What's new in AI Flowchart

Everything we have shipped, newest first.

57 new explained templates, code to flowchart by language, Slack app

2026-11-14

  • 52 new template pages, each with a ready-made diagram you can open and edit: ER diagrams (banking, payroll, online exam), class, state and activity diagrams, JWT and OTP login sequence diagrams, architecture diagrams, org charts, mind maps and Gantt charts.
  • Code to flowchart, per language: dedicated pages for Python, Java, C, C++ and JavaScript, each with its own worked examples.
  • Slack app: type /flowchart in any channel to get a diagram, or turn a message into one.
  • ▶ Explainer on every board: switch a diagram to Explainer and get a narrated, animated video of it.
  • Explainers: connectors now always run box to box on a clean route, text always fits inside its box, and the look is richer (cards, decisions, lanes).
  • Gallery: click a diagram to open it in the editor.
  • Screen recording to process map: recordings no longer fail when the AI returns steps in an unusual format.

Process check, SOP views and Before / After

2026-11-12

  • Process check finds dead ends, missing owners, loops without an exit and other problems in a process map, with Apply fix and Undo for each suggestion.
  • Drift check: compare a process map with how the work really runs (from an event log).
  • Before / After: save a version of a process, change it, and get a side-by-side comparison of steps, hand-offs and time.
  • SOP documents: role cards and a one-page poster view, plus a one-page PDF.

AI visuals on every board

2026-11-09

  • ✦ Visual: turn any diagram into an infographic-style visual, and export it as PNG.
  • Free plan: 5 AI credits a month, shared by diagrams, visuals and write-ups.

Business templates, test cases and write-ups

2026-11-07

  • 10 business process templates (refunds, expenses, offboarding, invoice approval, access requests…) with a short SOP for each.
  • 🧪 Test cases from a flowchart: every path through it, ready to copy or export as CSV.
  • Write it up: a full write-up document of a diagram, with sections explaining each part.
  • Smart next steps in the AI chat suggest what to do with the diagram you just made.

AI Flowchart in ChatGPT

2026-11-03

  • ChatGPT app: ask ChatGPT for a diagram and open it in AI Flowchart as an editable board.
  • Diagrams made in ChatGPT or Claude link to their next steps here: process check, simulation, SOP and presenting.

GitHub pull request diagrams

2026-11-01

  • GitHub App: a before/after architecture diagram as a comment on every pull request, with what is new, changed or removed and what could break.
  • Reads JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Go, Java, Kotlin, C#, PHP and Ruby, plus docker-compose, serverless.yml and Prisma schemas.
  • An interactive page for each pull request diagram: before, after and changes, and play the new flow.

Record a process

2026-10-31

  • Screen recording to process map: record yourself doing a task and get a step-by-step guide with screenshots, a flowchart or swimlane, and an SOP.
  • Share a guide with a link, print it or save it as PDF.

Word, PowerPoint and Confluence

2026-10-30

  • Word & PowerPoint add-in: describe a diagram and insert it as a sharp, vector picture (install it from the add-in file on the Word & PowerPoint page).
  • Confluence app (in Atlassian Marketplace review): an AI Flowchart macro that draws a diagram on a Confluence page.
  • Flowcharts get a slide-shaped layout so they fill a 16:9 slide.

Google Docs & Slides add-on, black-and-white export

2026-10-29

  • Google Docs & Slides add-on: make a diagram in the sidebar and insert it into your document or slide.
  • Export: a Black & white option for PNG, SVG, PDF and PowerPoint, for printing and lab records.
  • Exports now include labels and lines that sit outside the shapes (no more cropping).

Animated explainers

2026-10-24

  • Animated explainers: describe how something works and the AI directs an animated diagram video with chapters and voice-over. Export MP4 or GIF.
  • My Account: see your plan, change it, or cancel at the end of the period.

Process simulator, SOP + RACI and process mining

2026-10-23

  • Process simulator: run a swimlane, BPMN or flowchart as a simulation and find the bottleneck, time per case and cost.
  • Find the best fix ranks single changes by the time and money they save.
  • SOP + RACI: turn a swimlane into a standard operating procedure with a RACI matrix (Word or PDF).
  • Process mining: upload an event log (CSV or Excel) and see how the process really runs.

Free JSON / YAML visualizer and diagram image API

2026-10-20

  • JSON & YAML visualizer, with docker-compose, GitHub Actions, n8n and Make files drawn as real diagrams.
  • Mermaid to PNG / SVG: Mermaid text in a URL becomes a hosted image for email, Slack and docs.
  • BPMN boards.

VS Code extension and MCP server

2026-10-17

  • VS Code: Codebase Map: a clickable architecture map, feature flows, data flow and request traces of your own code.
  • MCP server: Claude Code, Cursor and other assistants can make diagrams that open here as editable boards.

Code to flowchart with a dry run

2026-10-16

  • Code to flowchart: paste C, C++, Java, Python or JavaScript and get the flowchart linked to its lines, plus an animated dry run with a variable trace table.
  • Try templates and present them without signing up.

Charts and app walkthroughs

2026-10-15

  • Animated charts: bar, line, area, pie, donut, funnel, radar and KPI cards, from Excel, CSV or a prompt.
  • App walkthroughs: screenshots of a website or app become an animated product demo and user flow.
  • Attach pictures, PDF, Word, text or CSV to the AI chat in every editor.
  • A proper phone layout for the editor.

Presentation mode and sharing

2026-10-14

  • Present any diagram as full-screen slides that follow the flow, with pen, highlighter and laser pointer.
  • Share a presentation by link or embed it; download it as PowerPoint or video.

UML, Gantt, timelines and multi-page boards

2026-10-13

  • UML: class, use case, state and activity diagrams with real UML notation.
  • Gantt charts with dependencies, and timelines.
  • Multi-page boards, vertical swimlanes, collapsible mind maps, and a full ER table editor with SQL export.
  • Snap guides, align and distribute, group, lock, freehand pen and pictures on the canvas.

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