Xmind Skill & CLI

Give your AI agent Xmind’s mapping know-how. Turn documents, webpages, code, and images into editable local mind maps, then keep refining them with your agent.

Mind map maker

How to use Xmind Skill & CLI in 3 simple steps?

Install and sign in

Ask your agent to install Xmind CLI and its bundled skill, then sign in to your Xmind account.

Step 1

Mind map starting from a central idea with branches expanding outward

Install and sign in

Ask your agent to install Xmind CLI and its bundled skill, then sign in to your Xmind account.

Step 1

Share your sources and goal

Give your agent source material and describe what you want to explore, explain, or plan.

Step 2

Online mind map maker showing structured branches as ideas expand

Share your sources and goal

Give your agent source material and describe what you want to explore, explain, or plan.

Step 2

Open your mind map

Your agent creates and validates a local .xmind file. Open it in Xmind to review, refine, and share.

Step 3

Sharing and exporting a completed mind map using an online tool

Open your mind map

Your agent creates and validates a local .xmind file. Open it in Xmind to review, refine, and share.

Step 3

Install & connect

Tell your agent to install Xmind Skill & CLI and connect it to your Xmind account.

Install Xmind CLI and its bundled skill from github.com/xmindltd/xmind-cli. Guide me through signing in to my Xmind account, then verify that the setup is ready.

Create local maps from many sources

Xmind Skill helps your agent organize ideas and choose how to present them. Xmind CLI creates, edits, and validates the local .xmind file.

AI-powered suggestions helping generate and expand ideas in a mind map

Research map

Clean and intuitive interface designed for creating mind maps online

System map

What you can do with Xmind Skill & CLI

Generate

Turn your source material into structured, editable .xmind files with your agent.

Read

Explore the content and structure of existing .xmind files before making changes.

Free online mind map maker offering essential tools to get started quickly

Edit

Update topics, reorganize branches, and adjust styles, labels, and markers.

Mind map maker supporting multiple layouts and visual styles

Add images and links

Enrich your maps with images, webpage links, and links to local files.

Sharing and exporting mind maps using an online mind map tool

Validate files

Check generated or edited .xmind files for structural issues before opening or sharing them.

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Product operations manager describing how an online mind map maker supports team planning

Oliver Grant

Product Operations Manager

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Planning sessions often start with scattered notes and half-formed ideas. Using an online mind map maker helps me bring everything into one visual structure, starting from a central topic and expanding into tasks, dependencies, and open questions. Being able to rearrange ideas as discussions evolve makes it much easier to keep the team aligned.

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Digital marketing manager explaining how a mind map maker helps organize campaign ideas

Élodie Martin

Digital Marketing Manager

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Avant le lancement d’une campagne, j’utilise un mind map maker en ligne pour structurer mes idées. Organiser visuellement les messages et les priorités m’aide à clarifier la stratégie avant de passer à des documents plus détaillés.

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Business consultant sharing how visual mind maps support complex client problem solving

Marco Rossi

Business Consultant

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When working with clients on complex problems, outlining ideas in linear documents quickly becomes limiting. Mapping assumptions, constraints, and options as a visual mind map helps surface connections that would otherwise be missed. It provides a clear structure for discussion without oversimplifying the problem or locking ideas too early.

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Content lead describing how an online mind map tool supports content planning and structure

Emily Watson

Content Lead

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Turning ideas into a solid content structure is much easier when everything is visible at once. This online mind map tool lets me explore sections, rearrange topics, and refine the flow before writing. It helps reduce revisions later in the process.

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University professor explaining how online mind maps help students understand complex topics

Andrés López

University Professor

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Al preparar mis clases, organizar los contenidos de forma visual marca una diferencia real. Utilizar una herramienta de mapas mentales en línea me permite mostrar cómo se relacionan los conceptos entre sí, lo que ayuda a los estudiantes a seguir la lógica de un tema con mayor claridad y a mantenerse más involucrados durante las clases.

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High school science teacher describing how mind maps help explain complex concepts visually

Katarzyna Nowak

High School Science Teacher

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Explaining complex topics becomes easier when ideas are structured visually. Creating mind maps online helps me break down concepts step by step and adjust explanations based on how students respond. It’s especially helpful when introducing new or abstract material.

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