Node types (Documents, Tables, Q&A, Data Views)

The four node types

• Documents - hold written content: goals, specs, notes, and long-form thinking.
• Tables - hold structured data in rows and columns for anything you want to track.
• Q&A - pair open questions with their answers so decisions are captured in place.
• Data Views - present a view onto your project data on the canvas.

Choosing the right node

Each node type is shaped for a different kind of information, so the right choice is usually obvious once you name what you are capturing. Prose and reasoning belong in a Document. Anything with repeating structure - tasks, features, contacts - belongs in a Table. An open question and its eventual answer belong in a Q&A node. And when you want to look at project data rather than write it, a Data View is the surface for that.

• Reach for a Document when the content is written and free-form.
• Reach for a Table when the content has repeating rows and columns.
• Reach for a Q&A node when a decision is still open.
• Reach for a Data View when you want to see your data on the canvas.

Mixing node types on one canvas

Real projects need more than one shape of information. You might keep the project goal in a Document, track tasks in a Table, log open decisions in Q&A nodes, and surface the numbers in a Data View - all on the same canvas, connected where they relate. The mix is the strength: no single format has to carry work it was never suited to.

Nodes and AI chat threads

Nodes hold the project; AI chat threads help you reason about it. Because the threads carry persistent memory of the work, you can think through a problem in a thread and capture the resolution back on the canvas as a Document or a Q&A node. See AI chat threads for how that memory works.