Mind maps

A nested list becomes a map you can fold, search and fly into: 2D or 3D, with linked maps one click away.

A mind map is a Markdown list under a # Title, as a page (type: mindmap) or a ```mindmap fence anywhere. A topic written → payments.md opens that map with a zoom; view: 3d builds the same list in blocks, bricks or toy shapes.

Live#

Warehouse#

Inbound
- Receive
- Put away
Picking
- Wave
- Zone
- Batch
Packing
- Box size
- Label
Hand-off to route

The Thursday Promise#

Checkout
- Cart & address
- Payment
- Promise date (Thu)
Warehouse
- Picking
- Packing
- Label printed
Delivery
- Dusk departure
- Route 7
- Doorstep photo
- Drivers asked for a later cut-off on Thursdays. Check with ops.

When it breaks

Retry with backoff

for try := 1; try <= 5; try++ {
    if err := send(order); err == nil {
        return nil // delivered
    }
    time.Sleep(backoff(try))
}

Dead-letter queue
Apology email (auto)

Payment#

Authorise
- 3-D Secure
- Card network
Fraud score
- Rules
- Model (0.82)
- Scores above 0.8 go to a person, never straight to a refusal.
Capture on ship
Refunds

Refunds#

Partial
- One item
- Shipping only
Full
- Before dispatch
- Lost in transit
Store credit (+10%)

Warehouse#

Inbound
- Receive
- Put away
Picking
- Wave
- Zone
- Batch
Packing
- Box size
- Label
Hand-off to route

The Thursday Promise#

Checkout
- Cart & address
- Payment
- Promise date (Thu)
Warehouse
- Picking
- Packing
- Label printed
Delivery
- Dusk departure
- Route 7
- Doorstep photo
- Drivers asked for a later cut-off on Thursdays. Check with ops.

When it breaks

Retry with backoff

for try := 1; try <= 5; try++ {
    if err := send(order); err == nil {
        return nil // delivered
    }
    time.Sleep(backoff(try))
}

Dead-letter queue
Apology email (auto)

Payment#

Authorise
- 3-D Secure
- Card network
Fraud score
- Rules
- Model (0.82)
- Scores above 0.8 go to a person, never straight to a refusal.
Capture on ship
Refunds

Refunds#

Partial
- One item
- Shipping only
Full
- Before dispatch
- Lost in transit
Store credit (+10%)

Warehouse#

Inbound
- Receive
- Put away
Picking
- Wave
- Zone
- Batch
Packing
- Box size
- Label
Hand-off to route

The Thursday Promise#

Checkout
- Cart & address
- Payment
- Promise date (Thu)
Warehouse
- Picking
- Packing
- Label printed
Delivery
- Dusk departure
- Route 7
- Doorstep photo
- Drivers asked for a later cut-off on Thursdays. Check with ops.

When it breaks

Retry with backoff

for try := 1; try <= 5; try++ {
    if err := send(order); err == nil {
        return nil // delivered
    }
    time.Sleep(backoff(try))
}

Dead-letter queue
Apology email (auto)

Payment#

Authorise
- 3-D Secure
- Card network
Fraud score
- Rules
- Model (0.82)
- Scores above 0.8 go to a person, never straight to a refusal.
Capture on ship
Refunds

Refunds#

Partial
- One item
- Shipping only
Full
- Before dispatch
- Lost in transit
Store credit (+10%)

Open the whole example

The Markdown behind it#

examples/mindmap/thursday.md:

markdown

---
type: mindmap
title: The Thursday Promise
description: Every hand-off between "Buy now" on Monday and the doorstep on Thursday, and what we do when one of them breaks.
layout: map
lines: curved
nodes: box
view: 3d
camera: iso
floors: on
theme: studio
watermark: Northwind Logistics
---
# The Thursday Promise

- Checkout
  - Cart & address
  - Payment → payments.md
  - Promise date {badge=Thu}
- Warehouse → warehouse.md
  - Picking
  - Packing
  - Label printed → slides: ../showcase.md#7
- Delivery
  - Dusk departure ![The first vans at dusk](../assets/dusk.jpg) → slides: ../showcase.md#13
  - Route 7
  - Doorstep photo
  - [!sticky] Drivers asked for a later cut-off on Thursdays. Check with ops.
- When it breaks
  - Retry with backoff
    ```go
    for try := 1; try <= 5; try++ {
        if err := send(order); err == nil {
            return nil // delivered
        }
        time.Sleep(backoff(try))
    }
    ```
  - Dead-letter queue
  - Apology email {badge=auto}

Key options#

Write	What it does
`layout:`	map, right, org, radial
`lines:`	curved, straight, orthogonal, tapered
`view: 3d` `kind:`	blocks, bricks or toy, iso or perspective camera
`→ other.md`	a linked map: drill-down, inlined in the page
`[!sticky]` ```go	sticky notes and code topics

Commands#

Shell

si new ideas --type mindmap
si --web .                       # the Studio's Map view: Tab, Enter, drag
si build ideas.md --svg --png --pdf --mp4
si mindmap import notes.opml     # also FreeMind, XMind, Mermaid

The rules#

24. Mind maps