ORIONFOLD Flow Elements · 100 cards Every element.
Every element.
One card at a time.
Press ⌘5 in Flow and the Elements panel opens. Here are all 100 of its cards. Pick one to see what it takes and what it draws.
Four kinds.
Each one walked.
Blocks a document can hold, actions on your words, skills that draw your case, and chart kinds.
Elements: everything a document can take, one card at a time
Every block, action, skill and chart kind in one sidebar, and Ideas naming the skill that fits each section.
Fifteen blocks a document can hold, each written as a few plain lines
Fifteen blocks a document can hold, from a checklist a client signs to a chart beside its figures. Each stays plain text.
Twelve things Flow can do to your words, each waiting for your yes
Twelve actions on your words, from proofread, summarize and translate to tables, charts, sign-offs and forms. Each waits for your yes.
Nineteen skills that draw your document's case for you
Nineteen skills that turn a passage into a decision brief, a roadmap, a register or a figure you step through.
Fifty-four ways to draw your numbers, and what each one needs
Fifty-four chart and diagram kinds, each with the data it takes. Switch kinds and keep your data, on your Mac, with no model involved.
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Components
Fifteen blocks a document can hold, from a checklist a client signs to a chart beside its figures. Each stays plain text. Open the components →
- Approval CardA checklist a person ticks and signs off.Components
- FormFields a reader fills in, and one act Flow records after asking.Components
- Job FormA Form whose button sets up a Job for this document.Components
- TableA table drawn from the rows the block names; the first row's keys are the columns.Components
- ChartA chart drawn in place from a readable body. It takes the chart's type, title, rows and which field goes on which axis.Components
- DiagramA diagram drawn from its text, in Mermaid's language.Components
- ImageA picture from the document's folder, with the sentence a screen reader says (required) and an optional caption.Components
- DiffExact changes, drawn the way Review Changes draws them, red for removed and green for added.Components
- FolderA folder's files as a table.Components
- CalloutA note or a warning in the Reader's own style. It has a bar, a mark and the word, so the kind never rests on colour alone.Components
- Change SummaryWhat changed in this document lately, in History's words, newest first, with who and which day beside each line and Show in History for the rest.Components
- SourcesWhat this document was made from, as History records it. It lists each source, how it was used and when, with a changed source marked.Components
- SectionSection groups components under a title.Components
- HeroHero holds exactly two, side by side at every width. A chart beside the figures it rests on stays a pair even in a narrow window.Components
- BentoBento holds two or more, two across at most, and stacks when the column is narrow.Components
Agency
Twelve actions on your words, from proofread, summarize and translate to tables, charts, sign-offs and forms. Each waits for your yes. Open the agency →
- ProofreadFixes spelling, grammar and punctuation; shows every changeAgency
- SummarizeCondenses the text to its pointsAgency
- TranslateRewrites the text in another languageAgency
- Convert Text to TableTurns prose into a tableAgency
- Convert Table to TextTurns a table into proseAgency
- Expand with SourcesGrows a draft from its sources, citing eachAgency
- Research BriefTurns an idea into the brief a draft is written fromAgency
- VisualizeProposes a chart or diagram from the selected textAgency
- Sign-offDrafts an Approval Card from the selected textAgency
- FormDrafts a form with one act from the selected textAgency
- Describe PictureWrites alt text for the picture under the caretAgency
- Generate PictureMakes a picture from the selected textAgency
Skills
Nineteen skills that turn a passage into a decision brief, a roadmap, a register or a figure you step through. Open the skills →
- Architecture DiagramThe parts of a system, where they run, and what flows between.Skills
- Decision BriefThe decision, the options, a recommendation and its sources.Skills
- Delegation MapWho does each step, and where the work changes hands.Skills
- Field-Notes DiagramA technical idea's numbers drawn to scale, field-notes style.Skills
- Guided ExerciseA passage turned into steps a learner works through and signs.Skills
- Isometric FigureA layered stack in depth; press a layer to read what it does.Skills
- Landscape MapWho is in a market or field, grouped, with each one's source.Skills
- Opportunity MapInitiatives placed by value and effort, with the case for each.Skills
- Option ComparisonOptions side by side on the facts that tell them apart.Skills
- Path CardA feature on one card, with who it is for, the steps, the path and the proof.Skills
- Product MockA user journey played out in a mock of the product's window.Skills
- RegisterRisks, issues or decisions logged with an owner and a check.Skills
- RoadmapWork laid out over time, by workstream, with its milestones.Skills
- Scenario ModelLow, base and high cases from stated ranges, and a choice.Skills
- ScorecardEach candidate scored against weighted criteria, then signed off.Skills
- System ExplainerA system's parts, its flows, and what a failure changes.Skills
- Value ModelThe value a change creates, from its stated assumptions.Skills
- Visual ExplainerOne idea from the text, drawn so it builds step by step.Skills
- Workflow PathA workflow drawn as what goes in, the work, and what comes out.Skills
Chart and diagram kinds
Fifty-four chart and diagram kinds, each with the data it takes. Switch kinds and keep your data, on your Mac, with no model involved. Open the chart and diagram kinds →
- Bar chartCompare a modest set of amounts on one shared unit.Chart and diagram kinds
- Grouped bar chartCompare the same categories under two or three conditions.Chart and diagram kinds
- Stacked bar chartCompare totals and their components together.Chart and diagram kinds
- Lollipop chartKeep a longer category list light while preserving individual amounts.Chart and diagram kinds
- Bar tableRead exact values alongside their relative size.Chart and diagram kinds
- Pyramid chartCompare two cohorts across the same bands.Chart and diagram kinds
- Bullet chartCompare an actual value with its own target.Chart and diagram kinds
- KPI cardGive one important measure a clear value, unit and comparison.Chart and diagram kinds
- Line chartCompare observations in time order.Chart and diagram kinds
- Area chartEmphasize the amount of a volume or balance over time.Chart and diagram kinds
- StreamgraphExplore how several parts change over time.Chart and diagram kinds
- Range area chartShow a supplied lower and upper range.Chart and diagram kinds
- SparklinePlace a compact trend beside a statement.Chart and diagram kinds
- Slope chartCompare exactly two named periods for each item.Chart and diagram kinds
- Bump chartTrack rank changes across periods.Chart and diagram kinds
- Connected scatter plotFollow one entity through time on two quantitative axes.Chart and diagram kinds
- Candlestick chartShow an opening value, high, low and closing value for each period.Chart and diagram kinds
- Calendar heatmapRead daily rhythm across weeks and months.Chart and diagram kinds
- Waterfall chartReconcile an opening amount through signed movements to a closing amount.Chart and diagram kinds
- Pie chartShow a few nonnegative parts of a single meaningful whole.Chart and diagram kinds
- Donut chartUse a compact part-to-whole view with a clear total nearby.Chart and diagram kinds
- Rose chartExplore ordered cyclical categories such as weekdays.Chart and diagram kinds
- Radar chartCompare a few profiles on shared criteria.Chart and diagram kinds
- Gantt chartShow authored start and finish dates, overlaps and handovers.Chart and diagram kinds
- Scatter plotLook for a relationship between two measures on the same rows.Chart and diagram kinds
- RegressionSummarize the fitted relationship between two numeric measures.Chart and diagram kinds
- HistogramInspect the distribution of one measure.Chart and diagram kinds
- Density plotCompare smoothed distribution shapes.Chart and diagram kinds
- ECDF plotAsk what share of observations is at or below a threshold.Chart and diagram kinds
- BoxplotCompare medians, quartiles and flagged outliers across groups.Chart and diagram kinds
- Violin plotCompare the shape of distributions, including possible multiple peaks.Chart and diagram kinds
- Strip plotShow every observation in a modest sample.Chart and diagram kinds
- Ranged dot plotCompare two observations for each item with less ink than paired bars.Chart and diagram kinds
- HeatmapInspect a matrix of two categories and a numeric measure.Chart and diagram kinds
- FlowchartExplain steps and decisions, including the paths a person can take.Chart and diagram kinds
- Sequence diagramShow actors exchanging messages in order.Chart and diagram kinds
- State diagramDefine allowed states and the events between them.Chart and diagram kinds
- Class diagramDescribe conceptual entities, their fields and relationships.Chart and diagram kinds
- Entity-relationship diagramDescribe records, keys and relationships.Chart and diagram kinds
- Gantt (diagram)Write a dependency-oriented schedule as text.Chart and diagram kinds
- User journeySummarize a sequence of tasks and an explicitly subjective experience rating.Chart and diagram kinds
- Pie (diagram)Show a few embedded amounts within a diagram.Chart and diagram kinds
- Quadrant chartDiscuss items scored on two explicit axes.Chart and diagram kinds
- TimelinePresent dated milestones in order.Chart and diagram kinds
- MindmapTurn a nested outline into a navigable conceptual structure.Chart and diagram kinds
- Git graphExplain a small branch-and-merge history.Chart and diagram kinds
- Sankey diagramFollow amounts between named stages.Chart and diagram kinds
- XY chart (diagram)Combine simple embedded bar and line series using one explained axis.Chart and diagram kinds
- Block diagramArrange a small set of components to explain responsibilities.Chart and diagram kinds
- Requirement diagramConnect an authored requirement to its proposed verification and components.Chart and diagram kinds
- C4 context diagramShow people, a system and its external neighbours.Chart and diagram kinds
- Kanban boardGroup an authored task list by status.Chart and diagram kinds
- Architecture diagramDescribe services, stores and deployment groups.Chart and diagram kinds
- Packet diagramDescribe the bit layout of a fictional binary header.Chart and diagram kinds
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