Basic Diagrams
Core Mermaid diagram types for general-purpose documentation. These work without any custom icon packs.
Flowchart
Section titled “Flowchart”flowchart LR
A[User Request] --> B{WAF Check}
B -->|Pass| C[Origin Server]
B -->|Block| D[403 Forbidden]
C --> E[Response]Sequence Diagram
Section titled “Sequence Diagram”sequenceDiagram participant Client participant LB as Load Balancer participant App as Application participant DB as Database Client->>LB: HTTPS Request LB->>App: Forward Request App->>DB: Query Data DB-->>App: Return Results App-->>LB: Response LB-->>Client: HTTPS Response
Pie Chart
Section titled “Pie Chart”pie title Traffic Distribution "North America" : 45 "Europe" : 30 "Asia Pacific" : 20 "Other" : 5
Class Diagram
Section titled “Class Diagram”classDiagram
class LoadBalancer {
+String name
+String domain
+addOriginPool()
+removeOriginPool()
}
class OriginPool {
+String name
+List~Origin~ origins
+healthCheck()
}
class Origin {
+String address
+int port
+boolean healthy
}
LoadBalancer --> OriginPool
OriginPool --> OriginState Diagram
Section titled “State Diagram”stateDiagram-v2 [*] --> Pending Pending --> Active : approve Pending --> Rejected : reject Active --> Suspended : suspend Suspended --> Active : reactivate Active --> [*] : delete Rejected --> [*]
Gantt Chart
Section titled “Gantt Chart”gantt
title Deployment Timeline
dateFormat YYYY-MM-DD
section Planning
Requirements :a1, 2025-01-01, 14d
Design :a2, after a1, 10d
section Development
Implementation :b1, after a2, 21d
Testing :b2, after b1, 14d
section Release
Staging Deploy :c1, after b2, 3d
Production Deploy :c2, after c1, 2d