I tried to run the example from the mermaid site (a working copy is on codepen.io):
<script src="https://cdn.rawgit.com/knsv/mermaid/0.5.1/dist/mermaid.min.js"></script>
<script>mermaid.initialize({startOnLoad:true});</script>
<div class="mermaid">
graph TD;
A-->B;
A-->C;
B-->D;
C-->D;
</div>
The output is:
At the same time, a sequence diagram works great.
Where is the problem with the basic example?
Update
The issue was with Chrome 48 compatibility. It is fixed by using the latest js
file:
<script src="https://cdn.rawgit.com/knsv/mermaid/master/dist/mermaid.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.rawgit.com/knsv/mermaid/master/dist/mermaid.css">