Understanding the Canvas — Your Workspace

Get comfortable navigating your workspace before editing anything.

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What is the canvas?

The canvas is your workspace. It's a big, open area — like a digital whiteboard — where all the pieces of your AI agent's instructions live. You can zoom in, zoom out, and drag things around however you like.

Everything you see on the canvas makes up your Prompt Map. Before you start editing anything, let's get comfortable just moving around.

How to move around

There are a few ways to navigate the canvas. Try each one so they feel natural:

Zoom in and out — scroll up to zoom in, scroll down to zoom out. On a trackpad, pinch to zoom works too.

Pan around — click and drag on any empty area of the canvas to move your view. Like dragging a paper map across a table.

Use the minimap — look for the small overview in the corner of the screen. It shows where you are on the full canvas. Click anywhere on it to jump to that spot.

Fit View — if you ever get lost, click the "Fit View" button to snap back so everything fits on your screen at once.

Zooming in and out with scroll wheel → panning by click-dragging → clicking minimap → pressing Fit View button

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What are those colored boxes?

Each colored box on the canvas is called a "node." Every node holds a different part of your agent's instructions. The colors tell you what kind of instruction it is at a glance:

Blue — Identity. Who your agent is and what it does.

Purple — Tone and style. How your agent sounds when it talks.

Green — Knowledge. What your agent knows about your business.

Red — Rules. What your agent should never do.

Orange — Examples. Sample conversations so the agent knows what good looks like.

Clicking on each colored node one by one → showing the editor panel opening for each

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What do the connection lines mean?

The lines between nodes show the order your agent reads its instructions. It starts at the top and works its way down, following the connections.

You don't need to worry about the lines right now. Just know that the order matters — and later, you can rearrange things if you want to.

Status indicators

Each node has a small icon that tells you how it's doing:

✅Filled and ready — this node has content and is good to go.

⚠️Using defaults — this node works, but it's using the template's example content. It'll be better once you customize it.

❌Required but empty — this node needs content before your prompt is complete.

The preview panel

On the right side of the screen, you'll see the Preview Panel. This is a live view of the actual instructions your AI agent will receive — written out as one continuous block of text.

Every time you edit a node, the preview updates instantly. It's like watching your document write itself as you fill in the blanks.

At the bottom of the preview, you'll see a Quality Score. This gives you a quick sense of how complete and well-structured your prompt is. Don't stress about getting a perfect score right away — it's just a guide to help you improve over time.

The only thing to remember

You don't need to understand everything yet. Just know this: you can click any colored box to edit it. That's all you need to move forward.

Full canvas overview → zooming into a node → clicking it → editor opens → preview panel updates on the right

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You just learned how to navigate the canvas — zooming, panning, and using the minimap. You know that colored boxes are nodes, lines show the reading order, and the preview panel on the right shows your live prompt. Now let's start editing your first node.

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