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Causal Pathway Diagramming

Causal Pathway Diagramming

Diagram your design thinking with evidence-informed AI!

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About this plugin

An AI-powered FigJam plugin that helps you create causal pathway diagrams (CPD) for design projects!


Features:

  1. Components: Drag-and-drop components to build your CPD.
  2. Wizard: Step-by-step guided CPD creation using implementation science principles.
  3. Brainstorming: Generate AI-powered ideas and refinements.
  4. Project Context: Upload documents to inform your CPD with relevant insights.


CPD Components:

  1. Distal Outcome: Your final intended goal.
  2. Proximal Outcome: An intermediate goal leading to your distal outcome.
  3. Determinant: Barriers or facilitators you need to address.
  4. Mechanism: How or why your strategy works to overcome determinants.
  5. Strategy: Your specific plan for achieving outcomes.
  6. Moderator: Factors that strengthen or weaken relationships between components.
  7. Precondition: Necessary conditions for change between components.


To use our plugin, you'll need your own API key from OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, or Google AI Studio for the AI features. For more information, please see: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sgbj5n9EhYXN0J8Krj0DML0uOGkoutW_MqPWeqGsoZY/edit?tab=t.0


Built by researchers at the University of Washington.

Plugin Details

Version2
CreatedFebruary 14, 2025
Last UpdatedOctober 3, 2025
Categorydesign-tools-other
CreatorTony Zhou
Stats1 installs, 0 likes
PricingFree

Technical Details

  • API:1.0.0
  • UI:ui.html
  • main:code.js
  • Document Access:dynamic-page
  • Network Access:

    This plugin requires access to the internet to load images and other assets.

  • Editor Types:
    figjam
  • Allowed Domains:
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