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Optionally describe your tools, workshop, goals, and experience level. Text you put here gets included in every Ask AI prompt. This all comes along for the ride when you copy it to your clipboard, so advice is more tailored to you when you paste the prompt into your favorite chatbot to kick off a more useful conversation about a topic.
# Heading 1largest## Heading 2medium### Heading 3smaller**bold**bold*italic*italic~~strike~~`inline code`mono snippet- itembullet list1. itemnumbered list- [ ] taskopen checkbox- [x] donechecked box``` … ```code block[text](url)hyperlinkThis is a personalized prompt for an AI coach. Use it to get targeted guidance on your skill development. Copy and paste it into an AI assistant for detailed feedback.
You are about to delete this checklist item:
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You are about to remove this node:
This will remove the node and all its children. This action cannot be undone.
Export first if you want a recovery file you can import later. Then choose whether to restart from the built-in map or from one blank root node.
The Maker Mind Map is a learning progress map for broad maker skills: tools, processes, materials, design habits, and knowledge areas.
Branches organize domains. Leaf nodes all the way to the right are where you mark tasks as Todo or Done. Parent node progress is calculated by rolling-up the completed work beneath it. Click any node’s text, that’s where you can track progress, read and write notes, mark favorites, and manage prerequisites. Don’t hesitate to tweak the mindmap to your liking, even though we all want to grow as Makers, we all learn in different ways and have different interests. That’s why absolutely everything here can be customized to reflect your unique learning journey.
Some nodes indicate prerequisites which don't lock you out of anything, but they'll keep you safe or connect concepts that meaningfully build on eachother. I was careful to only add prereqs where I thought the benefit outweighed the cost, but this is real-life, so there are no hard-locks keeping you from seeing the content you need when you need it, even if it has prerequisites - who am I to say if you know something or not just becasue you haven't marked it done in this app, so I deemed it illogical to build the app in a way that would lock you out of what you need when you need it. It's up to you to make the right call. And to any kids reading this, Making can be rewarding but also seriously dangerous, so always ask a responsible adult for help and permission.
Tap nodes to expand or collapse them. Drag or pinch the canvas to explore.
Prerequisite nodes
Add a prerequisite — type to search nodes
Back up your work, restore from a saved file, merge in more map content, reset your map, or build a new branch with the wizard.
Export downloads your full mind map, progress, notes, locks, names, and settings as a local JSON file. Keep that file anywhere you trust so you can restore your work later.
Compare another map against your current one, then add only the missing nodes and checklist items you choose. Your existing work is not overwritten by this review.
Use this wizard to ask an AI assistant for app-ready submap YAML, then choose whether to add it to this map or start from a blank root.
This creates one root node. If you paste YAML in Step 4, the wizard adds it under that root.
Describe the learner, project, constraints, tools, audience, or outcome you want this branch to support.
Paste this prompt into your preferred AI assistant. It includes your destination, surrounding map context, and your Step 2 goal.
Use - Topic name for nodes, - [check] Checklist item inside checklist:, note: | for notes, optional prerequisites:, and optional children:.
- First new topic
note: |
Why this matters and what to watch for.
prerequisites:
reason: |
Helpful foundations before this topic.
keys:
- Existing topic name
checklist:
- [check] Try a tiny practice build
- [check] Write down what confused me
children:
- Deeper subtopic
checklist:
- [check] Find one reference example
These nodes and checklist items exist in the latest default map but are not yet in your personal map. Add any you like individually — your customizations are never overwritten automatically.