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Canvas
Use the canvas as the live workspace for tasks, agents, reviews, and related work.
What Canvas Is
Canvas is the main operating surface for Cofounder. It is the default landing page for an organization and the fastest way to understand what is active, what is blocked, and what should happen next.
What You Can See On The Canvas
Depending on what is running, Canvas can show:
- active tasks and their current state
- agents and the work assigned to them
- departments and department-level workspaces
- department artifacts, such as the Database artifact in Engineering
- work waiting on review
- suggested next tasks from the Tech Tree or recent workspace activity
- staging URLs for deterministic preview links
- attention queue items
Using Canvas
Launch work from the create menu
Use the + menu to create either a new task or a new agent.
For tasks, add the request, attach any useful files, and either choose an agent yourself or let Cofounder auto-assign the work.
For agents, create a reusable worker with its own name, instructions, model, apps, and scheduled tasks.
Work at the department level
Departments open as focused workspaces inside Canvas.
Inside a department you can see its agents, tasks, files, rules, and context. Department context and rules help the agents in that lane share the same operating assumptions.
The Engineering workspace also includes a Database artifact when managed Supabase is connected. Open it to browse tables, inspect records, or upload CSV data without leaving Canvas.
Use the attention queue
The attention queue is the button in the bottom right of Canvas. It appears when agents have work ready for you.
Open it to review finished work, approvals, and follow-ups without digging through every task.
From review mode, move through each item, open the task, snooze it for later, or dismiss it when no action is needed.
Chat with Cofounder
The side panel lets you ask Cofounder questions about the company or ask it to spin up new work.
Use this when you are not sure which agent should handle a request. Cofounder can help route the task to the right agent or workspace.
Save staging URLs
When you have a staging deployment URL for a task or preview, save it on the Canvas node. That gives the workspace a stable preview link it can reopen later.