Xmind launches a mind-map AI agent and connects maps to ChatGPT and Claude

Xmind launched an AI agent on October 29, 2026, that lets users build and revise mind maps through conversation. Alongside it, the company released connections for ChatGPT, Claude and other compatible assistants to create, read and update maps—giving users ways to develop the same visual document from inside or outside Xmind.

The company’s launch press release frames the problem as what happens after an assistant produces its answer. Research, summaries and lists still leave someone to sort the material and decide what to do. Xmind’s approach puts that work into a map that can change as users ask follow-up questions, compare options and refine their thinking.

From source material to an editable map

Xmind Agent can start with an idea, a file or a Notion document, according to the company. It can also work on an existing map, reading what is already there rather than requiring a fresh start. Web research can supply additional material while the conversation continues.

The company says the organization changes with the task. Meeting notes become decisions and to-dos; a comparison lays out each option’s strengths and limitations. Those are the launch’s concrete examples of moving beyond a text summary toward material arranged for a decision.

Users can ask the agent to expand a topic, combine sections, reorder branches or change the styling. Manual editing remains available at any point, so conversation is not the only way to shape the result. Finished maps can then be turned into Notion documents.

We want Xmind to give people and AI a shared visual context to explore ideas, weigh possibilities, and build understanding together.

Mango Du, Xmind co-founder

Outside assistants can work on the same file

The external connections take two forms. Xmind MCP uses the Model Context Protocol, an open standard for connecting AI assistants to other software, and supports Claude and compatible assistants. A separate ChatGPT plugin provides similar functions inside ChatGPT. Both connections are available now.

Through either route, an assistant can save a research conversation as an editable map. It can also read goals, requirements and decisions already recorded in a map before drafting a document, planning a project or writing code. New findings can go into the original map or onto another sheet in the same file.

Xmind’s proposed team workflow keeps the reasoning behind a plan in one file that colleagues and AI tools can open, rather than scattered across chat histories. For changes made through MCP, the company says version history preserves earlier map versions so users can restore them.

Every plan gets access, with different credit allowances

Xmind Agent is available on the web, desktop and Android. The company lists iOS as coming soon. Chat history syncs across devices, and the agent is offered on every Xmind plan, with work charged against AI credits.

• Free and Pro users receive a one-time allotment of 50 AI credits.
• Premium subscribers receive 500 AI credits each month.

The launch release says a task consumes anywhere from a few to several dozen credits, depending on complexity. The allowances therefore do not translate into a fixed number of tasks: the amount of work users can complete depends on what they ask the agent to do.