Fishbone Studio

Find the root cause.
Not just the symptom.

Structure every cause-and-effect investigation with clean Ishikawa diagrams — 6M, 8P, 4S templates, root-cause flags, custom fields and print-ready PDF export.

01Capture causes and sub-causes at the speed of thought
02Saved securely to your account, available anywhere
03Export to PDF with a full cause summary report

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Root-cause analysis

Your analyses

Offline mode — diagrams are stored only in this browser. Export JSON to keep a backup.

Start your first analysis

Pick a framework — 6M for manufacturing, 8P for services, or start blank.

Problem statement (effect / fish head)

Enter adds the next cause · Tab on a cause makes it a sub-cause · Backspace on an empty row deletes it

Problem owner

Team members

Date

Status

Custom fields — shown in the PDF header

Notes & conclusions

Framework

Root causes

Distribution

Double-click any text to edit · Drag to pan · ⌘/Ctrl + scroll to zoom

New analysis

Choose a framework. You can rename, add or remove categories at any time.

Export PDF

Print-ready, high-resolution output.

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Title & information header Cause summary report (extra pages)

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Save now⌘/CtrlS

Undo / Redo⌘/CtrlZ · ⇧⌘/CtrlZ

Add next causeEnter

Make sub-cause / promoteTab · ⇧Tab

Delete empty rowBackspace

Toggle root cause⌘/CtrlR

Fit diagram⇧1

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Export PDF⌘/CtrlP

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