Use MindNode together with Apple Shortcuts to create powerful automation shortcuts that combine MindNode with other apps. You can create shortcuts that work with documents, nodes and tags. Learn more about our supported Shortcuts.
To help you get started we created a wide selection of sample shortcuts you can directly download.
Simple, everyday automations to open, create, rename, or preview documents fast.
Presents a list of your documents sorted by last modified date, then opens the chosen item in MindNode.
Finds the most-recently modified document in MindNode and opens it immediately.
Immediately creates a new document with no title and opens it in MindNode.
Starts dictation, stops listening after a pause, and then uses the dictated text to create a new document in MindNode.
Prompts you to give a name for a document, then creates it and opens it in MindNode.
Given a list of text, this iterates through your titles and creates a new document for each; opens each document as it’s created.
Finds the most-recently modified document, exports it as a PDF, and previews it for you.
Presents a list of recently-modified documents to choose from, asks you to give it a new name, then renames the document in MindNode.
Multi-step workflows that combine MindNode with other apps (imports, backups, smarter exports, cleanups).
Finds all your documents with the default “Mind Map” naming, asks you to choose from the list (with all items selected by default), then repeats through the list one-by-one, showing an exported PDF as a preview and then asking you to rename each document.
Asks you to select an image from Photos, extracts the text using Apple’s AI features, generates a bulleted list of the items, then asks you to name the new document before creating it in MindNode.
Asks you to pick from a list of recently-modified documents, then presents pre-defined paths for exporting based on the media type. For example, PNGs are saved to Photos while PDFs are optimized, marked up, and then saved to Files. Plus, an extra JPG option.
Finds the last-modified document, exports it as Markdown, then asks where you want to share it; options include Bear, Craft, and Ulysses.
Presents a list of documents sorted by oldest first, then opens your choice in MindNode.
Finds your oldest documents with the default “Mind Map” title, asks you to pick which ones to preview, then shows you all of them in a row before presenting them again, and then finally deleting the ones you’ve double confirmed.
Extracts the contents of your MindNode Classic folder in iCloud Drive, asks you to pick a file, and imports it into MindNode.
Finds all your MindNode documents, exports them in the MindNode format, then creates an archive and asks you where to save it in Files.
Power-user shortcuts that transform or generate content like bulk styling, task updates, building maps from feeds/folders, etc.
For a given document, gets all the nodes at level 1, splits them by new lines, and copies them to your clipboard.
Using a preset list of MindNode’s colors & HEX codes as well as shapes, lets you restyle all the nodes of a document in one pass.
Takes a given input, uses the first line as the document title and main node, and the rest as first-level nodes.
For a given document, filters nodes that don’t have open tasks and presents them – then, iterates through marking each as an open task.
Asks you to select a document, then filters the nodes and presents the open tasks – then, it takes your selection and marks the tasks as completed.
Gets the URL from the Share Sheet or what’s on-screen, then adds the website title and link as a child node in the current/a new document.
Takes a given webpage from the Share sheet or when open on the Mac, saves the site name, and creates a document with the last 25 available RSS items as nodes with open tasks.
For a given folder, creates a document and iterates through the folder contents, creating new nodes and child nodes for each subsequent folder (if present). Works as a Quick Action in Finder and the Services Menu. Note: this shortcut requests multiple permissions depending on the depth of the folder – grant Shortcuts full access within Settings > Privacy & Security > Full Disk Access.
Shortcuts that connect MindNode with other tools and services (e.g., AI, task managers, writing apps).
For a given prompt, asks ChatGPT to create a mind map – the shortcut saves the prompt, generates a Markdown file, and imports it into MindNode.
For a given document, gets the nodes with open tasks, formats them along with the document title for TaskPaper, and adds it to OmniFocus before opening your Projects perspective.
Asks you to select a group of sheets from Ulysses and creates a new mind map with each node representing a title and link back to each sheet.
Asks you to select from your documents, then iterates through each getting the document ID and appending it to a MindNode link, before adding the links and document titles as a new note in Bear.
Updates an ongoing document of your current Things projects, adding each Area and its contained projects as nodes with URLs back to the item as links.
Scrapes the page of Apple Developer videos to present the Topics, then sessions for that topic – then, takes your choices and creates a new mind map with each topic and session as separate node trees.
Retrieves the list of folders in Shortcuts—using a shell script on macOS and a slower loop on iOS—and uses the information to create a new mind map, which you can then reorder to your desire.
Asks you to select a mind map containing an ordered list of your Shortcuts folders, exports the contents, and runs an AppleScript that iterates through, moving each to the top one-by-one until it matches your sort order.
Takes a document, exports the PDF, and passes it to Sky to ask the LLM to analyze the contents, then shows the reply.
