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Turn any AI assistant into a visual brainstorming powerhouse. Create contextual flowcharts, mind maps, knowledge graphs, architecture diagrams, and more visualization types directly from Claude, Cursor, or VS Code Copilot without leaving your workflow or spending MockFlow AI credits.

The IdeaBoard MCP Server opens up MockFlow's full visual brainstorming toolkit to the AI assistants you already use every day. Instead of  switching to MockFlow to create a diagram, you can now ask Claude, Cursor, or VS Code Copilot to generate flowcharts, mind maps, storyboards, Gantt charts, architecture diagrams, customer journey maps, and more , all rendered as fully editable IdeaBoard projects.                                                                

MCP (Model Context Protocol) is an open standard created by Anthropic Inc; that lets AI assistants connect directly to external tools. Think of it as a universal plug that lets your AI talk to MockFlow. With the IdeaBoard MCP Server, your AI assistant gains specialized tools that go far beyond what text-based brainstorming can offer.

Why MCP Matters for Visual Brainstorming       

MockFlow already has Mida AI, our built-in AI assistant that lives inside IdeaBoard. Mida generates, modifies, and transforms content directly on your canvas with full context of your project. It is the complete AI experience when you are working inside MockFlow, and it uses your plan's AI credits.                                                               

But the MCP Server solves a different problem. Many users brainstorm where they already are — in a terminal analyzing code, in an IDE reviewing  architecture, in a Claude chat discussing strategy, or working with local documents and datasets. The MCP Server brings MockFlow's

 powerful brainstorming components to those environments.                                                   

 The key advantages of using IdeaBoard via MCP:                                                 

Contextual brainstorming — Your AI can read local files, codebases, spreadsheets, meeting transcripts, PRDs, and datasets on your machine,  then visualize the insights directly. You never need to copy-paste or upload content to MockFlow.

Use your own AI credits — MCP uses your AI tool's credits (Claude, Cursor, Copilot), not your MockFlow plan's AI credits. This is especially  valuable for teams that want unlimited visual brainstorming without consuming their MockFlow allocation.   

No context switching — Stay in your terminal, IDE, or AI chat. The visualization appears as a shareable URL or renders directly on your open  IdeaBoard canvas (Desktop App).                                                        

Full editability — Every generated visualization is a real IdeaBoard component. Open it to edit, collaborate with your team, present, or export.

In short: Mida AI is the full experience inside MockFlow. MCP brings MockFlow's visualization tools with powerful contextual engine to wherever your AI already is.  

What does it provide?

While the component set in MockFlow IdeaBoard is growing fast, currently it offers generations in these broad categories.

Flowcharts and Diagrams

render_flowchart — Create flowcharts across 11 distinct diagram categories: default, sketchy hand-drawn, 3D isometric, bio/medical, circuit, piping and instrumentation (P&ID), UML, sketchy UML, cloud isometric, web layout, and mobile layout. Supports decision nodes, process steps, start/end terminators, and conditional branching.                                               

render_swimlane — Cross-functional process flows with horizontal swim lanes for different actors, roles, or departments. Ideal for mapping  business processes that span multiple teams.

 render_database — Entity-relationship diagrams with tables, columns, primary key and foreign key marking, and relationship arrows between tables. Describe your data model and get a proper ER diagram.

Brainstorming and Ideation

render_mindmap — Hierarchical mind maps with balanced left-right branching, multi-level nesting, and emoji support. Perfect for breaking down complex topics, brainstorming features, or mapping knowledge areas.

render_whiteboard — Freeform brainstorming boards with sticky notes in pastel colors, sections for grouping, and text labels. Captures the feel of a physical whiteboard session.

 render_knowledgegraph — Bubble network graphs (similar to Obsidian-style knowledge graphs) with weighted nodes and directed edges with labels. Visualize relationships between concepts, dependencies, or interconnected systems.

 Planning and Project Management                                                        

 render_kanban — Project management boards with customizable columns, cards with priority levels, due dates, assignees, and color-coded labels. Columns use topic-relevant categories rather than generic statuses.

 render_gantt — Project timeline charts with phases, tasks, progress tracking (0-100%), start and end dates, dependencies between tasks, and  priority levels.

 render_calendar — Event calendars with support for timed events, all-day events, multiple event colors, and reminders.             

 render_timeline — Chronological event visualization in two modes: date-based (for real historical dates or project milestones) and label-based (for stages, phases, or abstract sequences).

 Data and Analysis

 render_chart — Eight chart types: pie, vertical bar, horizontal bar, line, area, scatter, bubble, and radar. Accepts CSV-formatted data with formula support.

 render_table — Structured data tables with headers and flexible columns. Clean tabular output from any dataset.                

 render_spreadsheet — Full spreadsheets with formula support including SUM, AVERAGE, MAX, MIN, COUNT, IF, and ROUND.

 Architecture and Infrastructure

 render_cloudarchitecture — Cloud infrastructure diagrams with native support for AWS, Azure, GCP, and Cisco service icons. Supports VPC and  subnet grouping, security group containers, and standard cloud architecture notation.

 Customer Experience and Storytelling

 render_customerjourney — Customer journey maps with stages, activities with icons, satisfaction metrics on a 0-4 emotion scale, experiences,  expectations, and pain points at each stage.

 render_storyboard — Film and video storyboards with cinematic frame descriptions, camera angles, lighting notes, sequence numbers, metadata fields, and AI-generated cover images for each frame.

 Content and Geography

 render_markdown — Rich text documents with full Markdown syntax and optional AI-generated images via a prompt field.              

 render_map — Geographic maps with location markers using GeoJSON coordinates and emoji markers.                        

 Desktop Exclusive                                                               

layout_board — After creating multiple visualizations, call this tool to automatically arrange them into a professional bento-box grid layout with a titled section wrapper. This is only available when using the MockFlow Desktop App or IdeaBoard for Mac, where the AI creates visuals directly on your open canvas.     

Four Ways to Connect

The IdeaBoard MCP Server is available in four configurations, each designed for a different workflow.

 1. Loginless Web MCP — Easiest: No Install, No Login

 Add https://app.mockflow.com/ideaboard/mcp as a connector in Claude.ai or ChatGPT. No installation, no MockFlow account, no setup. A new board is created for each visualization and you get a shareable URL.

 How to set up:

 1. Open Claude.ai → Settings → Connectors

 2. Paste: https://app.mockflow.com/ideaboard/mcp

 3. Ask Claude to create a flowchart — done.

Best for: Managers, marketers, and anyone who uses Claude.ai or ChatGPT in the browser. No technical knowledge needed.

 2. MockFlow Desktop App — Most Powerful: Direct on Canvas

 Built into the MockFlow Desktop App. Your AI creates visuals directly on your open IdeaBoard canvas in real time — no URLs, no waiting. This is the most powerful option because it includes all tools plus the exclusive layout_board tool for bento grid layouts, and it works with both cloud projects and local file-mode (.board) projects.

 How to set up:

 1. Open the MockFlow Desktop App → open an IdeaBoard project

 2. In Claude Code or Cursor, run: claude mcp add --transport http -s user mockflow-ideaboard http://localhost:21193/mcp

 3. Ask your AI to create any visualization — it appears directly on your canvas.

 Best for: Designers, product teams, and daily MockFlow users.

 3. IdeaBoard for Mac (Standalone) — Native Mac Experience

 The standalone https://apps.apple.com/in/app/mockflow-ideaboard/id6751854527?mt=12 includes the same built-in MCP server as the full Desktop App. Get a dedicated, lightweight brainstorming application with full MCP support — including layout_board and direct-on-canvas rendering.  This is ideal if you want IdeaBoard as a focused visual thinking tool that does not use MockFlow servers and is fully offline. And also one-time payment.

 Available at: localhost:21193/mcp (same as Desktop App)

 Best for: Mac users who want a lightweight, focused brainstorming app with full AI integration.

 4. CLI npm Package — For Developers: Saved to Your Account

Install from npm, authenticate via browser (OAuth), and all boards are saved to your MockFlow account.

 How to set up:

 1. npm install -g @mockflow/ideaboard-mcp

 2. mockflow-ideaboard-mcp login

 3. mockflow-ideaboard-mcp

Best for: Developers using Claude Code, Cursor, or VS Code Copilot who want boards saved to their workspace.

 Works With Your Favorite AI Tools

 The IdeaBoard MCP Server works with any MCP-compatible AI assistant:

 - Claude.ai — Add as a connector in Settings → Connectors

 - Claude Code — Add via claude mcp add command

 - Cursor — Configure as an MCP server in settings

 - VS Code Copilot — Connect via MCP configuration

 - ChatGPT — Configure as an MCP server in settings

 - OpenAI Codex — Configure as an MCP server in settings

AI Recipes — Now Downloadable as Agent Skills

One of the most powerful aspects of the IdeaBoard MCP Server is the AI Skills system. IdeaBoard's AI Recipes — the same pre-configured AI workflow templates available inside IdeaBoard's Recipe Library — can now be exported and downloaded as Agent Skills for Claude Code and other AI assistants.

What are AI Recipes?

AI Recipes are curated, ready-to-use AI gen templates inside IdeaBoard. Each recipe is a fully configured AI Prompt Box that includes a title, system instructions, output type, placeholder guidance, model preferences, and an icon. Previously, these lived only inside IdeaBoard.

Now, any recipe can be exported as a skill file that your AI assistant understands natively.

 How Skills Work

 Each skill is a lightweight configuration file (SKILL.md) that teaches your AI assistant how to use a specific IdeaBoard MCP tool for a specific task. Install a skill once, and it triggers automatically when your AI detects a matching intent. You can also invoke skills directly.

For example, with the Decision Flowchart skill installed, simply asking Claude Code "Should I use React or Vue for this project?" automatically triggers the skill, which calls render_flowchart to create a structured yes/no decision tree — no manual tool selection needed.

Browse and Download from https://mockflow.com/skills

Create Your Own Skills

You can also create custom skills inside IdeaBoard using the AI Prompt Box component. Configure a Prompt Box with your specific instructions, output type, and system prompt, then export it as a Claude Code skill. This means your team's custom brainstorming workflows — tailored to your industry, brand, or process — become reusable AI skills that any team member can install and use from their terminal or IDE.

Use Cases — IdeaBoard MCP for Every Team

 Product Management

 - Scan a PRD document on your machine and generate a sprint kanban board with prioritized tasks, assignees, and due dates

 - Convert meeting transcripts into structured mind maps of decisions, action items, and open questions

 - Create roadmap Gantt charts from project plans and track dependencies across workstreams

 - Map customer onboarding journeys directly from user research notes

 Software Engineering

 - Analyze your codebase and generate architecture diagrams showing how services, databases, and APIs connect

 - Create ER diagrams from database migration files or schema definitions

 - Visualize authentication flows, CI/CD pipelines, or microservice communication as flowcharts

 - Generate AWS, Azure, or GCP infrastructure diagrams from Terraform files or deployment configs

 Design and UX

 - Create customer journey maps from user interview transcripts

 - Generate storyboards for product walkthroughs, onboarding flows, or demo videos

 - Map cross-functional swimlane diagrams for design review processes

 - Build moodboards and brainstorming whiteboards from creative briefs

 Marketing and Strategy

 - Turn campaign strategy documents into content calendars with scheduled dates and categories

 - Create customer journey maps for specific personas from research data

 - Generate competitive analysis charts and comparison tables from market research

 - Build mind maps from brand strategy documents to align teams on positioning

 Film and Media

 - Generate cinematic storyboards from scripts with camera angles, shot types, and scene descriptions

 - Create shot lists as kanban boards organized by scene and priority

 - Build production schedules as Gantt charts with crew assignments and dependencies

 - Plan editorial calendars for content production pipelines

 Education and Research

 - Convert lecture notes or textbooks into structured mind maps for study guides

 - Create flowcharts for scientific processes, algorithms, or historical decision trees

 - Generate quiz content and study plans from curriculum documents

 - Build knowledge graphs from research papers showing concept relationships

 Data Teams

 - Visualize CSV files and datasets as charts, tables, or spreadsheets with calculated fields

 - Create geographic visualizations from location data

 - Generate timeline visualizations from event logs or historical data

 - Convert raw data into presentation-ready charts with eight visualization types

How IdeaBoard MCP Compares to Other Whiteboarding MCP Servers

The whiteboarding MCP space is still emerging. Most available options are either generic drawing tools or text-based diagram renderers. IdeaBoard MCP is the first purpose-built visual brainstorming MCP server with specialized tools for each visualization type.

Get Started Now

The IdeaBoard MCP Server brings MockFlow's visual brainstorming tools to wherever your AI already is. Brainstorm contextually, visualize your data contextually, and collaborate visually — all without leaving your workflow. MCP is available on free plans also but with rate limits.

For more information visit: https://mockflow.com/mcp

IdeaBoard now introduces a powerful way to convert raw ideas, documents, and conversations into fully structured visual workspaces using AI.

With a single prompt, you can generate a complete multi-component board that includes flowcharts, Kanban boards, Gantt charts, mind maps, spreadsheets, calendars, and more, all automatically organized into a clean, structured layout.

How It Works

1. Describe, Paste, or Upload

Start with any type of input inside IdeaBoard:

1. A short prompt such as planning a company trip or launching a product
2. A long document such as a meeting transcript, PRD, or strategy notes
3. An image such as handwritten notes, whiteboard captures, or screenshots

Mida AI supports large inputs and understands both structured and unstructured content.

2. AI Analysis and Planning

Mida analyzes your input and creates a structured plan for visualization:

1. Detects intent to determine whether a single component or a multi-component board is needed
2. Extracts key elements such as tasks, timelines, decisions, risks, and stakeholders
3. Optionally enriches content using real-time web data when required
4. Generates a curated plan with multiple visual components tailored to your input

3. Review and Customize

Before generating the board, you can review and refine the plan:

1. Select or deselect individual components
2. Modify the plan using natural language instructions
3. Preview AI credit usage for advanced components

This ensures full control before generation.

4. Generate the Board

With one click, IdeaBoard generates all components and arranges them into a structured layout.

Each board is automatically organized using a bento-style grid, with balanced spacing, aligned sections, and a clear visual hierarchy. The result is a ready-to-use workspace that can be shared and edited collaboratively.

23 Visual Component Types Supported

Mida can generate a wide range of visual components within a single board:

Planning and Tracking

Kanban boards, Gantt charts, timelines, calendars, to-do lists

Brainstorming and Ideation

Mind maps, whiteboards, mood boards, voting boards

Data and Analysis

Charts, spreadsheets, tables, polls

Process and Architecture

Flowcharts, swimlane diagrams, cloud architecture diagrams, customer journey maps

Content and Design

Markdown documents, storyboards, graphic layouts, AI-generated visuals

Location and Interactive

Maps with pins, spinning decision wheels

The system selects the most relevant combination based on your input.

Built for Real Workflows

This feature is designed to support practical, everyday use cases across teams:

Meeting transcripts to action plans

Convert discussions into structured boards with tasks, timelines, and ownership

PRDs to project dashboards

Transform product documents into visual execution plans with timelines and tracking

Quick ideas to structured plans

Expand simple prompts into comprehensive multi-component workspaces

Images to organized boards

Convert handwritten notes or whiteboard photos into structured visual layouts

Intelligent Layout Engine

Generated components are automatically arranged using a layout system that:

1. Organizes components into balanced rows based on size
2. Optimizes spacing to reduce empty areas
3. Maintains visual alignment for clarity
4. Avoids overlap with existing board content
5. Applies consistent styling with titles and color themes

Conversational Refinement

You can continuously refine your board using natural language:

1. Add or remove components
2. Replace one visualization with another
3. Adjust focus areas such as marketing, product, or operations

Mida updates the board plan dynamically based on your instructions.

Availability

Multi-component board generation is now available in IdeaBoard for all paid plans. Some advanced component types may use additional AI credits, which are shown during the planning stage.

The AI Prompt Box brings AI as a component directly onto your IdeaBoard canvas. Add configurable AI generators tailored to specific tasks so every collaborator can use them and track prompts in context. With the recipe library, your team can instantly drop ready-made AI workflows onto any board.

From Personal AI Tool to Shared Canvas Component

Previously, AI generation in IdeaBoard was limited to individual use. A user would enter a prompt, select an output type, and generate content independently on the board. The new AI Prompt Box transforms this into a structured, collaborative experience.

A team lead or facilitator can configure the Prompt Box once by defining the output type, adding system-level instructions, and setting a guided placeholder. Once placed on the canvas, it becomes a shared AI component that any team member can use. Every prompt generates content directly on the shared board while preserving consistent configuration. IdeaBoard also tracks each interaction, providing clear visibility into who generated what and when. This makes the AI Prompt Box ideal for team brainstorming, standardized workflows, and transparent AI-assisted collaboration.

Configure Once, Enable Consistent AI Generation Across Your Team

Each AI Prompt Box can be configured to generate a specific type of output, enabling structured and repeatable AI workflows directly on your IdeaBoard canvas. It supports a wide range of formats, including flowcharts, tables, images, audio, video, and 3D models, as well as AI-powered IdeaBoard components such as Kanban boards, Gantt charts, Swimlane diagrams, and Cloud Architecture diagrams.

The Prompt Box offers flexible configuration options to ensure consistency, clarity, and control:

1. AI Instructions — Define a system prompt of up to 2,000 characters to control how the AI responds. This allows you to enforce formatting standards, define output structure, and guide the AI toward specific goals or criteria.
2. Output Type — Restrict the generator to a specific format so every output remains consistent and aligned with the intended workflow.
3. Placeholder Text — Provide contextual guidance to help team members understand what to enter for best results.
4. Model Selection — Allow users to choose their preferred AI model or lock the Prompt Box to a specific model for standardized output across text, image, audio, video, and 3D generation.
5. Title Icon — Assign a distinct icon to each Prompt Box to improve visual identification and organization on the canvas.

This configuration ensures that teams can create reliable, reusable AI generators tailored to specific use cases while maintaining consistency across collaborative sessions.

Recipe Library : Launch Pre-Configured AI Workflows in One Click

Alongside the AI Prompt Box, IdeaBoard introduces the Recipe Library — a curated and continuously expanding collection of ready-to-use AI workflow templates. Each recipe includes a complete Prompt Box configuration, including the title, system instructions, output type, placeholder guidance, model preferences, and icon. Simply browse the library, click Add, and the AI Prompt Box is instantly placed on your canvas, fully configured and ready for use.

The library currently includes 30 professionally designed recipes across five categories:

Brainstorm

1. Devil’s Advocate — Critically evaluate ideas before committing
2. Competitor HQ Map — Visualize competitor headquarters on a map
3. Name This Thing Board — Generate and evaluate product or feature names
4. Movie Scene Storyboard — Create detailed cinematic scenes with dialogue and framing
5. Comparison Showdown — Analyze two options with a structured side-by-side comparison
6. Emoji Only Mindmap — Build visual mindmaps using emoji-based nodes

Diagrams

1. Database Schema Designer — Generate normalized database schemas from app descriptions
2. Decision Flowchart — Create structured yes/no decision trees
3. Comic Storyboard — Convert story ideas into comic-style panels
4. AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Diagram Creators — Design cloud architecture diagrams using standard services
5. Explain Simply Mindmap — Break down complex topics into beginner-friendly visuals
6. Startup Idea Mindmap — Explore startup concepts, features, and opportunities
7. Approval Workflow — Map structured approval and review processes

General

1. Predict the Outcome — Make and track predictions collaboratively
2. Trivia Quiz — Generate engaging quiz questions on any topic
3. Sprint Mood Check — Capture team sentiment after sprint cycles
4. Fortune Cookie Wheel — Generate random advice, quotes, or fun prompts
5. Job Description Generator — Create structured job listings quickly
6. Changelog Writer — Convert commits and notes into professional changelogs
7. Recipe Cost Calculator — Estimate ingredient costs for any dish
8. Icebreaker Wheel — Generate interactive icebreaker questions for meetings

Planning

1. Travel Route Planner — Plan and visualize multi-city travel routes
2. Weekly Study Plan — Create structured learning schedules
3. Content Calendar — Generate organized monthly content plans
4. Meeting Notes to Action Items — Convert notes into clear, actionable tasks
5. PRD Document Creator — Generate structured product requirements documents

Media

1. Business Stock Image Generator — Create professional business visuals
2. Sketchy Image Generator — Generate hand-drawn style illustrations

The Recipe Library continues to grow, with new recipes regularly added to support more use cases, workflows, and industries. Future updates will also include community-contributed recipes, enabling teams to share and benefit from proven AI workflows created by others.

Generation History : Full Visibility into Team AI Activity

Every prompt submitted through an AI Prompt Box is automatically logged, including the team member’s name, timestamp, output type, and the exact prompt used. A generation count badge provides a quick overview of activity, while the detailed history panel allows owners to review all generations and jump directly to the corresponding output on the canvas.

This built-in tracking brings transparency and accountability to AI-assisted workflows, transforming AI generation into a structured, auditable, and collaborative team process.

Use Cases

 Product Teams Running Design Sprints

Product teams can place multiple AI Prompt Boxes on a single board, each configured for a specific output such as moodboards, flowcharts, or PRD documents. This enables team members to generate ideas and artifacts simultaneously on the shared canvas, accelerating sprint activities without relying on a single facilitator to operate the AI.

Engineering Teams Designing System Architecture

Engineering teams can use pre-configured recipes like AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Diagram Creators to instantly generate architecture diagrams from simple descriptions. Combined with tools like the Database Schema Designer, teams can visualize infrastructure and data models in the same workspace, improving clarity during system planning.

Workshops and Brainstorming Sessions

Facilitators can prepare boards in advance by adding Prompt Boxes configured for specific exercises, such as Devil’s Advocate analysis, comparison evaluations, or creative mindmapping. Participants can immediately begin generating ideas when the session starts, ensuring productive and structured collaboration.

Marketing and Content Teams

Marketing teams can use Prompt Boxes to generate content calendars, visual assets, and campaign naming ideas in one unified space. Recipes like the Content Calendar, Business Stock Image Generator, and Name This Thing Board help teams rapidly develop and organize campaign materials directly on the canvas.

Educators and Trainers

Educators can use Prompt Boxes to simplify complex topics, generate quizzes, and create structured study plans. This allows instructors to focus on teaching and discussion while AI assists in producing supporting materials tailored to the session’s needs.

Agencies and Client Collaboration

Agencies can configure Prompt Boxes with client-specific instructions, brand tone, and formatting rules before sharing the board. Clients can then generate content that aligns with brand and project requirements, reducing revisions and accelerating feedback and approval cycles.

 What This Changes

AI generation was already a powerful capability in IdeaBoard. The AI Prompt Box transforms it into a fully collaborative workflow configured once, used by the entire team, and automatically tracked for transparency and accountability. Combined with the growing Recipe Library, teams can quickly deploy proven AI workflows and accelerate brainstorming, planning, and creation directly on the canvas.

The AI Prompt Box and Recipe Library are now available in MockFlow IdeaBoard, enabling faster, more structured, and truly collaborative AI-assisted work.

The new Storyboard component in IdeaBoard turns your online whiteboard into a powerful visual planning workspace. You can now brainstorm narratives, map scenes, organize frames, and structure entire productions without switching tools. Whether you are planning a film, designing a product journey, or pitching a campaign concept, everything happens directly on your board.

Storyboarding Without the Workarounds

If you have ever tried creating a storyboard in a traditional whiteboard tool, you know how frustrating it can be. Teams often drag rectangles into rows, manually align sticky notes, number frames one by one, and hope nothing shifts out of place. The result may look like a storyboard, but it behaves like disconnected shapes without structure, metadata, or export capabilities.

The Storyboard component eliminates that workaround. Instead of building from loose objects, you now work inside a structured storyboard system designed specifically for visual narratives. Frames belong to scenes. Metadata is built in. Media is organized properly. Exports are production ready.

This is not a workaround. It is a purpose-built storyboarding experience inside your whiteboard.

Why Storyboarding Belongs on a Whiteboard

Most dedicated storyboarding software lives separately from your brainstorming space. You ideate in one tool, design frames in another, and track production tasks somewhere else. Every switch slows momentum and breaks creative flow.

IdeaBoard changes that completely. Your team is already using sticky notes, mind maps, flowcharts, mood boards, and freeform sketches on an infinite canvas. Now you can move from a rough idea to a structured frame-by-frame storyboard without leaving the board.

Creative thinking and production planning finally happen in one continuous workspace.

Rich Media and Structured Metadata in Every Frame

Each storyboard frame supports:

1. Cover image, video, or audio uploads directly from your media library
2. Preset metadata fields such as Duration, Dialogue Text, Camera or Shot Type, Location, Action Notes, and SFX Audio
3. Fourteen built-in shot types including Wide Shot, Close-Up, POV, Tracking, and more
4. Custom metadata fields tailored to your production workflow

This structured approach ensures your storyboard behaves like a production document, not just a visual layout.

Generate and Refine Storyboards with Mida AI

The Storyboard component becomes even more powerful with Mida, IdeaBoard’s AI co-pilot.

With Mida, you can:

1. Generate a complete storyboard from a single prompt by simply describing your story
2. Modify and expand an existing storyboard with follow-up instructions
3. Generate AI images for frames, characters, and scenes based on descriptions
4. Convert your storyboard into other IdeaBoard components such as Kanban, Gantt, or Calendar to transition from creative planning to execution

The AI prompt bar includes options like Gen Images and Brand Guide integration, giving you full control over whether visuals are generated and how they align with your defined style.

Maintain Visual Consistency with Brand Guide

The built-in Brand Guide ensures every storyboard maintains a consistent visual identity. You can define:

1. Art style such as Sketch, Realistic, Anime, Comic, Minimalist, or Watercolor
2. Color palette preferences
3. Style notes and visual references
4. Do and do not guidelines for creative direction

These settings feed directly into Mida’s AI image generation, so your visuals stay aligned with your project’s tone and aesthetic.

Import Scripts from Industry Standard Tools

If you already have a screenplay or script, importing it is simple. The Storyboard component supports:

1. Fountain files
2. Final Draft XML
3. Celtx project files
4. Plain text scripts

The parser automatically detects the format and converts scenes, dialogue, and action lines into storyboard frames. You can choose to replace your existing storyboard or merge imported scenes into your current board.

Export and Share with Production Teams

When your storyboard is complete, export options include:

1. CSV
2. JSON
3. PDF
4. Image ZIP

This makes it easy to hand off to production teams, share with stakeholders, or archive for future reference.

Built for Team Collaboration and Brainstorming

Every feature is designed for teamwork:

1. Per-frame comments with user attribution
2. Collaborator awareness so you always know who is contributing
3. Read-only mode for reviewers
4. Full undo and redo support
5. Search functionality to filter frames, characters, and scenes
6. Light and dark themes
7. Focus Mode for distraction-free editing

This makes IdeaBoard one of the most collaborative online storyboard tools available today.

Who Is This For

1. Film and video production teams can plan shots, manage characters, and map scenes before filming begins.
2. Animation and motion design teams can sequence frames, define camera angles, and attach reference media.
3. UX and product teams can map user journeys visually, with each frame representing a touchpoint and metadata capturing interaction details.
4. Marketing and advertising teams can pitch campaign concepts visually and use AI to generate rapid storyboard drafts for clients.
5. Game development teams can design cutscenes, define narrative beats, and generate AI-assisted concept art.
6. Education and training teams can script instructional videos, import lesson scripts, and attach audio narration to each frame.

How to Get Started

1. Open any IdeaBoard project.
2. Go to the Components panel and search for Storyboard.
3. Drag the Storyboard component onto your board.
4. Add frames manually or use the AI button to generate a storyboard from a prompt.
5. Organize scenes, define characters, and customize your Brand Guide.
6. Collaborate with your team and export when ready.

The Storyboard component brings structured visual storytelling directly into your online whiteboard. From early brainstorming to production-ready exports, everything happens in one connected workspace.

Your story starts here.

IdeaBoard now runs natively inside Google Meet, turning your video calls into live brainstorming sessions where everyone can think visually together,  on the same canvas, without ever leaving the meeting.

Brainstorm Visually During Google Meet Calls

By combining IdeaBoard’s versatile whiteboard components with seamless Google Meet integration, you can turn everyday meetings into highly productive visual collaboration sessions. Use IdeaBoard to brainstorm and document cloud architectures, flow diagrams, storyboards, design moodboards, mind maps, customer journeys, and more all directly within your meeting.

The IdeaBoard is automatically shared with all participants and supports Google Sign-In for instant access. With real-time multi-user editing, everyone in the meeting can contribute simultaneously to the same whiteboard.

Practical Use Cases

Imagine your next sprint planning meeting. Instead of reading tickets aloud, your team opens a Kanban board in IdeaBoard and drags priorities around in real time. Or your engineering lead sketches an AWS cloud architecture diagram on the canvas while walking the team through a migration plan, allowing everyone to annotate, question, and refine it instantly.

Running a product discovery session? Drop a customer journey map onto the board and let the team add pain points using sticky notes as the discussion unfolds. Need to break down a complex feature? Start a mind map and watch it grow organically as teammates branch out ideas together.

These aren’t activities you do after the meeting. They happen during the meeting , because IdeaBoard lives right inside Google Meet, not in another tab or screen share.

AI-Powered Brainstorming with Mida

Bring AI into your meetings with Mida, your built-in brainstorming co-pilot. Ask Mida to visualize your ideas instantly generate diagrams, structures, and layouts directly on the board as your discussion evolves.

How It Works: Getting Started

1. Install the app from the Google Workspace Marketplace:
2. https://workspace.google.com/marketplace/app/mockflow_ideaboard/162227401569
3. Open any Google Meet session.
4. Click the Activities panel (puzzle icon) and select MockFlow IdeaBoard.
5. Sign in with your Google or MockFlow account.
6. Choose an existing board or create a new one.
7. The board opens on the main stage everyone can now brainstorm together in real time.

Availability

MockFlow IdeaBoard for Google Meet is available on all plans, including the free Basic plan. Business plan users get unlimited boards and higher collaborator limits for larger teams.

When whiteboard is digital, why restrict brainstorming to just sticky notes and images. There are many industries out there that use 3D designs. IdeaBoard now makes it easy to create, brainstorm with 3D objects (with AI) helping in ideation of games, interior designs, film , 3d print and more...

Whether you’re shaping early game concepts, visualizing product designs, or experimenting with film props and environments, IdeaBoard now gives your ideas real depth.

A New Dimension to Brainstorming

Brainstorming with 3D models adds an entirely new layer to visual thinking. You can now combine interactive 3D objects with everything you already use in IdeaBoard: sections, drawings, diagrams, notes, comments, reactions, images, and checklists.

This opens up powerful new use cases. You can build flow diagrams using 3D objects to explain iterations or transformations, create mood boards enriched with 3D assets for design inspiration, or plan projects visually by grouping 3D objects within sections and tracking progress through checklists. Teams can collaborate more clearly, align faster, and move from abstract ideas to tangible concepts right at the ideation stage.

Advanced 3D Viewer Built for Whiteboarding

Unlike generic 3D viewers, IdeaBoard’s 3D viewer is built from the ground up specifically for whiteboarding and collaborative ideation. It’s fast, lightweight, and focused on the interactions that matter most during brainstorming.

You can auto-rotate a model for continuous viewing or switch to a fixed view that allows manual rotation, panning, and zooming. A wireframe mode is available for clearer inspection of structure and form, especially useful during early concept reviews. For focused exploration, models can be viewed instantly in full screen using the F key while interacting with them.

Create 3D Objects with AI

IdeaBoard doesn’t just let you import 3D models, it also helps you create them from scratch using AI. You can upload any 3D model in the popular GLB format, or skip imports altogether and start ideating directly in 3D.

There are two AI-powered creation options. You can generate a 3D object from a text prompt—something as simple as "Make a Christmas tree" and see a model appear instantly. Alternatively, you can convert an existing image into a 3D object (as long as the image meets basic quality requirements for good results).

These features use your existing IdeaBoard AI credits, which can be topped up anytime, making it easy to experiment freely during brainstorming sessions.

Built for 3D-Driven Ideas

With native 3D brainstorming, IdeaBoard is now ideal for planning games, interior layouts, film concepts, manufacturing ideas, product prototypes, and any creative workflow that benefits from thinking in three dimensions. You can quickly explore early, imperfect ideas in 3D, refine them collaboratively, and evolve them visually without leaving your whiteboard.

In addition to native models, IdeaBoard also supports embedded viewers from platforms like Sketchfab, giving you even more flexibility to work with existing 3D content.

This update brings depth, clarity, and speed to visual ideation helping teams move from imagination to form, faster than ever.

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The new IdeaBoard ChatGPT app transforms ChatGPT from a text-only conversational assistant into a fully visual brainstorming companion. Instantly create mind maps, flowcharts, architecture diagrams, customer journey maps, spreadsheets, documents, and more directly inside your existing ChatGPT interface. No MockFlow account, no AI credit limits, and no setup required.

Getting Started

You likely need just one step:

1. Open ChatGPT.
2. Click Explore GPTs on the left sidebar.
3. Search for "MockFlow IdeaBoard".
4. Start chatting - no MockFlow login required, and no generation limits from our side.

Within seconds, ChatGPT will be able to output visuals instead of plain text.

How It Works

Once installed, the IdeaBoard action becomes available on all official ChatGPT apps in web, iOS, and Android.

1. IdeaBoard provides a list of sample topics to try.
2. You can also simply ask: “What can you do?” for a full capability overview.
3. When you request something like: “Draw a flowchart for the payment process”,
4. the IdeaBoard Visual API instantly generates the diagram and returns it to ChatGPT in a consistent, high-quality visual format.

This happens seamlessly in a few seconds everything stays inside your ChatGPT window.

Why Not Just ChatGPT?

ChatGPT is exceptional at generating text, summaries, code, and even images.

But for structured visuals like flowcharts, mind maps, architecture diagrams, and brainstorming boards, native output formats are limited.

IdeaBoard fills this gap by offering:

1. High-precision, purpose-built diagram rendering
2. Consistent formatting across all visual types
3. Editable and export-friendly outputs

You can compare the difference yourself by asking ChatGPT the same request with and without the IdeaBoard app installed.

Can I Edit the Visuals?

Absolutely.

Every visual: flowcharts, user journeys, maps, brainstorm boards, flowcharts, cloud architecture diagrams and whatever supported is provided in two forms:

1. A static image returned inside ChatGPT
2. An editable, login-free demo project in IdeaBoard

Just click the “Edit” link to modify, refine, or export the visual.

No account is needed unless you want to save the board permanently to your MockFlow workspace.

Note: Login-less demo projects remain active for 24 hours and are deleted automatically afterward.

How ChatGPT Enhances Brainstorming in IdeaBoard

Beyond visualization, ChatGPT’s built-in capabilities supercharge your brainstorming workflow:

Voice-Driven Diagram Creation

Use ChatGPT’s voice mode to create visuals hands-free:

“Create a customer journey map for a food delivery app.”

Memory-Powered Iterations

ChatGPT remembers your conversation, so refining diagrams is effortless:

“Convert this bar chart into a table.”

“Expand the flowchart to include a manual review step.”

Brainstorm Using Your Files

Upload PDFs, study notes, PRDs, or documents and instantly convert them into structured IdeaBoard visuals like mind maps or workflows.

Mobile-Native Visualization

Use IdeaBoard seamlessly in ChatGPT for iOS or Android perfect for brainstorming on the go.

Pricing — Will I Be Charged?

No.

The ChatGPT app for IdeaBoard is 100% free to use.

1. No generation limits
2. No AI credits consumed by IdeaBoard
3. No signup required
4. Optional MockFlow login only if you want collaboration or advanced features

If you love the experience, we simply ask that you share the IdeaBoard ChatGPT app with your friends, colleagues, and teams.

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👉 https://chatgpt.com/g/g-69359f625c208191bb28a24be729cd79-mockflow-ideaboard

About IdeaBoard

MockFlow IdeaBoard is a next-generation AI-powered whiteboard tool designed for visual thinkers. If you're coming from legacy brainstorming tools like Miro or Mural, IdeaBoard offers a faster, cleaner, and AI-first approach to mind mapping, flowcharting, and collaborative ideation.

The latest IdeaBoard update brings powerful new AI driven transformations that let you reshape your ideas across formats with ease. Whether you want to turn a simple todo list into a structured mindmap, convert a data table into a document, or refine an existing component using a prompt- IdeaBoard AI now adapts to the way you think and work.

IdeaBoard has always offered a wide range of components for brainstorming, from basic stickies and documents to advanced diagrams like architecture maps and customer journeys. With AI, many of these can be generated or enriched instantly, for example, creating a mindmap for a social media plan or generating an AWS architecture diagram for a Netflix-like service. AI is not a requirement in IdeaBoard, but a creative accelerator that helps you ideate faster and get unblocked quickly.

Today’s release takes this one step further. You can now seamlessly reshape your concepts, update visual content, and transform ideas across formats all in a single click. Below is a look at what's new and how it elevates your brainstorming workflow.

Modify with AI

Use Modify with AI to enhance, refine, or clean up existing components without rebuilding them manually. Select any supported component — such as Maps, Documents, Tables, Lists, Stickies and open the Modify with AI option in the quick toolbar.

Enter a prompt describing what you want to change. Examples include:

1. “Summarize this document.”
2. “Add more locations to this map.”
3. “Remove duplicate rows from this spreadsheet.”

IdeaBoard AI intelligently updates the selected component while preserving its structure.

Convert with AI

This feature unlocks an entirely new way to think visually. Convert with AI allows you to re-express the same idea in a different format offering fresh perspectives and new creative directions without starting from scratch.

Choose from a variety of supported output formats, including:

1. Flowcharts
2. Architecture diagrams
3. Brainstorm clusters
4. Moodboards
5. Mindmaps
6. Documents

For example, turn a long document into a flowchart, convert a table into a chart, or reshape a brainstorm group into a detailed technical model. It’s an effortless way to explore ideas through multiple lenses.

When converting between formats, you can also add an optional prompt to guide the AI and shape the output in a specific way. Once the new format is generated, IdeaBoard automatically draws a connection line from the original component to the transformed one, clearly indicating the relationship between the source and its new visualization.

Use case scenarios:

1. As in the hero example, a PRD document for a new CRM app can be instantly reshaped into a mindmap, an architecture diagram, or a customer journey — all in a click.
2. Restructure any document with simple prompts, whether you need a translation, a summary, or a complete transformation.
3. Convert a checklist into a clear process-oriented flowchart for easier execution and review.
4. Turn a spreadsheet containing geo-tagged data into an interactive location-based map visualization.

IdeaBoard now introduces interactive navigation between components, letting you craft dynamic, non-linear presentations with smooth zoom and scroll transitions. Engage your audience or team by turning any whiteboard into a clickable, guided experience perfect for storytelling, brainstorming walkthroughs, or product demos.

How to Add Interactions

To get started, right-click on any supported component such as a button, sticky note, section, text box, or frame. You’ll see two new options in the context menu:

1. Add Web Link: Create a hyperlink from your component to any external webpage or online resource.
2. Add Internal Link: Connect one component to another within your whiteboard. You can link to large components like sections, mind maps, frames, or documents for presentation-style navigation.

By combining multiple internal links, you can establish a non-linear navigation path across different parts of your whiteboard, helping viewers explore ideas fluidly rather than following a rigid slide sequence.

How to Navigate Between Components

Once interactions are set up, click on any interactive component or use the right-arrow shortcut key to follow its link. IdeaBoard will automatically zoom and scroll to the target area, fitting it perfectly to your screen.

To return, press the left-arrow key—IdeaBoard remembers your navigation history, allowing seamless back-and-forth movement between connected components. This makes exploring complex boards effortless and immersive.

Use Cases for Interactive Whiteboards

Non-Linear Presentations:

Present ideas dynamically by jumping between sections based on audience input instead of following a fixed slide order. Perfect for brainstorming sessions, workshops, and agile reviews.

Interactive Storytelling and Product Demos:

Create narrative-style walkthroughs of user journeys or design concepts. Link wireframes, mockups, or idea clusters to demonstrate flow and context.

Flowcharts and Architecture Diagrams:

Showcase complex systems or workflows with interactive navigation. Link nodes, subsystems, or related diagrams to zoom into deeper layers of your architecture or process visualization.

Interactive Knowledge Maps and Documentation:

Build connected knowledge bases or process documents where each note or component links to supporting visuals or references, helping teams explore topics intuitively.

Training and Educational Boards:

Teachers and trainers can design guided learning paths—linking lessons, exercises, and examples into a structured yet explorative format that keeps learners engaged.

Sample demo: https://app.mockflow.com/iview/crmpresent#/mode/view

Final Note

With Interactions, IdeaBoard evolves from a whiteboard into an interactive presentation and storytelling platform. Whether you’re explaining workflows, teaching concepts, or mapping ideas, you can now guide your audience through your whiteboard with clarity, motion, and intent.

Now brainstorm with locations using the new maps component in IdeaBoard. Add location markers to ideate on geo based visualization. Available in flat or as 3D globe along with AI generation of markers.

Brainstorm with Maps

Maps play a vital role in brainstorming when your ideas or strategies are tied to geography. The new Maps component in IdeaBoard makes visualizing spatial ideas easy, accurate, and fully integrated into your whiteboard workflow. Unlike traditional mapping tools, this component is built specifically for whiteboarding allowing you to drag and drop multiple maps, resize, reposition, and customize them effortlessly. Explore different perspectives, themes, and locations to bring clarity and context to your geographic brainstorming sessions.

AI+Maps = geosome

Just like other smart components in IdeaBoard, the Maps component comes with built-in AI assistance to make map creation faster and smarter. Simply click the AI button in the settings and enter a prompt to generate a map for anything from F1 race circuits to top hospitals in Spain. The AI doesn’t just place locations it also adds contextual marker icons that visually represent your topic, such as race cars or hospital symbols. You can even generate complete map components using Mida, the MockFlow Intelligent Design Assistant, for instant, AI-powered geo visualization that fits perfectly into your whiteboard brainstorming.

Perspectives and Themes

Experience maps the way you prefer either as a flat 2D view (Mercator projection) or a fully interactive 3D globe visualization. You can zoom, pan, rotate, and spin the globe effortlessly for dynamic exploration. Each perspective supports multiple visual themes currently including normal, dark, white, and gray allowing you to match your map’s appearance with your whiteboard’s overall design

Unlimited and free usage of maps component

The Maps component in IdeaBoard is available with unlimited and free access for all users, including those on the Free Basic plan. Since MockFlow hosts its own dedicated maps server, you can explore, create, and collaborate without any usage limits or third-party restrictions. While AI-powered map generation depends on your available AI credits, the Maps component itself remains fully functional without AI, ensuring everyone can brainstorm visually with no barriers.

Use cases

1. Market Planning: Visualize expansion opportunities, target cities, and regional strategies.
2. Education & Research: Create interactive geography or data maps for learning and presentations.
3. Event Mapping: Plan global events, tours, or campaigns with clear location markers.
4. Team Collaboration: Coordinate remote teams and regional activities on a shared map.
5. Travel & Exploration: Design travel itineraries or visualize destinations with 3D globe views.

Comments in MockFlow IdeaBoard just got a major upgrade. With the new Comments 2.0, board members can now share feedback and ideas more naturally through video or voice comments. Whether it’s explaining a concept visually or adding quick audio feedback, discussions on your boards are now more contextual, expressive, and human than ever before.

Express naturally

In IdeaBoard, comments are now treated as core components rather than simple add-ons. You can drag, position, or even attach them to specific sections just like any other element on your board. This makes feedback more collaborative, organized, and easy to follow within defined discussion threads.

While text comments work well for quick notes, they often fall short when it comes to expressing tone, emotion, or detailed thoughts. The latest update changes that board members can now record short video messages using their camera or share voice notes as audio comments, making communication more natural, personal, and expressive than ever before.

Press to Capture

Adding a video or voice comment in IdeaBoard is as simple as adding a text comment. Just drag and drop a video or audio comment component onto your board. If camera or microphone access isn’t already granted, you’ll be prompted to enable it. Then, hit the Record button to capture your comment whether it’s a quick video message or a voice note.

Once the recording is done, you can preview your capture before uploading. If you’re not satisfied, simply re-record, it’s that easy. The entire process works seamlessly within your browser, with no need for plugins or extensions. Designed with a minimal and intuitive interface, it requires zero learning curve.

To keep things focused, audio and video comments are limited to 2 minutes, which helps maintain viewer attention and ensures faster playback while still giving you enough time to convey your ideas clearly.

Play Seamlessly

Playing back comments is effortless. Simply click on a video or audio comment to start playback instantly and click anywhere outside to stop. There are no unnecessary controls or clutter, just a smooth and natural experience that keeps the focus on the conversation. This intuitive interaction not only feels fluid but also adds a delightful, human touch that makes feedback far more engaging than plain text comments.

Stored Secure and Private

At MockFlow, privacy comes first that also includes your voice or video. All audio and video comments are securely stored using private URLs, ensuring they are never publicly accessible. Only the board members you’ve shared the project with have permission to view or play these recordings.

To further protect your privacy, audio and video comments remain hidden in public links or shared previews of the board. This way, your conversations stay confidential, secure, and accessible only to your team.

Use Cases

Audio and video comments open up a range of new possibilities inside IdeaBoard. Beyond making annotated comments on specific elements, they can be used for board announcements, video walkthroughs, async team updates, and more. When combined with other IdeaBoard components, these rich, multimedia comments unlock creative new ways to collaborate, communicate, and share context visually.

Important: Audio and Video comments are not available in basic plan. It requires IdeaBoard or Bundle plan. However basic users can get a glimpse on how it works in their account.

MockFlow IdeaBoard is now available on the Mac App Store as a secure, file-based offline whiteboard application. Designed for privacy, it requires no internet or servers to run. With a simple one-time purchase, you get unlimited brainstorming.

Whiteboard application that runs without servers

While IdeaBoard is best known as a collaborative online platform for real-time brainstorming, we've also built an offline edition that runs locally on your Mac. This file-based version was designed with two key goals in mind:

One-time purchase

Not every user needs a team-based, subscription whiteboard. Solopreneurs, freelancers, and individuals working in non-team environments may find paying for online collaboration features unnecessary, especially if their use case is simple or doesn't require AI. For them, the offline edition of IdeaBoard offers an affordable alternative. Available on the Mac App Store at a one-time launch price of $39.90, it provides most brainstorming features without recurring fees.

Full data ownership for enterprises

Brainstorming often captures the foundation of a company's next product, process, or breakthrough idea. For many enterprises, where data privacy and compliance are critical, storing this sensitive information on third-party servers may not be acceptable. With IdeaBoard for Mac, all whiteboarding data is saved locally as files, giving organizations complete ownership and control. These files can be seamlessly integrated into existing backup routines and security policies. For team collaboration, companies can securely share .board files using network storage or enterprise-ready file-sharing services like Dropbox or Box—just as they would with other important business documents.

⚠️ Important: Feature limitations

The IdeaBoard app on the Mac App Store offers a simplified, offline-first experience compared to the full online version. While it is actively maintained and updated, certain features are currently not available in this edition:

1. Windows support – available only for Mac (Windows version coming soon)
2. AI features and Mida bot – not included in the offline version
3. Collaboration tools – no audio/video meetings, real-time team chat, or online co-editing
4. Business integrations – no direct connections with apps like Microsoft Teams, Slack, or Office
5. Component library limits – fewer shapes, icons, and advanced design components

With the advantages and limitations of the Mac App Store edition clearly outlined, you can choose the version of IdeaBoard that best fits your workflow whether you prefer the privacy and simplicity of a file-based offline app, or the full power of real-time collaboration in the online version.

Open in Mac AppStore

In IdeaBoard, your whiteboard need not be just white anymore, set vibrant wallpapers or background colors to the set tone, brand of your project whether you are designing a mindmap or in a brainstorming session, creating a diagram, IdeaBoard will now feel like your shared collaborative desktop between your team members that can be accessed anywhere.

MockFlow IdeaBoard is designed with a clean, distraction-free interface that features only a simple top bar. This minimal layout makes it the perfect canvas for wallpapers, as the unobtrusive content area allows your chosen background to shine through. By adding a wallpaper or background color to your whiteboard, you not only give it a desktop-like vibe but also create an immersive atmosphere tailored to your project’s purpose

This feature is especially useful across a wide range of use cases. Set a professional background for mind maps and strategy diagrams to keep the team focused, choose creative wallpapers for brainstorming sessions and mood boards to spark fresh ideas, or apply branded colors when designing flowcharts and project plans to maintain consistency. No matter the format, IdeaBoard backgrounds help you build an engaging, collaborative environment where ideas can grow.

Here are some use cases of using backgrounds in Ideaboard

AWS chart on top of a server rack wallpaper

Brainstorming session with a Mandala chart with background of a meeting room

How to change background ?

To change background of your IdeaBoard project, either right click on the canvas or click the project title in the top toolbar to popup the project options modal. From here you can choose between plain colors, preset wallpapers or even upload or generate your own background wallpaper.

This feature is available in all plans including free basic, so try to convert your 'Whiteboard' into your own branded or contextual board.

With the new IdeaBoard Power-Up for Trello, your team can now collaborate, brainstorm, create diagrams, and visualize ideas, without ever leaving your Trello board.

IdeaBoard is your visual canvas for seamless ideation. When brainstorming happens alongside task management, creativity flows effortlessly. With the new IdeaBoard Power-Up, Atlassian Trello users can easily sketch ideas, attach visual boards, and collaborate in real time all within Trello.

Whiteboard + Productivity = Success

Trello is a powerful productivity tool - fast, agile, and simple enough for teams of all kinds. But Trello tasks often remain text-heavy. While you can attach images to add context, it can be time-consuming, distracting, and limited in flexibility.

That changes now.

With the IdeaBoard Power-Up, you get a full-featured whiteboard experience right inside Trello. Make your tasks visual, easy to understand, and impossible to overlook.

Real Use Cases of the IdeaBoard Power-Up in Trello

“Set up AWS SES for our email architecture”

→ Draw and attach a detailed AWS cloud diagram that clearly illustrates the workflow.

“Social media marketing strategy for product launch”

→ Create (or generate with AI) a visual mind map and connect your ideas in a structured way.

“Blog article for our new feature”

→ Collaborate on multiple documents in a single IdeaBoard—draft, review, and finalize content side by side in real time.

“Status board for the all-hands meeting”

→ Build a sticky note board that feels just like your physical whiteboard, but better—organized, collaborative, and always accessible.

Whatever you want to visualize or brainstorm, the IdeaBoard Power-Up brings it to life—right inside Trello.

MockFlow IdeaBoard is completely free and included in all MockFlow plans. Add the Power-Up to Trello and start visualizing your tasks today. Install now.

Create multiple docs side-by-side, connect docs with flows, combine docs with stickies, images, todos. Move away from the traditional method of writing documents and start creating them visually with IdeaBoard.

We are excited to introduce a new document component with advanced editing features inside IdeaBoard. By combining an infinite canvas with a familiar document editor, you get a fresh approach to writing and organizing content.

Traditional document tools like Google Docs were designed with printing in mind. While they are great for that purpose, they often fall short when used for web-based writing due to their limitations.

With the new document component in IdeaBoard, you can write, arrange, and visualize your content however you like. Your mind processes information more efficiently when everything is visible on one screen, reducing mental strain and helping you think more clearly.

Doc features

Style it the way you want

Real-time editing

AI features:

Focus mode:

The document component supports IdeaBoard’s focus mode, designed to eliminate distractions while editing or reviewing. When enabled, only the document stays visible in the viewport, while all other elements are hidden. This provides a clean, isolated space for focused writing especially helpful when the canvas becomes cluttered or when zooming and panning interrupt the flow. You can also share just the document on its own using focus mode.

Example: https://app.mockflow.com/iview/MI0MLCFBssb#/mode/view/focus/D8be813c57937a67fcdee822eeba21d66

The Docs component in IdeaBoard offers a fresh, visual approach to creating and collaborating on documents. With powerful editing tools, seamless real-time collaboration, and AI-assisted writing, it redefines how documents are written and shared. Best of all, it's available for free across all MockFlow plans.

IdeaBoard: Generate custom whiteboard templates, flowcharts, cloud architecture diagrams with the new AI toolbox inside IdeaBoard editor. It also includes editable prompt library for ideas.

When we first launched IdeaBoard, our goal was to reimagine what online whiteboarding could be. Designed for the AI era, IdeaBoard combines a lightweight interface with powerful components, now enhanced by the new AI Toolbox. Together, they deliver a smarter, faster, and more intuitive whiteboarding experience for modern teams.

What is the AI Toolbox?

IdeaBoard is a whiteboard tool built to turn imagination into action. With its infinite canvas and ever-expanding library of components, it empowers you to think visually and collaboratively. Now, with the addition of the AI Toolbox, transforming your ideas into structured whiteboard layouts is easier than ever. Simply enter a prompt, and the AI will generate ready-to-use templates for brainstorming, strategy sessions, planning, diagrams, flowcharts, meetings, and more instantly.

Why Use AI When Templates Already Exist?

While our template store offers a wide range of pre-made options, the AI Toolbox goes a step further, it creates templates that don’t yet exist. Whether you need something highly specific to your business, project, or workflow, AI makes it easy. Just describe what you need, and it builds a tailored template in seconds.

Need a cloud architecture diagram for your upcoming SaaS app using AWS infrastructure? A custom Agile workflow for your product team? A MoodBoard for your new design system? A Kanban board for managing design approvals? The AI Toolbox can generate all of these and more without starting from scratch.

Prompt Library: Ready-to-Use, Fully Editable

The AI Toolbox includes a built-in Prompt Library filled with pre-written, editable prompts tailored for different use cases. Whether you're creating a brainstorming layout, a workflow diagram, or a strategic planning board, you can simply click to import a relevant prompt, customize it to your needs, and generate your whiteboard template instantly. It’s a fast, flexible way to kickstart your visual thinking without starting from a blank canvas.

Running Out of AI Credits? No Problem.

Every paid MockFlow plan includes monthly AI credits that automatically refresh. But if you need more, the AI Toolbox lets you purchase additional credits anytime. These extra credits never expire as long as your base subscription remains active, so you can use them whenever inspiration strikes, without worrying about time limits.

The Future of the AI Toolbox

This is just the beginning for both IdeaBoard and its AI Toolbox. As IdeaBoard continues to grow with new components and smarter tools, the AI capabilities will evolve too. Expect even more intelligent features, deeper customization options, and advanced templates that adapt to your unique workflows, all powered by the expanding AI Toolbox.

The MockFlow Desktop app for Mac (Apple Silicon and Intel) and Windows (x64) offers several advantages, including native OS integration, a distraction-free experience, faster loading times, and now, file mode. We’re excited to introduce file mode for IdeaBoard, expanding beyond our existing wireframe app.

What is file mode?

Similar to Microsoft Office files like .ppt or .doc, you can now save and open IdeaBoard projects as files with the .board extension. All your whiteboard data—including drawings, images, and assets—is packaged into a single file. This offers several benefits: you don’t need the cloud or a server to open or edit your project, and sharing is as simple as sending any other file. You can easily use your preferred file sharing or storage service, such as Dropbox or Google Drive. Businesses can also keep their own copies for backup and compliance, without relying on MockFlow to store their data.

Encrypted whiteboard files

File mode is designed especially for businesses, allowing you to use IdeaBoard without concerns about servers, backups, uptime, or hosting. However, since these projects are saved as files, they can be easily shared and might unintentionally fall into the wrong hands. To address this, file mode offers optional encryption for IdeaBoard files. You can secure your whiteboard files with a passkey of your choice, and MockFlow protects your .board files using industry-standard 256-bit encryption. The encryption key is stored within the file itself, so your project cannot be opened, viewed, or edited without the correct passkey. You can change the key as often as needed, and no cloud support is required for encryption or decryption..

Git-based collaboration

Git is a distributed version control system known for managing code and files in collaborative workflows. With IdeaBoard’s file mode, you can include whiteboard files directly within your existing git projects. This means architecture diagrams, logic flows, brainstorming sketches, and workflows can all be stored and versioned alongside your project data—right within your git or GitHub repositories.

Built-in version control

IdeaBoard’s .board files come with optional built-in revision control. Since whiteboard content often evolves, tracking changes and revisiting previous versions is essential. The integrated revision system lets you view, compare, and restore past versions of your whiteboard projects - all without needing any cloud support.

What’s Missing in File Mode?

While file mode offers many unique advantages, it does not include some features available in the online version of IdeaBoard, such as:

1. Video conferencing and chat
2. Comments or collaborative tools
3. Real-time editing in the cloud

These features remain exclusive to the online IdeaBoard experience.

Can I use IdeaBoard file mode ?

File mode is exclusive to IdeaBoard’s business yearly plans and is designed specifically for enterprise needs. It’s not available on all plans. For more details and pricing, please visit our pricing page.