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Hierarchy Chart Maker

Describe any structure with levels — categories, reporting lines, taxonomies, or classifications — and AI builds a clean hierarchy chart from top to bottom.

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Create an organization chart for our company

Here's a company org chart with the full leadership team and department leads. Each department is color-coded — Engineering in blue, Finance in green, Marketing in purple, and Operations in orange.

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Prompts to start from

Click one to fill the box above. Edit anything before you send.

How to draw a hierarchy chart

No template to fill in and no drawing. You talk; the canvas keeps up.

Product category taxonomy for an online retail store...

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Name the root

State what the whole chart contains and list the first level of groups.

Specify parent-child pairs

Tell the AI where each item belongs. Mark uncertain placements instead of inventing a parent.

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Check each branch

Ask to move misplaced items, expand a category, or shorten labels until each level reads clearly.

What does a hierarchy chart show?

A hierarchy chart arranges items into levels using parent-child connections. It can describe containment, classification, or authority, but the meaning of a connection should stay consistent throughout the chart.

Use it to explain levels

Choose a hierarchy for a catalog, site structure, course outline, or reporting chain. The fixed example is a company org chart with leadership and department leads, one specific use of this broader structure.

Keep the levels meaningful

Choose one organizing rule. Decide whether links mean contains, reports to, or is a type of.
Start with a clear root. Give the top node a label that covers every branch beneath it.
Keep peers comparable. Place departments beside departments, rather than beside individual tasks.
Avoid circular ancestry. A child cannot also be an ancestor of its own parent.
Limit visible detail. Expand a crowded branch separately when its labels become difficult to read.

From nested notes to a chart

MyMap turns your description into a visual hierarchy. Ask it to regroup children under another parent or add a missing level while preserving the relationships you supplied.

Other ways to show structure

Org chart	Use roles and reporting lines when authority is the main subject.
Mind map	Explore themes around a topic without requiring a formal classification.
Network diagram	Show items with several kinds of connections and multiple parents.
Outline	Read nested headings in a compact linear document.

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Checklist before you export

Every child has an identifiable parent

Each connection has the same meaning

Sibling labels use a comparable level of detail

No branch loops back to an ancestor

Export and share

PNG and PDF

Whole map or one frame. PDF and clean PNG on Pro.

Slides

Ask for slides from this map and present frame by frame.

Share a link

A read-only link for anyone; they can copy it to their own canvas.

Keep editing

Every map stays on your canvas; come back and ask for more.

Common questions

Can a hierarchy chart represent something besides an organization?

Yes. Product categories, folder structures, and subject classifications also have parent-child relationships. Describe the grouping rule in your prompt.

What if an item belongs in two categories?

State both relationships explicitly. A network may be clearer than a strict tree when many items have multiple parents.

How should I handle a deep hierarchy?

Begin with the levels needed for your audience, then ask to expand a particular subtree. Depth should serve readability, rather than include every detail at once.

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