Start Here: Understand DeMinds Through What / Why / How

If you are new to DeMinds, the first question may not be “which file formats does it support?” The more important question is: what kind of product is it?

DeMinds is not a traditional mind mapping app, not a professional Markdown editor, and not a regular note-taking app. Its more accurate position is: a local-first structured Markdown workspace. It helps turn AI conversations, web articles, documents, mind maps, Markdown bundles, and selected Obsidian Vault content into Markdown assets that can be edited, previewed, exported, and maintained over time.

To understand DeMinds more clearly, start with these three foundational articles.

1. What DeMinds Is

What DeMinds Is: A Local-first Structured Markdown Workspace

This article is the best place to understand the basic positioning of DeMinds. It explains the problem DeMinds is designed to solve, the kinds of use cases it supports, and the boundaries between DeMinds and tools such as Obsidian, MindNode, XMind, Markdown editors, and format converters.

If you want to decide whether DeMinds is useful for your own workflow, start here.

2. Why DeMinds Exists

Why DeMinds Exists: A Local-First Approach to Structured Knowledge

This article focuses on the problem behind DeMinds: content is easier to create than ever, but harder to maintain over time. AI output, saved web pages, documents, and pieces of knowledge often remain scattered across different tools, without a continuous structured path forward.

It explains why DeMinds emphasizes local-first work, open formats, and user control over data.

3. How DeMinds Works

How DeMinds Works: Turning Scattered Content into Structured Knowledge

This article explains the core DeMinds workflow:

Content enters → Structure appears → Markdown becomes the working layer → Preview & export → Continue working

If you already understand the positioning of DeMinds, continue with this article to see how it helps turn scattered content into maintainable structured knowledge assets.

Continue with Practical Guides

After reading What / Why / How, you can continue with product guides to learn how to import content, review structure, work with Obsidian Vault content, preview results, export PDF / PNG files, and maintain your Markdown working documents over time.

These three articles are not feature manuals. They are the starting point for understanding DeMinds. Once you understand what it is, why it exists, and how it works, it becomes much easier to place DeMinds inside your own knowledge workflow.