AI Flowcharts

An AI flowchart takes material where the path depends on the answer, a policy, a set of rules, a troubleshooting guide, an algorithm, and lays it out as a visual decision diagram. Scholarly reads your sources, finds each step and decision point, and draws the boxes, arrows, and yes/no branches so you can see exactly how one choice leads to the next outcome.

Flowcharts are built to reinforce understanding of how choices lead to outcomes: not rote memorisation of a list. The AI pulls out the decisions that actually matter and connects them, so the diagram reflects the logic your course or manual is teaching, not a wall of text to reread.

Flowchart is one of several document types inside AI Document, alongside outlines, SOPs, timelines, spreadsheets, tables, exports, and more. Add your sources once, then pick Flowchart in the customise step.

When to use a flowchart

A flowchart is the right tool when the path depends on a decision. Reach for it when you're:

• Working through a decision tree where each answer sends you down a different branch.
• Mapping troubleshooting steps, "if this happens, do that; if not, check the next thing."
• Laying out eligibility rules, approval criteria, or a policy's conditional logic.
• Tracing how an algorithm or procedure flows from start to finish.

If you instead want a branching overview of how ideas connect, generate a Mind Map. If you want a structured document to read and review, generate a Study Guide. Many users make a flowchart and flashcards from the same source.

Creating an AI Flowchart

Open New → Document Creator (or Home → Document) and pick Flowchart on the first screen.

Every starting point the creator accepts, Upload, your Library, Google Drive, a Link, or a typed Prompt with no files at all, plus page ranges, combining several sources, language, and model choice, is covered once in the AI Document Creator guide. This page only covers what is specific to Flowcharts.

A typed prompt suits a process you can describe but have no document for, "Flowchart for diagnosing a network connection problem."

Steering flowcharts specifically

Use Custom instructions to control the branching: "Keep each decision to a simple yes/no", "Focus on the approval criteria", "Show the failure path as well as the happy path", "Keep it printable."

Generation runs in the background: close the window and carry on. You are notified when it is ready, and it appears under Background Tasks while it runs.

What you get

Downloads and printing require a paid plan. Viewing the result and sharing a view link are available on every plan.

Your finished flowchart is a professionally typeset, downloadable PDF that lands in your library like any other content item. It shows the process as connected boxes and diamonds, start points, decisions, branches, and outcomes, so you can trace any path from top to bottom.

It is a real PDF in your library, so everything you can do with an uploaded PDF you can do with it: read it with chat alongside, download or print it, share it with a link, or spin flashcards, a quiz, a study guide, or a podcast out of it without re-uploading anything. See the PDF guide.

Tips

• Steer the branches. Use custom instructions to focus the flowchart on a specific decision, keep branches to simple yes/no, or emphasise one path over another.
• Pair it with active recall. A flowchart shows you the logic; convert it into flashcards or a quiz and test yourself to actually reason through the branches on your own.

Frequently asked questions

What can I make a flowchart from?

Uploaded PDFs, Word docs, and PowerPoints; files already in your library; Google Drive files; a website or PDF link; or just a typed prompt. You can combine one source on Free, up to 10 on Premium, and up to 20 on Laureate in a single flowchart.

What kinds of processes work best?

Anything with steps and decisions, troubleshooting guides, eligibility rules, decision trees, algorithms, and procedures. Wherever the next step depends on an answer, a flowchart makes the logic clear.

How long does it take?

Generation runs in the background and usually takes a few minutes. You don't need to wait on the screen, keep working and you'll be notified when it's ready.

Can I download or print my flowchart?

Yes, on a paid plan you can download or print the flowchart PDF. Every plan can view it in Scholarly and share a view link.

Is it free?

You can create flowcharts on the free plan using your shared lifetime AI Creation Credit. That free credit does not reset. Paid plans raise those limits and support longer source documents. Limits depend on your plan, see Plans and Limits.

Related

• AI Document, the creator flowcharts live in, and every other document type it builds.
• Mind Maps, when you want how ideas connect rather than how a decision branches.
• Exporting Your Work, take a flowchart out as an editable Word or PowerPoint file.
• Plans and Limits, AI Creation Credits and per-plan source limits.