Think of indentation as the steering wheel of your document. In Seed, indentation isn’t only about making things look neat; it’s how you tell the system what belongs to what. When you indent a paragraph, you’re saying “this idea depends on the one above”. When you place paragraphs under headers, you’re building a clear mental map that both humans and machines can follow. This structure makes every idea addressable, referenceable, and reusable, whether it’s a single thought or an entire section.
Viewspecs
Once your document is indented, Seed can do interesting things with it. Indentation powers viewspecs: collapsing and expanding levels, zooming in on details, or embedding a subsection somewhere else without copy-pasting it. The same document can behave like an outline, a focused essay, or a knowledge graph—because the structure is explicit, not inferred.
How to Indent
Using indentation is simple. Press Tab to indent a paragraph, and Shift + Tab to unindent it. Seed gives you immediate visual feedback with a subtle grey background, so you always know where you are in the hierarchy. This also ensures consistent spacing between paragraphs and sections.
Get in the habit of indenting as you think, and you’ll find your documents become easier to navigate, reshape, and grow over time—without losing clarity.