Subject: Critical Missing Metadata for Sidekick AI - Structural Context Required
Problem Summary: Sidekick AI currently lacks access to essential structural metadata about board organization, severely limiting its ability to assist with structured workflows, process diagrams, and organized boards. The AI can only see isolated object content, not the organizational logic users create.
Specific Missing Capabilities:
1. Frame Hierarchy & Containment
- Sidekick cannot detect which objects are placed inside frames
- When a frame is selected, child objects (sticky notes, shapes, text) are not visible to the AI
- The AI cannot identify parent-child relationships in frame structures
- Use case impact: Swimlane diagrams, workshop templates, sectioned boards become invisible as organized structures
2. Kanban Board Grid Position
- For 2D Kanban boards with rows and columns, Sidekick cannot identify which cell a card occupies
- When a card is selected, its column and row position are not provided
- The AI sees cards in isolation, not as part of a structured grid
- Use case impact: Process flows with departmental swimlanes (rows) and process steps (columns) cannot be analyzed or modified intelligently
3. Spatial Relationships
- No coordinate data (X/Y position on board)
- No relative positioning (above, below, left of, right of)
- No grouping or clustering information
- No proximity detection between objects
Real-World Example: I created a 2D Kanban board to map a business process:
- Columns: Process steps (1. Receive inquiry → 2. Create offer → 3. Review order → etc.)
- Rows: Departments (Sales, Warehouse, Certificates)
- Cards in cells: Specific tasks/responsibilities
When I select a card containing "test2000" located in Column C, Row "test 1", Sidekick only sees:
- Content: "test 2000"
- Visual appearance
Sidekick does NOT see:
- That it's in Column C
- That it's in Row "test 1"
- That it's part of a 2D Kanban structure
Why This Matters: Miro is fundamentally a visual, structural collaboration tool. Users organize information spatially and hierarchically. Without access to this organizational logic, Sidekick is reduced to a basic content editor that cannot:
- Understand process flows
- Analyze departmental responsibilities
- Recognize organizational patterns
- Provide context-aware suggestions
- Manipulate structured workflows
What Sidekick Needs:
- Frame metadata: Parent frame ID, list of child objects within frames
- Kanban grid position: Column name/ID, row name/ID for cards in2D boards
- Spatial coordinates: X/Y position, relative positioning to other objects
- Grouping data: Which objects are grouped together
- Connector relationships: Which objects are connected by lines/arrows
Current Workarounds (All Suboptimal):
- Color-coding objects instead of using frames
- Adding text tags to indicate position/category
- Using Kanban boards instead of frames (but even then, grid position is invisible)
- Manually explaining structure in every prompt
Expected Behavior: When I select objects on a structured board, Sidekick should understand:
- "This card is in the'Sales' row and 'Create Offer' column"
- "These5 sticky notes are inside the 'Brainstorming' frame"
- "This shape is connected to 3 other shapes via arrows"
- "These objects are grouped in the top-left quadrant"
Impact: Without structural metadata, Sidekick's value is limited to simple content tasks (writing text, creating isolated objects). For knowledge workers using Miro for process mapping, project planning, workshop facilitation, and structured collaboration, the AI cannot meaningfully assist with the core organizational work.
Request: Please prioritize exposing structural metadata to Sidekick. This is not a "nice-to-have" feature—it's fundamental to making AI useful in a spatial collaboration tool.
