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Theses, reports, study material

Make a concept map from your document

You upload the document, pick a topic, and the map is drawn from what the text says: the concept in the center and its branches around it, each one anchored to the pages it came from.

It isn't a blank canvas where you drag boxes around. The map comes from the document, and every branch opens to the passages that support it.

  • Builds itself from the text of your document
  • Each branch leads to the passages that support it
  • Download as PNG or SVG for a presentation

It uses AI and spends hilos, the unit HILO uses to measure AI usage: a free account comes with 100 welcome hilos. Gathering a topic's passages by keyword is free and needs no sign-up.

The result

The topic in the center and what the document says around it

Branches aren't picked from a list: they come from grouping the passages that talk about the topic.

Map of “social capital” · 214-page thesis

social capital definition · Bourdieu · p. 12 operationalization · p. 58 results by sector · p. 103 conclusion · p. 191 trust networks · 1 passage

From any branch you can read its passages, and from there edit them.

A map that draws itself by following the document

The starting point is the document, not the canvas. The map isn't a separate drawing, and each branch keeps the pages it came from, so it is both a view of the structure and a way into reading.

Who it's for

When structure shows better than a list

Thesis

Check whether the argument holds up

Which branches a central concept has across the thesis, and which one is left with a single paragraph behind it.

theoretical frameworkargumentdefense
Presentations

A slide that makes sense

Download the map as PNG or SVG and drop it into a slide without redrawing it.

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Study

Long material

A manual or a long set of regulations seen as a structure, with the page of each branch to go into the detail.

manualsregulationsreview
Consulting

Explaining a report

What the report says about an issue, shown as a structure instead of fifteen pages.

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How it works

From document to map, without drawing anything

  1. You upload the document. Word or PDF.
  2. You pick the topic. The same one you would use to gather the passages. The map is built on those passages.
  3. You look at it, open it, and download it. Each branch opens to its passages; the map downloads as PNG or SVG.

Try it with your own document

Upload the file, pick a concept, and see which branch comes out thinner than you expected.

Frequently asked questions

No. The map builds itself from the document. You can rearrange it, but the starting point is never an empty screen.

From grouping the passages of the document that talk about the topic. That's why each branch keeps its pages and can be opened to read what supports it.

PNG, to paste into a document or a slide, and SVG (vector), to scale it without it looking pixelated.

Yes. The map is built in the language of the document; the interface is in Spanish, Portuguese and English.

Yes. From any branch you go into the passages that support it, correct them together, and download the full document as .docx.

The map uses AI and spends hilos. A free account comes with 100 welcome hilos; after that you can buy a pack of hilos or subscribe to Premium. Gathering a topic's passages by keyword and reading them as written is free and needs no sign-up.

No. The map isn't drawn on a blank canvas: it is built from your document, with the concept in the center and branches taken from what the text says.