diff --git a/src/lib/machine.test.ts b/src/lib/machine.test.ts
index 3854bf2..bd9f266 100644
--- a/src/lib/machine.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/machine.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
-import { detectFormat, parseSketchCode, parseMermaidCode, machineToGraph, getEventCategory } from './machine';
+import { detectFormat, parseSketchCode, parseMermaidCode, parseXStateMachineCode, machineToGraph, getEventCategory } from './machine';
 
 describe('detectFormat', () => {
   it('detects Sketch DSL before any explicit mode selection', () => {
@@ -33,6 +33,34 @@ describe('parseSketchCode', () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe('parseXStateMachineCode', () => {
+  const machine = `setup({}).createMachine({
+  id: 'test',
+  initial: 'idle',
+  states: { idle: {} },
+})`;
+
+  it.each([
+    // xstate imports
+    [`import { setup } from 'xstate';\n${machine}`],
+    [`import * as xstate from 'xstate';\n${machine}`],
+    // export default
+    [`export default ${machine}`],
+    // export const/let/var/function/class
+    [`export const m = ${machine}`],
+    [`export function getMachine() { return ${machine} }\ngetMachine()`],
+    // export { ... }
+    [`const m = ${machine};\nexport { m };`],
+    // export * from
+    [`export * from 'some-module';\n${machine}`],
+  ])('strips imports and exports: %s', (code) => {
+    const result = parseXStateMachineCode(code);
+    expect(result.error).toBeNull();
+    expect(result.machines).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(result.machines[0]?.id).toBe('test');
+  });
+});
+
 describe('parseMermaidCode', () => {
   it('converts <<choice>> nodes to always transitions with guards', () => {
     const result = parseMermaidCode(`stateDiagram-v2
diff --git a/src/lib/machine.ts b/src/lib/machine.ts
index 316f1d2..4028fd7 100644
--- a/src/lib/machine.ts
+++ b/src/lib/machine.ts
@@ -327,12 +327,23 @@ const XSTATE_PARAM_NAMES = [
 ] as const;
 
 /**
- * Strip import statements for 'xstate' since we inject bindings as fn params.
+ * Strip xstate imports (we inject bindings as fn params) and ESM export syntax
+ * so code can be evaluated via `new Function()`.
  */
-function stripXStateImports(code: string): string {
+function stripImportsAndExports(code: string): string {
   return code
+    // import { ... } from 'xstate'
     .replace(/import\s*\{[^}]*\}\s*from\s*['"]xstate['"]\s*;?/g, '')
-    .replace(/import\s*\*\s*as\s+\w+\s*from\s*['"]xstate['"]\s*;?/g, '');
+    // import * as x from 'xstate'
+    .replace(/import\s*\*\s*as\s+\w+\s*from\s*['"]xstate['"]\s*;?/g, '')
+    // export default ...
+    .replace(/^\s*export\s+default\s+/gm, '')
+    // export const/let/var/function/class
+    .replace(/^\s*export\s+(const|let|var|function|class)\b/gm, '$1')
+    // export { ... }
+    .replace(/^\s*export\s*\{[^}]*\}\s*;?\s*$/gm, '')
+    // export * from '...'
+    .replace(/^\s*export\s*\*\s*from\s*['"][^'"]+['"]\s*;?\s*$/gm, '');
 }
 
 /**
@@ -369,7 +380,7 @@ export function parseXStateMachineCode(code: string): {
     } as any;
 
     const jsCode = tsBlankSpace(code);
-    const strippedCode = stripXStateImports(jsCode);
+    const strippedCode = stripImportsAndExports(jsCode);
     const fn = new Function(...XSTATE_PARAM_NAMES, strippedCode);
 
     fn(