Lesson 4 of 6
Diagrams and study tools
6 min read
You've got three pages of messy notes and an exam on Friday. What if you could turn them into a clean flowchart — or a stack of flashcards — just by asking?
Notes into a diagram
Text is hard to see the shape of. So ask the assistant to turn your notes into a flowchart — boxes and arrows that show how one step leads to the next. Behind the scenes many tools write this as mermaid, a plain-text way to describe a diagram, then render it into real boxes. You describe the process in words; you get a picture of it.
The same notes can become a diagram or a study deck. You pick the tool that fits how you want to learn it.
Notes into flashcards
Studying for something? Ask for flashcards instead. The assistant reads your notes, pulls out the key facts, and turns each into a question on the front and its answer on the back. You flip through to test yourself — the tedious part, turning notes into cards, is done for you in seconds.
The assistant builds the study tool, but it's still your job to check it against your notes — it can miss a step in a flow or word a card loosely. Great head start and quick review; then trust it.
The shape of it
- —Ask and your notes become a flowchart — boxes and arrows for a process.
- —Or become flashcards — a question on the front, the answer on the back.
- —Same notes, different study tool; pick the one that fits the task.
You want to memorise fifty key terms for a test. Which study tool should you ask the assistant to make?
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