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Concept Map Generator

Turn notes or a chapter into an editable concept map.

Intermediate12h1–2 people17/20 fit
TL;DR

Build Concept Map Generator for students revising a topic in ~12h with 1–2 people. Stack: LLM + Excalidraw + Next.js.

Why it wins: Visual learning aid.

Build flow

01 · Problem
Students struggle to see how ideas connect.
02 · Solution
Extract concepts and relationships with an LLM and lay them out as an editable graph that students can correct and quiz themselves on.
03 · Build
  1. 1Extract concepts
  2. 2Generate graph JSON
  3. 3Render
  4. 4Quiz
04 · Demo
Generate a map from a biology chapter.

MVP checklist

  • Concept extraction
  • Editable map
  • Quiz mode
  • Export

Tech stack

TechRole
LLMLanguage model
ExcalidrawSketch-style diagrams
Next.jsFrontend + API routes

Reference repos

Open-source projects you can build on. Links checked 2026-10-31.

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