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+title: "Progress Update: TinaCMS + Mermaid"
+date: '2024-010-10T14:00:00.000Z'
+last_edited: '2024-010-10T14:00:00.000Z'
+author: Jack Pettit
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+The ability to integrate and manage Mermaid diagrams within TinaCMS is nearly here, offering more flexibility for content creators working with visual representations like flowcharts, sequence diagrams, and more. Here’s a look at where things stand with this feature and what’s coming next.
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+### Part 1: Plate.js Integration (Completed)
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+Mermaid diagrams are now fully integrated into the **Plate editor**. Using the `mermaid` package, diagrams can be edited and rendered directly within the editor. 
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+![](/img/blog/mermaid-progress.gif)
+**Figure: Mermaid Diagram editing/Rendering inside the Rich Text Editor**
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+### Part 2: Parsing and Saving Mermaid Diagrams (In Progress)
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+The next phase focuses on **parsing and saving** these diagrams. Since TinaCMS uses customized `mdast`, the challenge lies in ensuring the Mermaid syntax is correctly parsed, saved, and reloaded without issues. 
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+### What’s Next?
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+Next steps include polishing the parsing and saving process and rolling out the final deployment. This will be coming in the 2.3.0 release of `tinacms`. Once that’s done, you will be able to fully integrate, edit, and save Mermaid diagrams within TinaCMS 🦙
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+In the meantime, feel free to explore the development progress over at https://github.com/tinacms/tinacms/issues/4734
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+Thank you for your continued support and feedback!
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+Best,
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+The TinaCMS Team 🦙