# Mermaid Cynefin Diagram Cheat Sheet

Five domains, each with its own way of deciding.

## The five domains

Each domain is a keyword with items under it: clear, complicated, complex, chaotic and confusion.

```mermaid
cynefin-beta
  clear
    "Known procedure"
  complicated
    "Expert analysis needed"
  complex
    "Pattern found in hindsight"
  chaotic
    "Crisis response"
  confusion
    "Unknown domain"
```

![A Cynefin diagram with the five domains, each holding one item: a known procedure, expert analysis needed, a pattern found in hindsight, a crisis response and an unknown domain.](/diagrams/cynefin/domains.svg)

## Transitions

An arrow between two domains says what moved the situation from one to the other.

```mermaid
cynefin-beta
  clear
    "Known procedure"
  complex
    "Probe and sense"
  clear --> complex : "Probe"
```

![A Cynefin diagram with a Clear domain and a Complex domain, joined by an arrow labelled Probe.](/diagrams/cynefin/transitions.svg)

## Adding a title

The title goes on its own line, under the keyword.

```mermaid
cynefin-beta
  title How we work
  clear
    "Runbook"
  complex
    "Retrospective"
```

![A Cynefin diagram titled How we work, with a Clear domain holding Runbook and a Complex domain holding Retrospective.](/diagrams/cynefin/title.svg)

## Draw it in Mernyx.

Open a .mmd file, move a node on the canvas, and the source comes with it. Native on macOS, no browser involved.