graphviz.convert_image

graphviz.convert_image is a skill for Claude Code from causify-ai/helpers. It costs 15 tokens per session (264 once invoked), scanned A, original, Apache-2.0.

A method for turning a graph image into Graphviz Dot code, then rendering and comparing the result with the original image.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to reproduce an existing graph as editable Graphviz code and refine its layout to match a reference image.
Why use it?
It removes the need to recreate graph layouts by hand and helps identify visual differences in node positions and colours.

Skill for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: installed under .claude/. Also seen: model in frontmatter.

Good fit Use it to reproduce an existing graph as editable Graphviz code and refine its layout to match a reference image.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/causify-ai/helpers/graphviz.convert_image
Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

Any agent
npx skills add causify-ai/helpers --skill graphviz.convert_image
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/causify-ai/helpers

Made for: Claude Code.

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README.md
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Per session 15 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 264 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe. Third-party audits
  • NVIDIA SkillSpector warn 7 Sept 2026
SkillSpector: 1 finding, up to medium

These are SkillSpector’s own severities. On a checked sample its high-severity flags on skills were ~96% false positives — a documented command, a public API, a “never do X” rule — so we show them as a caution to read, not a verdict. Why →

  • medium Excessive Agency · line 3
    Skill selects an external model or provider that may use a different account or billing plan than the operator expects. Undisclosed model switches can cause unexpected cost or quota consumption.
    Fix: Remove the model/provider override or disclose it prominently and require explicit operator approval before invoking an external coding CLI or billed model.
How audits are shown
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00015 $0.00264
Opus 5.5 $0.00006 $0.00106
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00003 $0.00053
Haiku 4.5 $0.00002 $0.00026

Measured 1mo ago against content hash 4e69e11bbf7d, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

graphviz.convert_image scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 1mo ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

.claude/skills/graphviz.convert_image/SKILL.md · 35 lines

What it actually says

Goal

  • Given the input image of a graph, convert it into a Graphviz DOT file that matches it exactly

Workflow

Create the Graphviz File

  • Create a Graphviz DOT file to match exactly the figure
  • Save the result in graph.dot

Render to Image

  • After the graph description is generated, generate an image with:
    > dot -Tpng graph.dot -o graph.png
    > open graph.png
    

Compare and Refine

  • If the generated PNG image is different from the input image:
    • Find the differences in terms of layout, e.g.,
      • Check the position of the nodes
      • Check the colors of the nodes are the same
    • Apply changes to graph.dot to approximate the input image, e.g.,
      • Use rank to keep the nodes in the same relative position
      • Change the color of nodes in graph.dot to match the input image

Verification

  • Confirm graph.dot renders without errors
  • Confirm graph.png matches the input image in node positions and colors
Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 1mo ago Changed · +8 lines 4e69e11bbf7d
  2. 1mo ago First seen · 27 lines · 15 tokens per session scan A d14351fbebf4

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graphviz.convert_image is a skill published in the GitHub repository causify-ai/helpers (150 stars, last pushed yesterday), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 15 tokens to every session and 264 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-09-03.

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