Mind Map

mindmap Product Strategy

Research
  User Interviews
    Surveys | description: Quarterly NPS survey
    Focus Groups
  Competitor Analysis
    Feature Matrix
    Pricing Review
Development
  MVP Features
    Auth System
      description: Handle login, signup, OAuth flows
    Dashboard
  Nice-to-haves | collapsed: true
    Dark Mode
    Export PDF
Go-to-Market
  Launch Plan
    Blog Post
    Demo Video | description: 2-min product walkthrough

Overview

Mind maps visualize hierarchical information radiating from a central concept. Each branch represents a subtopic, with deeper nesting for finer detail. Mind maps are useful for brainstorming, project planning, knowledge organization, and breaking down complex topics.

Interactive features: Click nodes to navigate to their source line. Collapse and expand subtrees by clicking nodes with children. Toggle tag group coloring and depth-based coloring via the legend controls.

Syntax

mindmap Title

Node
  Child Node
    Grandchild
  Another Child

The first line declares the chart type. The title becomes the root node. Indentation establishes the parent-child hierarchy.

Nodes

Every non-blank, non-directive line is a node. Nesting is set by indentation:

mindmap Root
  Level 1a
    Level 2a
    Level 2b
  Level 1b

Node Colors

Add a color suffix in parentheses:

Important Topic(red)
  Sub-topic(blue)

Descriptions

Nodes can have descriptions shown as secondary text. Two forms:

// Pipe form (single line)
Surveys | description: Quarterly NPS survey

// Indented form (before children)
Auth System
  description: Handle login, signup, and OAuth flows
  Login Page

Collapse Default

Set a node’s default collapsed state with pipe metadata:

Nice-to-haves | collapsed: true
  Dark Mode
  Export PDF

Collapsed nodes show a drill-bar indicating hidden children. Click to expand.

Multi-Root

Omit the title to create multiple independent root trees:

mindmap

Q1 Goals
  Ship MVP
  Hire designers
Q2 Goals
  Launch marketing
  Expand team

The diagram title is inferred from the first root’s label.

Pipe Metadata

Attach metadata after | with comma-separated key: value pairs:

Node | priority: High, status: Done

Tag values, descriptions, and collapsed are all set via pipe metadata.

Tag Groups

Tag groups define color-coded categories. They appear before content and follow the standard tag syntax:

mindmap Root

tag Priority p
  High(red)
  Medium(yellow)
  Low(green)

  Task A | p: High
  Task B | p: Low

The alias (p) provides a shorthand for metadata keys
The active tag group colors nodes by their tag value
Click a tag group name in the legend to activate or deactivate it

Options

Option	Effect
`active-tag GroupName`	Set the default active tag group
`hide-descriptions`	Hide description text on all nodes

Options are placed on their own line before content:

mindmap Root

tag Priority p
  High(red)
  Low(green)

active-tag Priority
hide-descriptions

  Task A | p: High

Complete Example

mindmap Product Strategy(blue)

tag Priority p
  High(red)
  Medium(yellow)
  Low(green)

tag Department d
  Engineering(blue)
  Design(purple)
  Marketing(orange)

active-tag Priority

Research | d: Marketing
  User Interviews | p: High
    Surveys | description: Quarterly NPS survey
    Focus Groups
  Competitor Analysis | d: Engineering
    Feature Matrix
    Pricing Review
Development | p: High, d: Engineering
  MVP Features
    Auth System
      description: Handle login, signup, OAuth flows
    Dashboard
  Nice-to-haves | p: Low, collapsed: true
    Dark Mode
    Export PDF
Go-to-Market | d: Marketing
  Launch Plan
    Blog Post
    Demo Video | description: 2-min product walkthrough