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+# Copyright (C) 2023-present The Project Contributors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+import pytest
+from cl.runtime.context.testing_context import TestingContext
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+from typing import List, Optional
+import networkx as nx
+import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+from matplotlib.patches import Rectangle
+from runtime.testing.pytest.pytest_fixtures import local_dir_fixture
+
+def test_smoke(local_dir_fixture):
+    with TestingContext() as context:
+
+        @dataclass
+        class Node:
+            title: str
+            successors: Optional[List['Node']] = None
+
+        # Define the nodes with successors
+        staff_a = Node(title="Staff A")
+        staff_b = Node(title="Staff B")
+        staff_c = Node(title="Staff C")
+        staff_d = Node(title="Staff D")
+        team_1 = Node(title="Team A Lead", successors=[staff_a, staff_b])
+        team_2 = Node(title="Team B Lead", successors=[staff_c, staff_d])
+        ceo = Node(title="CEO", successors=[team_1, team_2])
+
+        # Create a directed graph
+        G = nx.DiGraph()
+
+        # Initialize position dictionary and label dictionary
+        pos = {}
+        labels = {}
+
+        # Starting coordinates for the CEO
+        x_start = 10
+        y_start = 10
+        x_offset = 6  # Horizontal distance between nodes
+        y_offset = 2  # Vertical distance between each successor
+
+        current_y = 0
+
+        # Function to recursively add nodes and edges to the graph
+        def add_nodes_recursive(graph, node, current_id, x, y, pos, labels) -> int:
+            # Add the current node to the graph
+            graph.add_node(current_id)
+            pos[current_id] = (x, y)
+            labels[current_id] = node.title
+
+            # Add successors recursively
+            if node.successors:
+                for i, successor in enumerate(node.successors):
+                    successor_id = len(pos)  # Create a new unique ID for each successor
+                    # Add edge from the current node to the successor
+                    graph.add_edge(current_id, successor_id)
+                    # Position each successor progressively lower
+                    y = y - (i + 1) * y_offset  # Adjust vertical spacing between successors
+                    y = add_nodes_recursive(graph, successor, successor_id, x + x_offset, y, pos,
+                                            labels)  # Adjust horizontal spacing
+            return y
+
+        # Add CEO node and its successors recursively
+        add_nodes_recursive(G, ceo, 0, x_start, y_start, pos, labels)
+
+        # Increase the canvas size using figsize (width, height in inches)
+        fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(12, 8))  # Adjust this to make the canvas bigger
+
+        # Define a function to manually position the arrows
+        def draw_edges_with_custom_arrows(graph, pos, ax):
+            for edge in graph.edges():
+                start_node, end_node = edge
+
+                # Get the positions of the nodes
+                start_x, start_y = pos[start_node]
+                end_x, end_y = pos[end_node]
+
+                # Define the exit point (right of the start node) and entry point (left of the end node)
+                exit_x = start_x + 1.5  # Right side of the start node (assuming box width of 3)
+                entry_x = end_x - 1.5  # Left side of the end node (assuming box width of 3)
+
+                # Draw the arrow
+                ax.annotate(
+                    '', xy=(entry_x, end_y), xytext=(exit_x, start_y),
+                    arrowprops=dict(arrowstyle='-|>', lw=1.5, color='black',
+                                    connectionstyle='arc3,rad=0.0')  # Straight arrow
+                )
+
+        # Call the function to draw custom arrows
+        draw_edges_with_custom_arrows(G, pos, ax)
+
+        # Draw the labels
+        nx.draw_networkx_labels(G, pos, labels, font_size=10, font_color="black")
+
+        # Manually draw boxes (rectangles) around the nodes
+        for node, (x, y) in pos.items():
+            # Define the size of each box (width and height can be adjusted)
+            width = 3
+            height = 1.5
+            # Draw a rectangle centered on the node's position
+            rect = Rectangle((x - width / 2, y - height / 2), width, height,
+                             linewidth=1, edgecolor='black', facecolor='lightblue')
+            ax.add_patch(rect)
+
+        # Dynamically calculate plot limits to ensure all boxes fit
+        x_values = [x for x, y in pos.values()]
+        y_values = [y for x, y in pos.values()]
+
+        # Adjust the limits based on the positions and box sizes
+        x_margin = width / 2 + 1  # Add margin for the box width and extra space
+        y_margin = height / 2 + 1  # Add margin for the box height and extra space
+
+        ax.set_xlim(min(x_values) - x_margin, max(x_values) + x_margin)
+        ax.set_ylim(min(y_values) - y_margin, max(y_values) + y_margin)
+
+        # Remove the default axes for a cleaner look
+        ax.set_axis_off()
+
+        # Add a title and display the plot
+        plt.title("Orgchart")
+        plt.show()
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    pytest.main([__file__])