vizdantic 0.2.0

Schema-first visualization specifications for LLMs

Vizdantic

Vizdantic is a schema-first visualization layer for LLMs.

It allows language models to describe what to visualize using structured, validated specifications, while developers remain in full control of how charts are rendered.

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Why Vizdantic?

LLMs are good at describing intent, but unreliable at writing plotting code.

They often:

• hallucinate APIs
• mix incompatible chart parameters
• produce brittle, unvalidated code

Vizdantic solves this by separating responsibilities:

LLMs choose visualization intent. Developers choose the plotting library.

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What Vizdantic Does

• Provides Pydantic schemas for common visualization types
• Validates LLM-generated visualization intent
• Is library-agnostic by design
• Renders charts via optional plugins (e.g. Plotly)

Vizdantic does not replace plotting libraries. It sits between LLMs and visualization backends.

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Quick Start

Install

pip install vizdantic

Validate LLM output

from vizdantic import validate

llm_output = {
    "kind": "cartesian",
    "chart": "bar",
    "x": "category",
    "y": "value",
    "title": "Sales by Category",
}

spec = validate(llm_output)

Render with Plotly Example

from vizdantic.plugins.plotly import render
import pandas as pd

df = pd.DataFrame({
    "category": ["A", "B", "C"],
    "value": [10, 20, 15],
})

fig = render(spec, df)
fig.show()

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Using Vizdantic with LLMs

Vizdantic works with any LLM and supports two common integration patterns .

Prompt-based (Universal)	Tool / Function Calling (Structured)
Use when your LLM doesnot support tools or function calling.	Use when your LLMsupports JSON schema tools(OpenAI, Anthropic, etc.).
You embed the schema directly in the prompt.	You pass the schema as a tool input contract.

Prompt-based integration

You are an assistant that creates visualization specifications.

Return JSON that strictly conforms to the following schema:


{{ vizdantic.schema() }}


Rules:
- Return JSON only
- Choose the most appropriate chart type
- Use column names exactly as provided

Example model output:

{
  "kind":"cartesian",
  "chart":"bar",
  "x":"category",
  "y":"value",
  "title":"Sales by Category"
}

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Tool / function calling integration

tool = {
    "name": "create_visualization",
    "description": "Create a visualization specification",
    "input_schema": vizdantic.schema(),
}

The LLM is now constrained to valid Vizdantic output only .

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Validate and Render

Once the LLM returns JSON, the workflow is the same:

from vizdantic import validate
from vizdantic.plugins.plotly import render

spec = validate(llm_output)
fig = render(spec, df)
fig.show()

Custom Styling and Branding

Vizdantic does not control styling.

It intentionally avoids:

• colors
• themes
• fonts
• layout decisions

Vizdantic only defines visualization intent. All styling remains fully under user control.

This makes it safe to use in production environments with strict brand or design requirements.

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Example: Company styling (Evil Corp)

from vizdantic.plugins.plotly import render

def evil_corp_theme(fig):
    fig.update_layout(
        template="plotly_dark",
        colorway=["#ff0000", "#000000"],
        font=dict(family="Inter"),
    )
    return fig

fig = render(spec, df)
fig = evil_corp_theme(fig)
fig.show()

The LLM decides what to visualize. Your code decides how it looks.

Vizdantic never overrides user-defined styling.

How It Works

1. An LLM produces structured visualization intent (JSON)
2. Vizdantic validates it using Pydantic
3. A plugin translates the spec into a concrete chart

The schema is stable and backend-agnostic.

Rendering is handled entirely by plugins.

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Plugins

Currently supported:

• Plotly (vizdantic.plugins.plotly)

Planned:

• Matplotlib
• Altair
• Vega-Lite

Each plugin exposes a simple:

render(spec, data)

function.

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Status

• Version: 0.1.0
• Stability: Experimental
• Breaking changes: Possible until 1.0

Vizdantic is under active development and feedback is welcome.