Mermaid.js Guides & Tutorials

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The Definitive Guide to Mermaid.js: Diagramming as Code in 2025
Beginner
25 min readJan 15, 2025

The Definitive Guide to Mermaid.js: Diagramming as Code in 2025

The ultimate handbook for modern developers. Learn how to treat diagrams as code, integrate them into CI/CD workflows, master the Flowchart syntax, and style your nodes for enterprise-grade documentation.

Alex RiveraAlex Rivera
Advanced Sequence Diagrams for Distributed Systems
Intermediate
20 min readFeb 10, 2025

Advanced Sequence Diagrams for Distributed Systems

A deep dive into visualizing complex API interactions, async message queues, and race conditions. Learn to use critical blocks, parallel loops, and activation contexts to debug microservices.

Sarah ChenSarah Chen
Data Modeling with Mermaid: Entity Relationship Diagrams (ERD)
Database
18 min readMar 05, 2025

Data Modeling with Mermaid: Entity Relationship Diagrams (ERD)

Stop using heavy GUI tools. Write your database schema as code. Master Crow's Foot notation, one-to-many relationships, identifying vs non-identifying relationships, and attribute typing.

Michael ChangMichael Chang
Visualizing Git Workflows with Git Graph
DevOps
15 min readMar 22, 2025

Visualizing Git Workflows with Git Graph

Explain your branching strategy, merge policies, and release cycles visually. Essential for onboarding new team members to complex DevOps processes like Gitflow or Trunk-Based Development.

Emily DavisEmily Davis
State Machines: Modeling Application Logic and Lifecycles
Logic
22 min readApr 05, 2025

State Machines: Modeling Application Logic and Lifecycles

From React component lifecycles to Order payment processing, state diagrams prevent invalid logic states. Master concurrency, choice pseudostates, and hierarchical state machines.

Jordan LeeJordan Lee
AI-Powered Mermaid Workflows: From Prompt to Production-Ready Diagrams
AI
24 min readMay 10, 2025

AI-Powered Mermaid Workflows: From Prompt to Production-Ready Diagrams

A complete playbook for using Mermaid AI Studio to generate, review, and ship diagrams with CI/CD. Learn prompt recipes, theme control, AI error fixing, and export automation with real product-team scenarios.

Priya RamanPriya Raman
Mermaid.js Error Correction with AI: Patterns, Pitfalls, and Production Fixes
Troubleshooting
26 min readMay 22, 2025

Mermaid.js Error Correction with AI: Patterns, Pitfalls, and Production Fixes

A field guide to diagnosing and auto-fixing Mermaid diagrams using Mermaid AI Studio. Covers parse failures, layout glitches, theme conflicts, and real-world before/after examples for flowcharts, sequence diagrams, and ERDs.

Diego MartinezDiego Martinez