# Explore Patterns More and more patterns are contributed to this book by the InnerSource Commons community. That is awesome! Now how to make it easy for readers to discover the patterns that can help them in their particular situation? For this purpose we provide this mind map. It **categorizes patterns based on the different phases of an InnerSource Program**, and the challenges that might appear in the respective phases. ![Mind Map of InnerSource Patterns](https://4240532133-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-MC7n_pjfRUZ5rxMCw_K%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-f1d74b227a7f3c8189d0380b48d5bf618f1b88c2%2Finnersource-program-mind-map.png?alt=media) ## Improve this Mind Map If you notice anything in this mind map that looks wrong, please [open an issue](https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/issues), describing the problem and the fix that should be made. Further if you have other ideas for improving the discoverability of these patterns, or want to make this mind map better, review the documentation of our [Pattern Categorization](https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourcePatterns/blob/main/pattern-categorization/README.md) approach, and also check how to [contribute to this book](https://patterns.innersourcecommons.org/contribute). ## References The idea for categorizing patterns like this is loosely based a description in [Thoughts on an InnerSource Pattern Language](https://drive.google.com/file/d/13AY8glCOdpLOVuz7cVD6QOB8d2xbHCS1/view) by Tim Yao, Bob Hanmer and Padma Sudarsan (2018). For specifics see slide 15 in that slide deck. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://patterns.innersourcecommons.org/explore-patterns.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.