Map the Landscape

Build a useful mental model, not an exhaustive catalog. Reveal the structure that makes details make sense: what is inside the boundary, what sits outside it, which relationships matter, how value or data moves, why the landscape looks this way, and where uncertainty remains.

Set the Zoom

Infer these from the request and available context:

• Subject: the topic, field, ecosystem, or repository to map.
• Mode: topic, repository, or hybrid when a repo must be placed in its wider ecosystem.
• Audience: the user's current knowledge and intended use.
• Decision: what the map should help the user understand or do next.
• Depth: snapshot, standard, or deep.
• Time horizon: current state by default; add history when it explains the present.