diff --git a/ui/src/components/ProcessDiagram/Minimap.tsx b/ui/src/components/ProcessDiagram/Minimap.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a67f9870
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/src/components/ProcessDiagram/Minimap.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,166 @@
+import { useCallback, useRef } from 'react';
+import type { DiagramSection } from './types';
+import type { DiagramNode as DiagramNodeType } from '../../api/queries/diagrams';
+import { colorForType } from './node-colors';
+import styles from './ProcessDiagram.module.css';
+
+const MINIMAP_WIDTH = 180;
+const MINIMAP_HEIGHT = 120;
+const MINIMAP_PADDING = 4;
+
+interface MinimapProps {
+  sections: DiagramSection[];
+  totalWidth: number;
+  totalHeight: number;
+  /** Current zoom/pan state */
+  scale: number;
+  translateX: number;
+  translateY: number;
+  /** Container pixel dimensions */
+  containerWidth: number;
+  containerHeight: number;
+  /** Called when user clicks/drags on minimap to pan */
+  onPan: (translateX: number, translateY: number) => void;
+}
+
+export function Minimap({
+  sections, totalWidth, totalHeight,
+  scale, translateX, translateY,
+  containerWidth, containerHeight,
+  onPan,
+}: MinimapProps) {
+  const svgRef = useRef<SVGSVGElement>(null);
+  const dragging = useRef(false);
+
+  if (totalWidth <= 0 || totalHeight <= 0) return null;
+
+  // Scale factor to fit diagram into minimap
+  const innerW = MINIMAP_WIDTH - MINIMAP_PADDING * 2;
+  const innerH = MINIMAP_HEIGHT - MINIMAP_PADDING * 2;
+  const miniScale = Math.min(innerW / totalWidth, innerH / totalHeight);
+
+  // Viewport rectangle in minimap coordinates
+  // The visible area in diagram-space: from (-translateX/scale) to (-translateX/scale + containerWidth/scale)
+  const vpX = (-translateX / scale) * miniScale + MINIMAP_PADDING;
+  const vpY = (-translateY / scale) * miniScale + MINIMAP_PADDING;
+  const vpW = (containerWidth / scale) * miniScale;
+  const vpH = (containerHeight / scale) * miniScale;
+
+  const handleClick = useCallback(
+    (e: React.MouseEvent<SVGSVGElement>) => {
+      const svg = svgRef.current;
+      if (!svg) return;
+      const rect = svg.getBoundingClientRect();
+      const mx = e.clientX - rect.left - MINIMAP_PADDING;
+      const my = e.clientY - rect.top - MINIMAP_PADDING;
+      // Convert minimap click to diagram coordinates, then to translate
+      const diagramX = mx / miniScale;
+      const diagramY = my / miniScale;
+      // Center the viewport on the clicked point
+      const newTx = -(diagramX * scale) + containerWidth / 2;
+      const newTy = -(diagramY * scale) + containerHeight / 2;
+      onPan(newTx, newTy);
+    },
+    [miniScale, scale, containerWidth, containerHeight, onPan],
+  );
+
+  const handlePointerDown = useCallback(
+    (e: React.PointerEvent<SVGSVGElement>) => {
+      dragging.current = true;
+      (e.currentTarget as SVGSVGElement).setPointerCapture(e.pointerId);
+    },
+    [],
+  );
+
+  const handlePointerMove = useCallback(
+    (e: React.PointerEvent<SVGSVGElement>) => {
+      if (!dragging.current) return;
+      const svg = svgRef.current;
+      if (!svg) return;
+      const rect = svg.getBoundingClientRect();
+      const mx = e.clientX - rect.left - MINIMAP_PADDING;
+      const my = e.clientY - rect.top - MINIMAP_PADDING;
+      const diagramX = mx / miniScale;
+      const diagramY = my / miniScale;
+      const newTx = -(diagramX * scale) + containerWidth / 2;
+      const newTy = -(diagramY * scale) + containerHeight / 2;
+      onPan(newTx, newTy);
+    },
+    [miniScale, scale, containerWidth, containerHeight, onPan],
+  );
+
+  const handlePointerUp = useCallback(
+    (e: React.PointerEvent<SVGSVGElement>) => {
+      dragging.current = false;
+      (e.currentTarget as SVGSVGElement).releasePointerCapture(e.pointerId);
+    },
+    [],
+  );
+
+  return (
+    <div className={styles.minimap}>
+      <svg
+        ref={svgRef}
+        width={MINIMAP_WIDTH}
+        height={MINIMAP_HEIGHT}
+        onClick={handleClick}
+        onPointerDown={handlePointerDown}
+        onPointerMove={handlePointerMove}
+        onPointerUp={handlePointerUp}
+        style={{ cursor: 'crosshair' }}
+      >
+        {/* Background */}
+        <rect width={MINIMAP_WIDTH} height={MINIMAP_HEIGHT} fill="var(--bg-surface, #FFFFFF)" rx={3} />
+
+        <g transform={`translate(${MINIMAP_PADDING}, ${MINIMAP_PADDING}) scale(${miniScale})`}>
+          {/* Render simplified nodes for each section */}
+          {sections.map((section, si) => (
+            <g key={si} transform={`translate(0, ${section.offsetY})`}>
+              {renderMinimapNodes(section.nodes)}
+            </g>
+          ))}
+        </g>
+
+        {/* Viewport indicator */}
+        <rect
+          x={vpX}
+          y={vpY}
+          width={Math.max(vpW, 4)}
+          height={Math.max(vpH, 4)}
+          fill="var(--amber, #C6820E)"
+          fillOpacity={0.15}
+          stroke="var(--amber, #C6820E)"
+          strokeWidth={1.5}
+          rx={1}
+        />
+      </svg>
+    </div>
+  );
+}
+
+function renderMinimapNodes(nodes: DiagramNodeType[]): React.ReactNode[] {
+  const elements: React.ReactNode[] = [];
+  for (const node of nodes) {
+    const x = node.x ?? 0;
+    const y = node.y ?? 0;
+    const w = node.width ?? 160;
+    const h = node.height ?? 40;
+    const color = colorForType(node.type);
+
+    if (node.children && node.children.length > 0) {
+      // Compound: border only
+      elements.push(
+        <rect key={node.id} x={x} y={y} width={w} height={h}
+          fill="none" stroke={color} strokeWidth={2} rx={2} opacity={0.6} />,
+      );
+      elements.push(...renderMinimapNodes(node.children));
+    } else {
+      // Leaf: filled rectangle
+      elements.push(
+        <rect key={node.id} x={x} y={y} width={w} height={h}
+          fill={color} rx={2} opacity={0.7} />,
+      );
+    }
+  }
+  return elements;
+}
diff --git a/ui/src/components/ProcessDiagram/ProcessDiagram.module.css b/ui/src/components/ProcessDiagram/ProcessDiagram.module.css
index a3a158af..c61cd5ad 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/ProcessDiagram/ProcessDiagram.module.css
+++ b/ui/src/components/ProcessDiagram/ProcessDiagram.module.css
@@ -122,6 +122,17 @@
   font-weight: 600;
 }
 
+.minimap {
+  position: absolute;
+  bottom: 12px;
+  left: 12px;
+  border: 1px solid var(--border, #E4DFD8);
+  border-radius: var(--radius-sm, 5px);
+  box-shadow: var(--shadow-md, 0 2px 8px rgba(44, 37, 32, 0.08));
+  overflow: hidden;
+  z-index: 5;
+}
+
 .nodeToolbar {
   position: absolute;
   display: flex;
diff --git a/ui/src/components/ProcessDiagram/ProcessDiagram.tsx b/ui/src/components/ProcessDiagram/ProcessDiagram.tsx
index 5dad44cc..7269c262 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/ProcessDiagram/ProcessDiagram.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/components/ProcessDiagram/ProcessDiagram.tsx
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { DiagramEdge } from './DiagramEdge';
 import { CompoundNode } from './CompoundNode';
 import { ErrorSection } from './ErrorSection';
 import { ZoomControls } from './ZoomControls';
+import { Minimap } from './Minimap';
 import { isCompoundType } from './node-colors';
 import styles from './ProcessDiagram.module.css';
 
@@ -292,6 +293,18 @@ export function ProcessDiagram({
         );
       })()}
 
+      <Minimap
+        sections={sections}
+        totalWidth={totalWidth}
+        totalHeight={totalHeight}
+        scale={zoom.state.scale}
+        translateX={zoom.state.translateX}
+        translateY={zoom.state.translateY}
+        containerWidth={zoom.containerRef.current?.clientWidth ?? 0}
+        containerHeight={zoom.containerRef.current?.clientHeight ?? 0}
+        onPan={zoom.panTo}
+      />
+
       <ZoomControls
         onZoomIn={zoom.zoomIn}
         onZoomOut={zoom.zoomOut}
diff --git a/ui/src/components/ProcessDiagram/useZoomPan.ts b/ui/src/components/ProcessDiagram/useZoomPan.ts
index ecef94dc..27c68113 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/ProcessDiagram/useZoomPan.ts
+++ b/ui/src/components/ProcessDiagram/useZoomPan.ts
@@ -111,6 +111,10 @@ export function useZoomPan() {
     });
   }, []);
 
+  const panTo = useCallback((tx: number, ty: number) => {
+    setState(prev => ({ ...prev, translateX: tx, translateY: ty }));
+  }, []);
+
   const resetView = useCallback(() => {
     setState({ scale: 1, translateX: FIT_PADDING, translateY: FIT_PADDING });
   }, []);
@@ -155,6 +159,7 @@ export function useZoomPan() {
     state,
     containerRef,
     transform,
+    panTo,
     resetView,
     onWheel,
     onPointerDown,