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Visualize Anything as a Map

Turns any project, plan, idea or dataset into a console summary plus a labelled HTML page

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Repository
danielmiessler/LifeOS
Stars
19,682
Licence
MIT
Files
7 files

What it does

When you ask the agent to visualize something, it reads the material you point it at and writes a short text summary in the terminal, plus a designed HTML page where every fact is labelled with its source (a file line, a quote from your plan, a URL, or general knowledge). Code gets a system map of its parts and flows, physical plans get a to-scale drawing with costs, and other topics get a hand-built concept page. The included scripts check the page's syntax and render the output deterministically.

Great for

  • Developers who inherited a codebase or service and want to see how its parts connect
  • Hobbyists planning a physical setup such as a studio, drum kit or room layout with an order list
  • Anyone who wants an explanation of an idea, process or timeline as a visual page with sources cited

Skip it if

  • Generating a standalone decorative illustration or header image, which is a different skill (Art) (wrong tool for the job)
  • Hand-drawn style sketches, which the description assigns to a different skill (Excalidraw)
  • Sensitive systems where you would rely on the map as proof of correctness: the page is an aid to understanding and the skill itself notes that a human must check it against the code

Try asking

  • “visualize the monitoring layer in this repo”
  • “draw my drum kit setup from the plan folder”
  • “map this system and show me the main risks”
  • “visualize the trade-offs between these two databases”
Step-by-step guide: how to use Visualize Anything as a MapInstall, first run, examples, tips and FAQs

Install in 3 steps

  1. 1

    Download the skill

    The ZIP contains the 7 original files, the MIT licence and an attribution note.

    Visualize.zip
  2. 2

    Add it to your agent

    Claude Code (all projects)

    mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && unzip Visualize.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/

    Claude Code / Agent SDK (this project only)

    mkdir -p .claude/skills && unzip Visualize.zip -d .claude/skills/

    Claude apps (web/desktop): Settings → Capabilities → Skills → Upload skill, and choose the ZIP.

  3. 3

    Ask for the task

    No special command needed — the agent reads the skill's description and loads it when your request matches. Try one of the prompts above.

Get better results

  • Name a specific folder, file or plan to get a focused map rather than a broad one
  • Use the --no-html flag if you only want the console summary, and --out-dir to save the page somewhere specific
  • If you share the HTML on a host that blocks scripts, upload the baked copy rather than the raw page

What's inside

  • Intents/Concept.md
  • Intents/Plan.md
  • Intents/Visualize.md
  • Setup.md
  • SKILL.md
  • Tools/Bake.ts
  • Tools/VisualizePlan.ts

Redistributed unmodified from danielmiessler/LifeOS under the MIT licence. The assessment was drafted with AI from the skill's files on 2026-10-29. Skills can instruct your agent to run code — read SKILL.md and any scripts before installing.