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What Nodeable Does
Understand the core purpose of Nodeable, how the workspace model works, and why view-based design matters.
What Nodeable Is
Nodeable is a collaborative design environment for modeling software systems in one shared workspace.
Instead of splitting architecture decisions across tickets, docs, and whiteboards, Nodeable keeps your system model centralized and editable in real time.
Core Concepts
- Workspace: top-level team container.
- Project: a bounded system area inside a workspace.
- Branch: a versioned design context for experimentation, review, and iteration.
- View: a focused visualization mode (architecture, flow, planning, data grid, brainstorm, wiki, unified).
Key Features
Multiple Views
- Architecture View: Model domains, entities, components, and relationships
- Flow View: Describe behavior and event flows across nodes
- Planning View: Turn models into epics, stories, and tasks
- Data Grid View: Inspect and edit field-level details
- Brainstorm View: Capture rough ideas quickly
- Wiki View: Document decisions and context
- Unified View: Combine all elements in one canvas
AI Assistance
- Generate nodes from descriptions
- Get architecture suggestions
- Convert selections to planning items
- AI-powered scope building
Collaboration
- Real-time multi-user editing
- See collaborator cursors
- Branch-based workflow
- Role-based permissions (Owner, Editor, Viewer)
- Public share links
Export & Import
- SQL DDL (PostgreSQL, MySQL)
- OpenAPI specifications
- Mermaid diagrams (ERD, Flowchart)
- TypeScript types
Integrations
- Jira integration for issue sync
Why Teams Use It
- Keep design artifacts connected instead of fragmented.
- Collaborate synchronously with shared context.
- Move from rough ideas to implementation-ready structures faster.
Typical Workflow
- Create a workspace and add a project.
- Open a branch for a feature or architecture change.
- Switch between views to model structure, behavior, and delivery planning.
- Review changes with your team and refine.
- Export to code or documentation.