# `mix ash.generate_policy_charts`
[🔗](https://github.com/ash-project/ash/blob/v3.23.1/lib/mix/tasks/ash.generate_policy_chart.ex#L5)

Generates a Mermaid Flow Chart for a given resource's policies.

## Prerequisites

This mix task requires the Mermaid CLI to be installed on your system.

See https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid-cli

## Command line options

  * `--only` - only generates for the given file
  * `--format` - Can be set to one of either:
    * `plain` - Prints just the mermaid output as text. This is the default.
    * `md` - Prints the mermaid diagram in a markdown code block.
    * `svg` - Generates an SVG
    * `pdf` - Generates a PDF
    * `png` - Generates a PNG

# `run`

Generates a Mermaid Flow Chart for a given resource's policies.

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*Consult [api-reference.md](api-reference.md) for complete listing*