# Make the idea something people can play with.

Publish an idea as an interactive map, model or flow that people can change themselves.

## Why play beats prose

Tell people “six hubs get us to 20-minute delivery” and they have to take your word for it. A map where they add the hubs and switch to evening rush lets them check it for themselves.

The Parcelo map above opens with four story steps and then hands the controls to the reader. Its recommendation updates with whatever they try, so everyone starts the meeting from the same picture.

## Shapes that work

| The idea | Show it as |
| --- | --- |
| Where to open, expand or cover | A map with coverage you can change |
| How a change ripples through the business | A model with a few inputs and a chart |
| A new process | A flow you step through, with what changes at each step |
| A market or a portfolio | A positioning chart with filters |
| A system or an architecture | A diagram you can click into, or Mermaid in Markdown |

## How to make one

1. **Write the point first** Start with the one sentence the reader should end up believing. Everything on the page should serve it.
2. **Pick two or three controls** Choose the levers that change the answer most. Any more and it turns into a toy; any fewer and it’s just a chart.
3. **Ask your agent to build it** Give it the numbers and the model in plain words, and ask for a short story mode that sets the controls step by step.
4. **Share it before the meeting** Keep it **Private** to your team workspace, or invite the people you’re pitching by email.

> **Show your assumptions.** Ask the agent to state the model’s assumptions on the page, such as “this ignores traffic”.

## Keep it current

When the numbers change, the agent updates the model and the link stays the same. Anyone who bookmarked it sees the latest, and the **Versions** list shows how the argument evolved.

## Limits

- The page calculates in the browser; it can’t query your live systems unless an API allows it from any website.
- Charts and maps are drawn by the page itself. Libraries loaded from a public CDN work too.

## Make your own

Have these ready:

- The one point you want to make
- The numbers behind it
- Two or three levers
- The assumptions

Then ask your agent:

```
Turn this idea into one self-contained, interactive HTML page. The point
the reader should reach: [your sentence].

Draw it as [a map / a model with a chart / a flow], with these levers: [list].
Add a short story mode of 3 or 4 steps that sets the levers and explains each
step, then hands the controls to the reader. Keep a recommendation box that
updates with the current settings, and list the assumptions on the page.

Publish it privately to artifact.guru and give me the link.
```

## Questions

### Can I use charting libraries?

Yes. Pages can load libraries from public CDNs, or draw charts themselves with SVG, as the Parcelo map above does.

### Who can see it?

Only your workspace until you share it. Then choose Email invites, a secret code or a public link.

Source: https://artifact.guru/use-cases/idea-visualizations