Guides
Learn it in the order you will need it.
Seven pages, written to be read in sequence and useful out of it. Each one is about markdown you can paste into the app immediately — there is no configuration layer to learn first, because there isn't one.
- 01QuickstartFrom nothing to a map you can read, in about two minutes. No install, no account, and no file leaves your machine.3 min
- 02Writing nodesWhat a frontmatter block becomes, which fields md2hd reserves, and what happens to every key it has never heard of.5 min
- 03RelationshipsFour ways to draw an edge, and the rule that keeps a fact written from both ends as one line on the canvas.6 min
- 04Configuring a mapThe one block that names the project, sets the rank direction, and decides what each type is called and what colour it draws in.4 min
- 05Reading a mapFocus, hover, search, the map ▸ type ▸ node trail and the config dock — what every part of the canvas is for once the map is drawn.5 min
- 06From Obsidian and other vaultsWhat md2hd reads out of a vault you already have, what it ignores, and the smallest edit that turns existing notes into a map.5 min
- 07When the map is wrongThe handful of things that actually go wrong — missing nodes, duplicate lines, grey cards — and what each one means.4 min
Reference
The markdown, in full
Every field, every link form and every map option in one page — the same reference the app carries in its syntax sheet.
The app
Read a finished map first
Two sample maps are already loaded. Opening one and clicking around explains more in a minute than any of these pages will.