Generate Mind Maps in Whiteboard from BrainMax Prompt
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Marine Gillet
It would be amazing if Brain could generate whiteboards — especially mind maps — directly from prompts. This would make brainstorming and planning way faster, without having to manually create nodes or connections after generating ideas.
Imagine being able to:
Bring an SOP to life visually from a single prompt
Map out a customer success workflow or onboarding journey
Turn a project outline or meeting summary into a dynamic mind map instantly
This kind of Brain + Whiteboard integration would make the ideation and planning process much more interactive and actionable.
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Alex Omeyer (ClickUp)
Marine Gillet Henri B we're working on an AI feature for Brain to generate diagrams (including mind maps) on the canvas as we speak! It's still WIP but I'm hoping to be able to share a demo with you for feedback imminently. Stay tuned :)
Liam
Hi Alex Omeyer (ClickUp), the second you guys open this up for BETA, please pull me onto it for testing + feedback. I have many conversations where this very feature is my solution.
Alex Omeyer (ClickUp)
Liam: Nice, thanks and will do!
Mind sharing more detail on the use cases you have in mind pls? It'll help us prio :)
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Vincent D'Amico
Alex Omeyer (ClickUp)
Any chance this would be able to make a whiteboard from tasks based on criteria? Or prompting for it to show relationships between tasks or groups in a certain way?
Looking forward to it!
Alex Omeyer (ClickUp)
Vincent D'Amico: eventually, yes. Not on first release but we'll get there.
Check out this demo of our WIP, would love your thoughts :) https://share.clickup-qa.com/clip/p/t9704009316/e271a237-a7d7-4b89-b14c-7da434a2fe5b/e271a237-a7d7-4b89-b14c-7da434a2fe5b.webm?filename=screen-recording-2025-12-16-16%3A43.webm?filename=screen-recording-2025-12-16-16%3A43.webm
Liam
Alex Omeyer (ClickUp)
Great start! Watching your demo, functionally, you are already covering my needs in a number of areas. For simpler process design conversations, I see this being a big help as is. Would the 'Iterate' option be non-destructive of the diagram as you go through?
How I would like to use this feature is:- (Likely steps out of the scope of this canny item.)
- We work with really complex algorithms and multiple refinement sessions are becoming a thing of ours. It would be helpful if the AI included a visual reasoning engine capable of identifying potential simplifications and suggest them to us.
- I'd like the AI to do more than just create diagrams on Whiteboards. It should help me define the final structure. We often jot down lots of text (sometimes just one word) during ideation sessions. Grouping similar elements on the board and instructing the AI on how to categorize them would really help in keeping things organized.
- I often draw structures on paper first and later replicate them on a Whiteboard to collaborate with my team and expand on the concept. If I could upload the image and convert that, it would definitely save me time.
- I have a use case for quickly creating a template for brainstorming. Imagine prompting, "create a template to capture ideas for a new game feature that follows our design pillars." This would create boxes to brainstorm how the feature fits a core design philosophy, reinforcing necessary thinking on certain projects.
- How about "AI Next Suggestions"? If you place a square with some text, the AI could suggest the content for the next square you add. While it may not be used directly, it's a good mental prompt for further reflection during the session.
Alex Omeyer (ClickUp)
Liam: thanks a bunch for your feedback! Some thoughts and questions below.
>Would the 'Iterate' option be non-destructive of the diagram as you go through?
Not at first, but it'd be easy to fix. It sounds like you'd be worried the AI might mess up a decent diagram, so you'd want to be able to revert its changes / switch between different iterations. Is that right?
> 1. It would be helpful if the AI included a visual reasoning engine capable of identifying potential simplifications and suggest them to us.
Do you see this as AI being able to "see" and reason about what's already on your whiteboard?
> 2. Grouping similar elements on the board and instructing the AI on how to categorize them would really help in keeping things organized.
Yes! I have "grouping stickies by topic" as a use case in the survey I shared earlier in the thread. When AI is able to see and reason about the content of your whiteboard, it'll be able to do this.
> 3. If I could upload the image and convert that, it would definitely save me time.
So convert image to whiteboard — love this use case!
> 4. have a use case for quickly creating a template for brainstorming
Sounds like you could first use AI to create the whiteboard you're after, and then save it as a template manually. Is that right?
> How about "AI Next Suggestions"?
Love it! Like a visual auto-complete.
Liam
Alex Omeyer (ClickUp) no problem, always happy to provide input.
> Not at first, but it'd be easy to fix. It sounds like you'd be worried th...
Well really, the idea that a tiny change on a DFD drawn in Whiteboards could result in big change for a project is the crux of the issue. It's absolutely true if that project relates to business change that reflects system design and data flow. It's edge case, but still a potentially consequential problem. I love the 'revert' idea, and I do believe it would add value to what you're working on, but in the context of tiny changes, the question I have is: would you even realise you need to revert?
> Do you see this as AI being able to "see" and reason ...
I believe I caused some confusion by using the word "visual." What I meant was to read the underlying data structure that Whiteboards use behind the scenes. This would involve processing that data to understand how elements on the board are connected, enabling the detection of simplifications, such as in overly complicated DFDs.
Can't speak for ClickUp's CFO, but the technical challenges of processing things visually, given the number of times logic like this would execute, it might just make this feature less feasible in the long term aha!
> Yes! I have "grouping stickies by topic" as a use case in the surve...
Oh I missed that one. It's definitely going to help, great stuff.
> So convert image to whiteboard — love this use case!
Unlike "seeing" and suggesting, this would simply involve a button click. So it reduces the feature's hit rate, and it provides a fast-tracking option during certain design phases.
> Sounds like you could first use AI to create the whiteboard...
Actually, I'm not sure if what I suggested truly adds value. There are times I'd like to jump onto a whiteboard with my team, prompt AI to: "create a structure on this whiteboard to plan an algorithm for XYZ." The AI would generate predefined frames for sticky notes, categorizing areas of XYZ, and draw lines to create columns where we could organize ideas after brainstorming.
I want the AI to act as a facilitation partner beyond static diagramming, helping us structure our thoughts and guide the process. The goal isn’t for the AI to “solve” XYZ for us, but to make it easier to translate our ideas into a structured whiteboard format. That said, I’ll admit this idea might be "way out of scope" aha!
> Love it! Like a visual auto-complete.
Yup, just like Intellisense.
Alex Omeyer (ClickUp)
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Alex Omeyer (ClickUp)
Here's a demo Clip of a very early version that's still rough around the edges in which I go over some of the things I'd love your feedback on: https://share.clickup-qa.com/clip/p/t9704009316/e271a237-a7d7-4b89-b14c-7da434a2fe5b/e271a237-a7d7-4b89-b14c-7da434a2fe5b.webm?filename=screen-recording-2025-12-16-16%3A43.webm?filename=screen-recording-2025-12-16-16%3A43.webm
And if you have literally 1min30s to spare, I'd love it if you could please fill out this 5 question survey to share your top use cases and thoughts on AI in Whiteboards: https://click-up.typeform.com/to/JXLNf10E?typeform-source=app.clickup.com
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Aaron Brown
Alex Omeyer (ClickUp)This is great! One thing it's missing is a slightly more polished look. What may work even better for prompts is some color and charm, along with allowing users to choose a template for a guide. Perhaps even choosing a template first, then having it build the structures and color based on a tag/string. For example the WORK PLAN template or EISENHOWER MATRIX are awesome templates I want to use. If I could choose that template, then choose which items/spaces to map with them with info then in theory it would combine the best of both worlds with a structure look, auto importing, and beautiful looking material quickly and repeatedly. I've always wanted an Eisenhow matrix that's fast to use digitally.
Henri B
agreed, brain should be able to use whiteboard as a generation tool. Not interested in mind maps particularly but in diagraming