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Thinking Workflows Page Plan

Date: 2026-May-28 Status: Draft for review

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1. Goal

Add a cross-functional docs hub for pages that teach people how to use MindLi to think better across multiple screens and features. This should not become a new top-level docs section yet. It should be a page under More, placed as the last item, and that page can lead to deeper workflow pages over time. Use: Thinking Workflows Why:
  • It is task and outcome oriented, not screen oriented.
  • It clearly fits cross-functional topics such as capture, clarify, organize, research, plan, review, write, and decide.
  • It works for both human readers and AI agents because the word Workflows signals goal-based guidance.
  • It does not conflict with existing Quick Tip and Smart Tip callout naming.
Avoid:
  • Workflows alone, because it is too generic.
  • Smart Tips, because that is already an in-page callout pattern.
  • A product-object name such as Spark, Box, or Home, because this content should cross product areas.
Place it under More as the last item. Expected page path: more/thinking-workflows.mdx Expected docs URL: /more/thinking-workflows Suggested nav shape: 
More
- General
- Add Sparks
- Settings
- Stats
- Advanced
- Thinking Workflows

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4. Page Purpose

The page should act as a hub, not a long reference page. It should explain:
  • Use Work with MindLi pages when the reader needs screen-by-screen help.
  • Use Thinking Workflows when the reader has a real thinking task and needs to move across screens.
  • Use linked workflow pages for deeper step-by-step guidance.

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5. Suggested Hub Intro

Draft intro: 
Use these guides when you want to use MindLi across screens to think through real work, not just learn one button or one page.

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6. Initial Workflow Topics

Start with a small set of workflow links. Each linked page can be added later. 
Capture Ideas
Clarify a Spark
Organize with Boxes
Build a Research Trail
Plan a Project
Review and Refine Ideas
Prepare to Write
Make a Decision

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7. AI Agent Guidance

This page should be useful as an AI retrieval hub. Recommended rule: 
If the user asks how to accomplish a thinking task, start from Thinking Workflows.
If the user asks where a button or control is, start from Work with MindLi.
This keeps the documentation split clean: 
Thinking Workflows = goal-based guides
Work with MindLi  = screen and control reference
Quick/Smart Tips  = local in-page advice

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8. Implementation Plan

  1. Add more/thinking-workflows.mdx.
  2. Add it as the last item in the More group in docs.json.
  3. Keep the first version as a hub page with short link cards or concise sections.
  4. Add deeper pages only after the hub wording feels right.
  5. Reuse existing docs conventions for callouts:
    • Note for neutral guidance.
    • Check for helpful success-oriented tips.
    • Avoid Warning in MindLi-authored docs content.

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9. Open Questions

  1. Should the first version link to placeholder pages, or only list topics until each page exists?
  2. Should the hub title be exactly Thinking Workflows, or should the visible nav label be shorter?
  3. Should the first deeper workflow be Capture Ideas or Clarify a Spark?