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Axiom Regex Visualizer

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Regex visualizer — parse any regex and visualize its structure (groups, quantifiers, anchors, character classes). Use when you need to understand or document...

What it does

Regex visualizer — parse any regex and visualize its structure (groups, quantifiers, anchors, character classes). Use when you need to understand or document a regex. Pure stdlib, no LLM.

The skill document

axiom-regex-visualizer

Version: 0.1.2 Axioma Tools

Parses regular expressions and shows their structure visually.

What this skill does

  • Visual tree of regex components
  • Plain-English explanation of each part
  • Highlights groups, quantifiers, anchors
  • Supports Python re syntax (basic + extensions)

When to use this skill

  • ✅ Understand a regex you didn't write
  • ✅ Document a complex pattern
  • ✅ Debug regex matching issues
  • ❌ Test if regex matches a string (use re.match)
  • ❌ Support Perl/PCRE-only features

Usage

python3 axiom_regex_visualizer.py "^(?:[a-z0-9!#$%&*+/=?^_`{|}~-]+(?:\.[a-z0-9!#$%&*+/=?^_`{|}~-]+)*)@(?:[a-z0-9](?:[a-z0-9-]*[a-z0-9])?\.)+[a-z0-9](?:[a-z0-9-]*[a-z0-9])?$"
from axiom_regex_visualizer import parse, explain
tree = parse(r'\b\d{3}-\d{4}\b')
explain(tree)  # 'Word boundary, exactly 3 digits, dash, exactly 4 digits, word boundary'

Validation

CheckStatus
Unit tests20+ cases
Performance<100ms
SecurityPure stdlib, no injection
DeterminismByte-to-byte stable
LicenseApache-2.0

Last updated: 2026-06-14

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