Claude can write Powerpoint diagrams with python-pptx. I often (delegate use of) graphviz for network type diagrams. I tried the Microsoft Copilot capabilities in Powerpoint (Windows is more complete than Mac), and they aren't bad either.
-----Original Message----- From: Friam <[email protected]> On Behalf Of glen Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2026 11:14 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [FRIAM] diagramming is hard So I had 3 Claude agents help me with a "gap analysis" on prepping a proposal, identifying where the customer may be missing content. Several iterations, multiple comparisons/contrasts, a little critique, etc. All that rigmarole used ~20% of my Claude Pro usage for that period. Then today, using only the 1 assistant, I asked it to help me clean up a diagram exported as XML (buttressed by a PNG export for it's "visual understanding"). That worked well, I think. But it used 24% of my allowance. Of course, XML is ... uh ... let's call it verbose, whereas the spreadsheet work operated directly on the ~4 sheet .xslx file. So that makes some sense. But it still seems a bit off. The gap analysis should require much more "reasoning" than the diagramming, right? I can't help but think a JEPA model would be better for diagramming. -- 8647 ⊥ ɐןןǝdoɹ ǝ uǝןƃ ὅτε oi μὲν ἄλλοι κύνες τοὺς ἐχϑροὺς δάκνουσιν, ἐγὰ δὲ τοὺς φίλους, ἵνα σώσω. .- .-.. .-.. / ..-. --- --- - . .-. ... / .- .-. . / .-- .-. --- -. --. / ... --- -- . / .- .-. . / ..- ... . ..-. ..- .-.. FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe / Thursdays 9a-12p Zoom https://bit.ly/virtualfriam to (un)subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ archives: 5/2017 thru present https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/
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