Workflowy is a single, infinite document. No folders, no separate files. Just one list that can hold everything.

Four ideas that make it click

1. Write anything, anywhere. Notes, tasks, ideas, plans. It all goes in the same place. Press Enter to add a new item.
2. Nest to organise. Press Tab to indent an item, making it a child of the one above. Go as deep as you like. A note can grow into a project; a project can have sub-projects. Structure emerges naturally.
3. Zoom in to focus. Click any bullet and it becomes your whole world. Everything outside it disappears. Click the breadcrumb at the top to zoom back out. This is how Workflowy lets you go deep without losing the bigger picture.
4. Search to find anything. Start typing and your document filters in real time. Edit right there in the results. Click a tag to filter by it. Star a search to save it as a sidebar shortcut.

That's the core of it. Workflowy saves automatically and syncs across all your devices. There's no save button.

When you're ready for more

Once you're comfortable with the basics, there's a lot more:

Node types. Turn any bullet into a checkbox, heading, board, or table

Tags, dates & backlinks. Connect and surface related ideas across your whole document

Mirrors & templates. Reuse content without duplicating it

AI, calendar, files & integrations. Tools that fit into your workflow