The loop
Each chat turn runs the same way:1
You send a brief
Plain English. Optional attachments: images, frames you’ve referenced, element pointers from the comment tool.
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The agent reads context
It pulls the canvas, the attached design system, your enabled skills, the chat history, and any selected frames or elements. Then it picks tools.
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It calls tools, streaming
Frames appear on the canvas as
create_frame and update_element calls land. The chat streams the agent’s narration in parallel.4
It hands control back
When the turn ends you see a summary of what changed and the credit cost.
What the agent sees on every turn
Element pointers are in-memory for the turn you send. They don’t survive a tab reload. Everything else is persisted.
The agent’s tools
The canvas agent runs on a small, opinionated tool surface. You don’t call these directly. The agent picks them based on your brief.Frame tools
Asset tools
Web tools
Skill tools
Writing prompts the agent likes
A few patterns that consistently produce good output:Lead with the artifact, not the topic
Lead with the artifact, not the topic
“Build a three-slide launch deck for…” beats “I want to launch a product…” by a wide margin. The first tells the agent how to shape frames.
Name the frame sizes when they matter
Name the frame sizes when they matter
“Also generate a 1080 × 1080 and a 1920 × 1080 cut of the hero.” The agent will size frames exactly as you say. If you don’t say, it picks defaults from the brief.
Use frame references for surgical edits
Use frame references for surgical edits
Right-click a frame → Reference in chat → “Take this layout but swap the headline and recolor for a winter palette.” The agent reads that frame’s HTML before answering.
Use the comment tool for one-element edits
Use the comment tool for one-element edits
Don’t write “in the third frame, change the orange button to ink black”. Press C, click the button, type “ink black”. The agent uses
update_element and changes nothing else.Tell it the brand contract is hard
Tell it the brand contract is hard
With a design system attached the brand is locked by default. If you want a one-off variation say so explicitly: “For this frame only, swap the primary to teal. Keep typography locked.”
Multiple chats per canvas
You can run more than one chat on the same canvas. Useful when:- You’re testing two creative directions in parallel.
- You handed off a canvas to a teammate and want a separate thread.
- You want to start a clean conversation without losing the old one.
Pricing per turn
Token-based, with a one-credit minimum to start a turn. Tools that hit external services (image generation, website clone) have a small flat fee on top. The full breakdown is on Credits. The cost of the last turn shows in the chat right under the agent’s reply.Next
Design systems
Lock palette, typography, and components as rules. Not suggestions.
Inline edit
The fastest edit loop. Click element, drop note, ship.