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Add Excalidraw drawings to Markdown

Notes Plus lets you embed and edit Excalidraw diagrams directly into Markdown, and renders it in near-real-time as you type.

Architecture Diagrams

Excalidraw architecture diagrams are hand-drawn-style visuals used to show how software components, services, databases, etc. are connected.

Notes Plus in split view showing Excalidraw JSON and a rendered architecture diagram with a web client, API server, and database.

Brainwriting in Excalidraw

Brainwriting is a silent brainstorming method where participants simultaneously write or draw ideas on a shared canvas instead of discussing them aloud. Move, group, and edit ideas without flattening the board into an image.

Notes Plus in split view showing Excalidraw JSON and a brainwriting board with ideas from Alex, Sarah, and Avery.

Spider Maps

In Excalidraw, a spider map is a visual brainstorming diagram with one central topic and related ideas branching outward like spider legs. It’s useful for exploring a concept, organizing thoughts, and showing simple relationships between ideas.

Notes Plus in split view showing Excalidraw JSON and a colorful spider map for a healthy lifestyle.

SWOT Analysis

A SWOT analysis evaluates an idea, business, or project across four areas:
Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats. Strengths and weaknesses are internal factors, while opportunities and threats come from the external environment.

People do such analyses to quickly understand their current position and make better strategic decisions. It helps them build on strengths, fix weaknesses, pursue opportunities, and prepare for potential threats.

Notes Plus in split view showing Excalidraw JSON and a four-quadrant SWOT analysis.