Preserve Mermaid aliases and compact flowchart links

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Summary

• Parse quoted state aliases with <<choice>>, <<fork>>, or <<join>> without losing the state type.
• Expand compact flowchart source/target groups and semicolon-separated statements while respecting quoted labels, node shapes, and Mermaid entity codes.
• Decode quoted flowchart labels and fix escaping so punctuation round-trips.
• Document the supported forms and add a patch changeset.

Reproductions

Before this change, state "if_state" as if_state <<choice>> imported as an ordinary state; A & B --> C & D produced nodes literally named A & B and C & D; A["a;b"] --> B; B --> C retained quotes in the label and connected the wrong nodes.

Verification

• pnpm verify passed: both typechecks, generated schema and naming checks, 1,883 tests, build, and package validation.
• Focused Mermaid tests: 332 passed after the final parser adjustment.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Mermaid flowchart imports now expand compact links and semicolon-separated statements while preserving quoted labels.
  • Quoted state aliases with choice, fork, or join stereotypes now retain their descriptions and state types.
  • Mermaid labels are escaped more consistently when exported.
• Documentation
  • Updated Mermaid format guidance for flowchart imports and quoted state aliases.

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• src/formats/mermaid/README.md
• src/formats/mermaid/flowchart.ts
• src/formats/mermaid/state.ts
• tests/formats/mermaid/flowchart.test.ts
• tests/formats/mermaid/state.test.ts

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Walkthrough

The Mermaid import parsers now handle compact flowchart links, semicolon-separated statements, and quoted labels. The state parser also reads quoted aliases with choice, fork, or join stereotypes.

Changes

Flowchart import

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Statement splitting, link expansion, and label decoding src/formats/mermaid/flowchart.ts, src/formats/mermaid/shared.ts, tests/formats/mermaid/flowchart.test.ts, src/formats/mermaid/README.md, .changeset/mermaid-conversion-parity.md	The parser splits statements at top-level semicolons and expands compact links into pairwise edges. It decodes quoted labels, and label escaping uses a single character-replacement pass. Tests cover link expansion and semicolons in quoted labels, including a serialization round trip.

State alias parsing

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Quoted aliases with state stereotypes src/formats/mermaid/state.ts, tests/formats/mermaid/state.test.ts, src/formats/mermaid/README.md	The parser reads quoted aliases with choice, fork, or join stereotypes. It assigns the unescaped description to the node label and description, and sets the state type and shape.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 44143

Importing compact links with a quoted pipe in a node label creates the wrong connections. Fix that parsing case before merging.

Architecture Summary

Architecture risk: 🟡 Medium · up to 44143

The change affects 2 systems.

Changed systems: src, tests

Architecture concerns
No architecture-level concerns identified.

Review details

Systems and components

• observed — src (service) was modified; 4 changed files map to changed impact.
• observed — tests (service) was modified; 2 changed files map to changed impact.

Before / after behavior

• observed — Modified behavior in src/formats/mermaid/README.md: The Flowchart description adds compact links, semicolon-separated statements, and quoted node labels as import forms that are expanded or decoded.
• observed — Modified behavior in src/formats/mermaid/README.md: The State Diagram description adds that quoted aliases using <<choice>>, <<fork>>, or <<join>> retain their description and state type.
• observed — Modified behavior in src/formats/mermaid/flowchart.ts: Expanded @{...} node labels are now passed through quote removal and Mermaid unescaping before being stored.
• observed — Modified behavior in src/formats/mermaid/flowchart.ts: Bracket-shaped node labels are now trimmed, then passed through quote removal and Mermaid unescaping before being stored.

Reliability and maintainability

• inferred — Risk-relevant change factors for src: blast_radius_1; blast_radius_2; direct_dependents_1; direct_dependents_2

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Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
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Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely identifies the two main changes: preserving Mermaid aliases and expanding compact flowchart links.
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Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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In `@src/formats/mermaid/flowchart.ts`:
- Line 186: Update the `chain` rejection check so pipes inside quoted node
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• .changeset/mermaid-conversion-parity.md
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• src/formats/mermaid/flowchart.ts
• src/formats/mermaid/shared.ts
• src/formats/mermaid/state.ts
• tests/formats/mermaid/flowchart.test.ts
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