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 "categories": [
  "design",
  "office-suite"
 ],
 "deployment": "hybrid",
 "evidence": [
  {
   "date": "2026-09-04",
   "fact": "homepage",
   "note": "Microsoft's Visio product page presents desktop and web diagramming, with Visio in Microsoft 365, Plan 1 (web), and Plan 2 (web plus desktop).",
   "source": "https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/visio/flowchart-software",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-04",
   "fact": "platforms",
   "note": "Plan 2 includes the Visio desktop app with offline and local file support. Plan 1 and Visio in Microsoft 365 are web apps. The compare page states the desktop app is the Windows PC version.",
   "source": "https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/visio/flowchart-software",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-04",
   "fact": "deployment",
   "note": "Visio in Microsoft 365 and Plan 1 include a web app. Plan 2 includes a web app and a fully installed Windows desktop app. Hybrid is the family deployment.",
   "source": "https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/visio/compare-visio-versions-and-features",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-04",
   "fact": "license",
   "note": "Plan 1 and Plan 2 are paid subscriptions. Visio in Microsoft 365 is included in listed Microsoft 365 commercial plans. Visio Standard and Professional are sold as non-subscription desktop editions. There is no public free consumer tier.",
   "source": "https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/visio/flowchart-software",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-04",
   "fact": "modalities.api.exists",
   "note": "Microsoft documents writing programs that control Visio through Automation from VBA, Visual Basic, Visual C++, Visual Studio .NET languages, or any language that supports Automation.",
   "source": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/vba/visio/concepts/about-automation-visio",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-04",
   "fact": "modalities.api.kinds[0]",
   "note": "Visio products include a type library that exposes objects, properties, methods, events, and constants to Automation clients. VBA projects reference it automatically. That is the COM/Automation object model.",
   "source": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/vba/visio/concepts/about-the-visio-type-library",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-04",
   "fact": "modalities.api.kinds[1]",
   "note": "The Visio JavaScript APIs embed diagrams on classic SharePoint Online pages and programmatically work with the embedded diagram. The feature is not supported on on-premises SharePoint or SharePoint Framework pages.",
   "source": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/dev/add-ins/visio/visio-overview",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-04",
   "fact": "modalities.api.coverage",
   "note": "Automation reaches documents, drawing pages, shapes, and cells containing formulas. The JS API adds pages, shapes, markup, mouse handlers, and shape data on SharePoint embeds only. Office Web Add-ins are not supported in Visio. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/api/resources/visio returned HTTP 404 on 2026-09-04.",
   "source": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/vba/visio/concepts/about-automation-visio",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-04",
   "fact": "modalities.api.docs",
   "note": "Opened as Microsoft's current Visio VBA reference hub, with concepts, how-to topics, and the Visio object-model reference.",
   "source": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/vba/api/overview/visio",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-04",
   "fact": "modalities.sdk.exists",
   "note": "Microsoft publishes the official Visio VBA reference and object model. The Visio JavaScript API reference is a separate official Office.js surface for SharePoint embeds.",
   "source": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/vba/api/overview/visio",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-04",
   "fact": "modalities.sdk.languages[0]",
   "note": "The Visio VBA reference is the official Visual Basic for Applications surface.",
   "source": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/vba/api/overview/visio",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-04",
   "fact": "modalities.sdk.languages[1]",
   "note": "Microsoft publishes the visio JavaScript package (visio-js-1.1) with Document, Page, Shape, and RequestContext types.",
   "source": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/javascript/api/visio?view=visio-js-1.1",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-04",
   "fact": "modalities.sdk.official",
   "note": "The VBA and Visio JavaScript API references are Microsoft-published developer surfaces.",
   "source": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/vba/api/overview/visio",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-04",
   "fact": "modalities.integrations.power_automate",
   "note": "Microsoft's connector path /connectors/visio/ returned HTTP 404 on 2026-09-04. That is not a first-party Visio Power Automate connector.",
   "source": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/connectors/visio/",
   "tier": "scraped"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-04",
   "fact": "modalities.extensibility.scripting[0]",
   "note": "Visio includes the VBA programming environment. Macros run from the Visual Basic Editor or the Developer tab.",
   "source": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/vba/visio/concepts/about-automation-visio",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-04",
   "fact": "modalities.extensibility.scripting[1]",
   "note": "The compare page lists writing Macros or Visual Studio Tools for Office add-ins for advanced drawing automation. Plan 2 includes the desktop app; the Automation pages do not further split VBA by Standard versus Plan 2.",
   "source": "https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/visio/compare-visio-versions-and-features",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-04",
   "fact": "modalities.data_access.export[0]",
   "note": "The product FAQ states the current version saves drawings as .vsdx by default.",
   "source": "https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/visio/flowchart-software",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-04",
   "fact": "modalities.data_access.import[0]",
   "note": "The product FAQ states files created in the current version can be opened in older versions and vice versa, with .vsdx as the current default.",
   "source": "https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/visio/flowchart-software",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-04",
   "fact": "modalities.data_access.import[1]",
   "note": "The compare page lists viewing .vsd files created in Visio 2000 and later. Editing .vsd is listed as a separate row in the same accessibility table.",
   "source": "https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/visio/compare-visio-versions-and-features",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-04",
   "fact": "modalities.agent_docs.llms_txt",
   "note": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/llms.txt returned HTTP 404 on 2026-09-04. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/llms.txt also returned 404.",
   "source": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/llms.txt",
   "tier": "scraped"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-04",
   "fact": "verdict.scores.api",
   "note": "The desktop object model is documented and useful for documents, pages, shapes, and formulas, but it is host-bound, Graph Visio REST was not found, and the JavaScript API is SharePoint-embed only. That is useful production work with material coverage limits.",
   "source": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/vba/visio/concepts/about-automation-visio",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-04",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[0].url",
   "note": "Opened and verified as the current Visio VBA reference overview.",
   "source": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/vba/api/overview/visio",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-04",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[1].url",
   "note": "Opened and verified as the current Visio Automation concept page.",
   "source": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/vba/visio/concepts/about-automation-visio",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-04",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[2].url",
   "note": "Opened and verified as the current Visio JavaScript API overview for SharePoint Online embeds.",
   "source": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/dev/add-ins/visio/visio-overview",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-04",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[3].url",
   "note": "Opened and verified as Microsoft's current Visio product and plans page.",
   "source": "https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/visio/flowchart-software",
   "tier": "declared"
  }
 ],
 "freshness": {
  "last_verified": "2026-09-04",
  "volatility": "medium",
  "watch": [
   {
    "type": "docs",
    "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/vba/api/overview/visio"
   },
   {
    "type": "docs",
    "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/vba/visio/concepts/about-automation-visio"
   },
   {
    "type": "docs",
    "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/dev/add-ins/visio/visio-overview"
   },
   {
    "type": "docs",
    "url": "https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/visio/flowchart-software"
   }
  ]
 },
 "homepage": "https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/visio/flowchart-software",
 "id": "microsoft-visio",
 "license": "commercial",
 "modalities": {
  "agent_docs": {
   "llms_txt": false
  },
  "api": {
   "auth": [],
   "coverage": "partial",
   "docs": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/vba/api/overview/visio",
   "exists": true,
   "kinds": [
    "com",
    "javascript-object-model"
   ]
  },
  "cli": {
   "exists": "unknown"
  },
  "computer_use": {
   "issues": [],
   "viability": "unknown"
  },
  "data_access": {
   "export": [
    "vsdx"
   ],
   "import": [
    "vsdx",
    "vsd"
   ]
  },
  "extensibility": {
   "scripting": [
    "vba",
    "vsto"
   ],
   "webhooks": "unknown"
  },
  "integrations": {
   "make": "unknown",
   "n8n": "unknown",
   "power_automate": false,
   "zapier": "unknown"
  },
  "mcp": {
   "first_party": "unknown",
   "third_party": [],
   "verdict": "unknown"
  },
  "rpa": {
   "drivability": "unknown",
   "notes": "No repeatable UI probe was run. Microsoft documents VBA/COM Automation as the desktop machine path. Power Automate for desktop has no Visio action group on the opened actions-reference path. Exporting BPMN from Visio to Power Automate cloud flows is deprecated effective 2026-07-14 and is not a Visio control surface.\n",
   "ui_stack": [
    "win32"
   ],
   "vendor_support": []
  },
  "sdk": {
   "exists": true,
   "languages": [
    "vba",
    "javascript"
   ],
   "official": true
  }
 },
 "name": "Microsoft Visio",
 "platforms": [
  "windows",
  "web"
 ],
 "related": {
  "alternatives": [
   "microsoft-project",
   "microsoft-word",
   "autocad"
  ],
  "our_products": []
 },
 "schema_version": 1,
 "score_version": 1,
 "status": "active",
 "vendor": "Microsoft",
 "verdict": {
  "best_path": "api",
  "scores": {
   "api": 6,
   "cli": null,
   "computer_use": null,
   "integrations": null,
   "mcp": null,
   "overall": 6,
   "rpa": null
  },
  "summary": "Microsoft Visio is automatable today through the desktop VBA/COM object model, not through Microsoft Project, AutoCAD, or a Microsoft Graph Visio REST API. Microsoft documents controlling Visio from VBA, Visual Basic, Visual C++, and Visual Studio .NET languages against documents, pages, shapes, and formula cells. The Visio JavaScript API works only with diagrams embedded on classic SharePoint Online pages; Office Web Add-ins are not supported in Visio. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/api/resources/visio returned HTTP 404. Visio Plan 2 includes the Windows desktop app and lists custom-shape programmability; Visio in Microsoft 365 and Plan 1 are web apps. Visio Standard and Professional remain sold as non-subscription desktop editions. Power Automate has no first-party Visio connector or desktop Visio action group on the opened paths. First-party MCP ownership is not established. Computer-use viability is unassessed.\n"
 }
}