How to Generate Diagrams with AI in Gliffy for Confluence

Gliffy AI translates your most complex, technical ideas to diagrams in seconds — helping your team build great technical documentation, faster.

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Generating a Diagram

This feature is available for all Gliffy for Confluence Cloud users! Not a Confluence user? Start free today!

It takes 3 simple steps to generate a Gliffy diagram using only your keyboard. 

  1. Click the AI icon [✨] on the left side of your screen.  
  2. Describe what you would like to create in the text box. 
    Example: Generate a class diagram for an e-commerce system with classes “Customer”, “Order”, and “Product” and their relationships.
  3. Click Create diagram. 
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Editing Your AI-Generated Diagram

Want to perfect your diagram by making a few adjustments? Here are two ways to edit your generated diagram.  

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Edit with Mermaid

Select the diagram on the canvas, then select the lower icon that appears. From here, click Edit Diagram, and you will be taken into Gliffy’s Mermaid editor.

Make changes in the text box on the left and see your changes reflected in the diagram preview on the right. Click Update diagram when you’re finished editing. 

Mermaid diagramming interface

Edit as a classic Gliffy diagram

When you select the diagram on the canvas and click the lower icon, select Finish Editing from the menu that appears, and your diagram will be converted to a classic Gliffy diagram.

Then, you’ll be able to move shapes around on the canvas by clicking and dragging each one independently.  

 

Convert generated diagram to classic Gliffy diagram

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