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Welcome to Traverse

What Traverse is for

Start loose

Add rough ideas

Turn promising ideas into branches
Leave uncertain ideas parked until they connect

Add detail only where it helps

Use notes for supporting material
Use attributes for metadata you want to filter or export

Move through depth

Select a parent

Open its children in the next column

Keep walking down the branch without losing the path

Keep work portable

Import OPML from other outliners

Export OPML for round-tripping

Export Markdown when you are ready to write elsewhere

The main views

Column view

Auto

Good for browsing one path
Good for seeing where the selected item lives

Manual

Good for comparing nearby branches
Good when filters reveal several matches at once
Use Option-Up and Option-Down to move between visible nodes at the same level

Outline view

Expand and collapse sections

Move through visible items with arrow keys

Use Option-Up and Option-Down to jump between siblings

Inspector

Built-in fields

Type
Heading
Bullet
Quote
Fountain
Task
URL
Mark
Note

Custom fields

Strings
Checkboxes
URLs
Lookup tags

Good starter use cases

Project planning

Phase

Milestone
Task
Decision
Risk

Research maps

Topic

Source
Claim
Evidence
Counterpoint

Writing outlines

Chapter

Section
Point
Example
Transition

AI-assisted starting points

Describe the goal, audience, and constraints

Choose a structure

Generate, review, and reshape the nodes

Editing essentials and useful shortcuts

Add a sibling with Return

Add a child with Tab

Children can nest as deeply as the work needs

Parent
Child
  • Grandchild
    • Detail

Use Command-F to focus on a branch

Select the branch

Focus

Edit without distraction

Clear Focus

Move quickly without the mouse

Arrow keys follow the active view

Option-Up and Option-Down jump between peers

Control-Command-Left and Right move through recent selections

Attributes, filters, and export

Attributes

Type

Fountain

Tasks

URLs

Marks

Notes

Filters

Search text and notes

Show only to-do items

Show marked or tagged items

Export

OPML

Markdown List

Markdown Document

Fountain

Current view as PDF

Free and Traverse Pro 3

A generous Free foundation

Create, import, and edit as many library outlines as you need

Open external OPML files read-only

Export and continue using every attribute already present in an outline

Go further with Pro

Turn outlines into documents and screenplays

Build reusable systems

Describe work your way

Find the signal in large outlines

Move from prompt to editable structure

Edit files where they already live

Unlock Pro in Settings

If Pro is not active

Next step: open the Tutorial