DRMG Drawing Tool

Every diagram tool you've ever used was built for someone else's visual language. This one is ours.

The Job​

When a builder needs to communicate system architecture, agent flows, or venture relationships visually, help them create diagrams in a visual language purpose-built for the Dreamineering domain — without surrendering to tools that are too constrained, too complex, or not versionable.

The job: "I need to show how this system works — and the picture needs to live where the code lives."

The hidden objection: "Drawing tools are rabbit holes. I'll spend more time on the diagram than the thing it describes." The kill signal lives here — if A&ID takes longer than Mermaid, it adds friction, not clarity.

Why A&ID​

Agent & Instrument Diagrams are a new visual standard. The existing options each fail in a specific way:

A&ID fills the gap: purpose-built visual vocabulary, zero external dependencies, git-native format, offline-first.

The insight is ownership. Every other tool rents you their visual language. A&ID owns it. The grammar — agents, instruments, feedback loops, state transitions, critical paths — maps directly to how Dreamineering thinks about systems.

Architecture Principles​

Diagram Types​

From Flow Engineering — the maps that produce code artifacts:

Technology Stack​

Minimal. Deliberate. Every byte justified.

Total external dependency budget: ~46KB. Compare: D3.js alone is 250KB+. Mermaid is 1MB+. The constraint is the feature.

Feature / Function / Outcome​

Every row maps a feature to the function it performs and the outcome the user experiences. All items are Gap — this capability is in the backlog.

Business Dev​

The tool serves internal needs first, but the visual language is the product.

Commissioning​

All components are pre-build. This is the specification layer.

Pre-existing: Hand-drawn A&ID diagrams in Figma. Mental model architecture at Level 4. The visual language exists in practice — the tool codifies it.

Risks + Kill Signal​

Kill signal: If A&ID diagrams consistently take longer to create than the Mermaid equivalent, the tool adds friction, not clarity. Speed parity with Mermaid for simple diagrams is the minimum bar. The value is in what Mermaid can't express — agent/instrument/feedback semantics. If those semantics don't earn their creation cost, kill it.

Mycelium Context​

Capability: A&ID visual language primitives.

Currently growing in: Dreamineering — documentation, communication, and the mental model architecture that's already at Level 4 need a visual language that matches the conceptual depth.

Every venture needs diagrams. Stackmates needs architecture diagrams. Prettymint needs brand system visuals. TouchForFun needs game flow diagrams. The A&ID language is the shared primitive — build once in Dreamineering, promote to platform when proven.

Success Criteria​

Next Steps​

1. Define the A&ID visual grammar — shapes, connections, annotations, semantic rules
2. Prototype SVG canvas with SVG.js — can you draw, connect, and export in one session?
3. Build 3 templates: agent-instrument, state diagram, feedback loop
4. Create 5 internal diagrams — replace existing Mermaid or Figma diagrams
5. Measure: is A&ID faster and clearer than Mermaid for the same diagram?

Smallest move: One A&ID diagram, hand-coded in SVG, committed to the repo, that replaces an existing Mermaid diagram. If the SVG is clearer and the diff is meaningful, the thesis holds.

Context​

• Flow Engineering — The maps that produce code artifacts
• Jobs To Be Done — The job is communication, not drawing
• Validate Demand — Prove clarity, not features
• Dreamineering Capabilities — Architecture at Level 4, needs visual expression
• Phygital Mycelium — The capability layer
• Mushroom Caps — Ventures that need diagrams