[FRIAM] diagramming is hard

[Marcus Daniels]

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.   

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From: Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> On Behalf Of glen
Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2026 11:14 AM
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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.

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