermaid-cli Convert Mermaid mmd Diagram File To SVG mmdc -i input.mmd -o output.svg > Note > > See Alternative installations if you don’t want to install the package globally. > > Locate how to call the mmdc executable for your preferred method > i.e. Docker, Yarn, NPM, local install, etc. mmdc -i input.mmd -o output.png -t dark -b transparent mermaid-cli supports two different
291.1.4 CONFIGURATION (detected)
Config-surface markers detected in the upstream README (2 matches, e.g. compile-mermaid.yml, compile-mermaid.yml). A full config reference page for this tool is queued under the config-page policy — this line is the detection record, not the page.
291.1.5 SEE ALSO
- Category: o-06-documentation-reporting-authoring in the category directory (sister tools listed there).
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