# Sakana AI releases AutoIllustrate tool for generating draw.io figures

> The new command‑line utility turns a methods section into an editable .drawio diagram and optional PNG, announced on Oct 14 2026.

Oossa · 2026-10-15 · https://oossa.com/en/sakana-ai-releases-autoillustrate-tool-for-generating-draw-io-figures

Sakana AI opened a GitHub repository called AutoIllustrate. The tool reads a paper’s methods text and produces a vector diagram in draw.io format, plus a PNG that is restyled by an image model. It runs as a CLI, requires Node 22, Python 3.10, and API keys for OpenAI or Gemini. The output files are editable in diagrams.net, and the tool was used for the figures in the paper “The Agentic Scientist.”

## The facts

- Repository published on Wed Oct 14 2026
- Installation command: npm install -g autoillustrate

## Why it matters

Researchers can automatically draft publication‑ready diagrams from text, saving time on figure creation.

## Sources & references

1. [New repository SakanaAI/AutoIllustrate: Generate publication-ready, editable draw.io figures for research papers from a methods section, using LLM agents.](https://github.com/SakanaAI/AutoIllustrate) – Sakana AI, 2026-10-14

Last updated: 2026-10-15