Fishbone (Ishikawa)
Native root-cause analysis. Declare a `problem`, then `category` / `cause` blocks; the backbone, ribs, and cause branches render as crisp SVG. Categories alternate above and below the backbone, automatically scaled to fit. The standard tool for 5-Whys, Six Sigma, and incident reviews.
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Most users come to Fishbone (Ishikawa) from Lucidchart fishbone or Whiteboard root-cause. Glyph runs this engine in the browser — no install, shareable via URL, exportable to PNG / SVG / PDF / source.
Syntax at a glance
problem "Late delivery"
category "People"
cause "Untrained pickers"
category "Process"
cause "Manual hand-offs"Paste this in the Studio code pane to see Fishbone (Ishikawa) render live. The full grammar is at the upstream-docs link above.
Sample templates
All 21 →Classic 6 Ms root-cause for a late-shipment incident.
Engineering post-mortem framing for a regression that hit prod.
Growth analysis of why visitors aren't converting.
Six Sigma framing for a QA escape on the line.
Root-causes behind rising month-over-month logo churn.
Reliability framing for a Tier-1 outage retrospective.
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