Swimlane process

Native cross-functional process diagrams. Declare lanes for each role / team, drop nodes into them, then draw edges. Columns are auto-assigned by longest-path topology, so every handoff between lanes is visually obvious. The clearest way to document a multi-team workflow.

Templates

Source language

plaintext

Workstation

Studio

Engine id

swimlane

Open in Studio

In the same space

Most users come to Swimlane process from Visio cross-functional or Lucidchart swimlanes. flowss runs this engine in the browser — no install, shareable via URL, exportable to PNG / SVG / PDF / source.

Syntax at a glance

lane "Customer"
lane "Support"
node A "Open ticket" in Customer
node B "Triage"      in Support
A -> B

Paste this in the Studio code pane to see Swimlane process render live. The full grammar is at the upstream-docs link above.

Sample templates

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operations

Swimlane — bug triage

Customer → Support → Engineering bug lifecycle.

operations

Swimlane — procurement

Requester → Manager → Finance → Vendor purchase-order flow.

business

Swimlane — hiring loop

Recruiter / Hiring manager / Panel / Candidate end-to-end.

business

Swimlane — content publishing

Editorial workflow from brief to publish.

business

Swimlane — loan approval

Bank loan flow across customer / branch / underwriter / risk.

operations

Swimlane — incident response

Cross-team incident from page through retro.

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