BoardSnap reads diagrams, not just text.

## What counts as a diagram

On a typical team whiteboard, diagrams appear in many forms:

• Flowcharts — boxes connected by arrows, often with decision diamonds
• Swimlane diagrams — horizontal or vertical lanes with tasks in each
• Venn diagrams — overlapping circles representing shared or distinct properties
• Network or dependency graphs — nodes and edges representing relationships
• Architecture sketches — boxes labeled with system components and connecting lines
• Quadrant maps — 2x2 grids with labeled axes
• Timelines — horizontal lines with events or milestones marked

BoardSnap AI reads all of these as structured information, not as a collection of shapes and text fragments.

## Why this matters for your action plan

A flowchart on a whiteboard might show the five steps of an onboarding process. Traditional OCR would give you five labels in random order. BoardSnap AI sees the arrows, reads the sequence, and generates action items in the correct order with the dependencies preserved.

An architecture sketch might show which services depend on which. BoardSnap AI reads those relationships and can generate action items that reference the dependency structure — "Build auth service before checkout integration" rather than two unrelated items.

## Limits to know

BoardSnap is not a dedicated diagram-recognition tool. It doesn't output a clean SVG or structured diagram data — it produces a summary and action items that reflect the diagram's meaning. For very complex diagrams with many elements, the AI may simplify or abstract some details. The summary captures intent, not every pixel.

Very rough or ambiguous sketches (where the diagram format is unclear even to a human) will produce less precise results than clearly drawn diagrams.

## When to use it

If your whiteboard mixes text (bullet lists, notes) with diagrams (flowcharts, architecture), BoardSnap handles the full board in one snap — no need to break it into separate photos.