Mindmap

Mindmaps show hierarchical ideas branching out from a central topic. Use them for brainstorming, knowledge organization, or feature breakdowns.

Minimal Example

{
  "type": "mindmap",
  "root": {
    "id": "root",
    "label": "Project",
    "children": [
      { "id": "fe", "label": "Frontend" },
      { "id": "be", "label": "Backend" },
      { "id": "infra", "label": "Infrastructure" }
    ]
  }
}

Full Example

{
  "type": "mindmap",
  "root": {
    "id": "startup",
    "label": "SaaS Startup",
    "children": [
      {
        "id": "product",
        "label": "Product",
        "children": [
          { "id": "editor", "label": "Rich Text Editor" },
          { "id": "collab", "label": "Real-time Collaboration" },
          { "id": "export", "label": "PDF / PNG Export" }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "eng",
        "label": "Engineering",
        "children": [
          { "id": "frontend", "label": "React + TypeScript" },
          { "id": "backend", "label": "Node.js API" },
          { "id": "db", "label": "PostgreSQL" }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "growth",
        "label": "Growth",
        "children": [
          { "id": "seo", "label": "SEO" },
          { "id": "content", "label": "Blog & Tutorials" },
          { "id": "community", "label": "Discord Community" }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "ops",
        "label": "Operations",
        "children": [
          { "id": "ci", "label": "CI/CD" },
          { "id": "monitor", "label": "Monitoring" },
          { "id": "oncall", "label": "On-call Rotation" }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

Root

The root object is the central node of the mindmap.

Field	Required	Description
`id`	Yes	Unique identifier
`label`	Yes	Text displayed in the center node
`children`	Yes	Array of child node objects

Nodes

Each node in the tree follows the same structure.

Field	Required	Description
`id`	Yes	Unique identifier
`label`	Yes	Display text
`children`	No	Array of child nodes (nest as deep as needed)

{
  "id": "auth",
  "label": "Authentication",
  "children": [
    { "id": "oauth", "label": "OAuth 2.0" },
    { "id": "mfa", "label": "MFA" }
  ]
}

More Examples

Technical Architecture Decision

{
  "type": "mindmap",
  "root": {
    "id": "decision",
    "label": "Database Choice",
    "children": [
      {
        "id": "sql",
        "label": "SQL",
        "children": [
          { "id": "pg", "label": "PostgreSQL" },
          { "id": "mysql", "label": "MySQL" }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "nosql",
        "label": "NoSQL",
        "children": [
          { "id": "mongo", "label": "MongoDB" },
          { "id": "dynamo", "label": "DynamoDB" }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "criteria",
        "label": "Criteria",
        "children": [
          { "id": "perf", "label": "Query Performance" },
          { "id": "scale", "label": "Scalability" },
          { "id": "cost", "label": "Cost" },
          { "id": "dx", "label": "Developer Experience" }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

Sprint Retrospective

{
  "type": "mindmap",
  "root": {
    "id": "retro",
    "label": "Sprint 12 Retro",
    "children": [
      {
        "id": "good",
        "label": "Went Well",
        "children": [
          { "id": "g1", "label": "Shipped on time" },
          { "id": "g2", "label": "Zero production incidents" },
          { "id": "g3", "label": "Great code reviews" }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "improve",
        "label": "Improve",
        "children": [
          { "id": "i1", "label": "Flaky tests" },
          { "id": "i2", "label": "Late requirements" }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "actions",
        "label": "Action Items",
        "children": [
          { "id": "a1", "label": "Fix top 5 flaky tests" },
          { "id": "a2", "label": "Require specs by Wednesday" }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}