Agent skill

Canvas Ops Skill

by OpenLoaf in OpenLoaf/OpenLoaf

Triggered when the user wants lifecycle management of OpenLoaf canvases / whiteboards: create, open, filter, duplicate, delete, rename, or change ownership.

AGPL-3.0Auto-check passedMedia & Creative

Install Canvas Ops Skill

skills CLI
$ npx skills add OpenLoaf/OpenLoaf --skill canvas-ops-skill -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install OpenLoaf/OpenLoaf canvas-ops-skill --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/OpenLoaf/OpenLoaf.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/apps/server/src/ai/builtin-skills/canvas-ops/en .claude/skills/canvas-ops-skill && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
canvas-ops-skill
GitHub stars
108
Token cost
~1.4k tokens
SKILL.md length
488 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
33
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
AGPL-3.0

At a glance

Triggered when the user wants lifecycle management of OpenLoaf canvases / whiteboards: create, open, filter, duplicate, delete, rename, or change ownership.

  • Wants lifecycle management of OpenLoaf canvases / whiteboards: create
  • SKILL.md covers Tool Roster, Which One Should I Use?, Node-Level Operations Inside a… and Cross-Skill Collaboration, plus 2 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Change ownership

What it does

Canvas Ops Skill is an agent skill from OpenLoaf/OpenLoaf. Triggered when the user wants lifecycle management of OpenLoaf canvases / whiteboards: create, open, filter, duplicate, delete, rename, or change ownership. Typical phrases: "open a whiteboard", "create an architecture diagram canvas", "clean up unused whiteboards". Not for: data-driven chart visualization (→visualization-ops-skill), AI image or video generation (→cloud-media-skill), editing nodes inside an already-open canvas (handled by the canvas sub-agent).

Its SKILL.md is about 1.4k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Media & Creative, covering Image generation, Diagrams and Subagents. The repository describes itself as: 🍞Open-source, local-first AI workspace with Agents, multi-model chat (GPT/Claude/Gemini/DeepSeek), Notion-like docs, AI image & video generation, email, calendar & terminal…. The licence is AGPL-3.0.

When your agent uses it

  • Wants lifecycle management of OpenLoaf canvases / whiteboards: create
  • Change ownership

Example prompts

  • “open a whiteboard”
  • “create an architecture diagram canvas”
  • “clean up unused whiteboards”
  • “/canvas-ops-skill”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit f7eccf6. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Canvas Ops Skill loads about 1.4k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 122 tokens; SKILL.md has 488 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~122
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.4k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from OpenLoaf/OpenLoaf at commit f7eccf6, republished under its AGPL-3.0 licence (© OpenLoaf). 488 words, ~1,416 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/canvas-ops-skill/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
canvas-ops-skill
description
Triggered when the user wants lifecycle management of OpenLoaf canvases / whiteboards: create, open, filter, duplicate, delete, rename, or change ownership. Typical phrases: "open a whiteboard", "create an architecture diagram canvas", "clean up unused whiteboards". **Not for**: data-driven chart visualization (→visualization-ops-skill), AI image or video generation (→cloud-media-skill), editing nodes inside an already-open canvas (handled by the canvas sub-agent).

Canvas Ops Skill

Tool Roster

ToolResponsibilityRead-only
BoardQueryQuery the canvas list or a single canvas detail (mode: list / get)Yes
BoardMutateCreate / update / duplicate / delete a canvas (action: create / update / delete / duplicate / clear-unbound, etc.)No

Loading: Both are deferred tools. Before calling, activate their schemas with ToolSearch(names: "BoardQuery,BoardMutate").

Which One Should I Use?

Pick by intent:

Want to see which canvases exist?          → BoardQuery (mode: list)
Want to filter canvases by project?        → BoardQuery (mode: list, with projectId)
Want to search canvases by keyword?        → BoardQuery (mode: list, with search)
Want to find orphan canvases with no project? → BoardQuery (mode: list, with unboundOnly: true)
Want a canvas's details and nodes?         → BoardQuery (mode: get, with boardId)
Want to create a new canvas?               → BoardMutate (action: create)
Want to change a canvas's title/pin/owner? → BoardMutate (action: update)
Want to delete a canvas?                   → BoardMutate (action: delete)  ← default
Want to permanently wipe it?               → BoardMutate (action: hard-delete)
Want to duplicate a canvas?                → BoardMutate (action: duplicate)
Want to clean up every orphan canvas?      → BoardMutate (action: clear-unbound)

Node-Level Operations Inside a Canvas

Node editing inside a canvas (adding nodes, connecting edges, changing content) is done by a sub-agent or by the canvas editing tools — it is not directly performed by this skill. What you need to know:

  • BoardQuery { mode: "get" } returns the canvas's full node and edge information, useful for understanding current content
  • When the user says "add a box", "connect A to B", "edit this node's content" — those are node-level operations handled by the canvas editing agent
  • Your responsibility is to manage the canvas itself (create, delete, ownership, duplicate), not to manipulate elements inside it

Cross-Skill Collaboration

Complex scenarios require multiple skills working together:

  • User says "create a project architecture flowchart" → first use ProjectQuery to understand the project structure, then BoardMutate { action: "create" } to create the canvas, and finally let the canvas editing agent add nodes and edges based on that structure
  • User says "visualize the task board" → first use TaskStatus to fetch the task list, then create the canvas and hand off layout to the editing agent

Core Workflows

Workflow 1: Create a New Canvas
1. Confirm the desired canvas title and owning project
2. BoardMutate (action: create, title: "...")   → receive boardId
3. If it should belong to a project, include projectId at create time
Workflow 2: Tidy Up Canvases
1. BoardQuery (mode: list)                      → fetch all canvases
2. Analyze which ones have no project and which may be duplicates
3. Report the current state to the user and propose a cleanup plan
4. BoardMutate (action: update, projectId: ...) → attach orphans to a project
5. BoardMutate (action: delete)                 → remove canvases no longer needed
Workflow 3: Find and View a Canvas
1. BoardQuery (mode: list, search: "keyword")   → search matching canvases
2. BoardQuery (mode: get, boardId: "...")       → fetch canvas detail (with nodes and edges)
3. Show the user a summary of the canvas content

Key Decisions — And Why

Show full SKILL.md (234 more words)Show less
Where Does boardId Come From?

Check pageContext.boardId first (the canvas the user is currently viewing). If there is no context, search with BoardQuery (mode: list) first. Always confirm the correct boardId first.

Operating on the wrong canvas silently corrupts data — concretely: nodes get added to the wrong canvas, the original canvas's edge relationships get polluted, and the canvas the user sees no longer matches what was actually modified. This kind of damage raises no error; the user may notice the content is scrambled much later, and because the operation has already been saved, it cannot be recovered via undo (only by restoring from backup or rebuilding after hard-delete). So "confirm the boardId first" is not flow-OCD — it's protection against irreversible data confusion.

delete vs hard-delete

Default to delete (soft delete, recoverable). Users change their minds all the time. Only use hard-delete when the user explicitly says "wipe it", "permanently delete".

clear-unbound Demands Extreme Caution

It deletes every canvas not attached to a project in one shot. Before running it, you must first call BoardQuery (mode: list, unboundOnly: true) and have the user confirm the list, to avoid accidentally nuking valuable standalone canvases.

Always Confirm Before Deleting

Before any delete, hard-delete, or clear-unbound operation, show the user the list of canvases that will be affected. This follows the same principle as confirming recipients before sending an email — irreversible operations need a human in the loop.

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Files

Just SKILL.md in apps/server/src/ai/builtin-skills/canvas-ops/en of OpenLoaf/OpenLoaf.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit f7eccf6

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Questions about Canvas Ops Skill

What does Canvas Ops Skill do?

Triggered when the user wants lifecycle management of OpenLoaf canvases / whiteboards: create, open, filter, duplicate, delete, rename, or change ownership. Canvas Ops Skill is an agent skill from OpenLoaf/OpenLoaf. Triggered when the user wants lifecycle management of OpenLoaf canvases / whiteboards: create, open, filter, duplicate, delete, rename, or change ownership.

When should I use Canvas Ops Skill?

Canvas Ops Skill fits situations like: wants lifecycle management of OpenLoaf canvases / whiteboards: create; change ownership.

How do I install Canvas Ops Skill in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add OpenLoaf/OpenLoaf --skill canvas-ops-skill -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (apps/server/src/ai/builtin-skills/canvas-ops/en in OpenLoaf/OpenLoaf) into .claude/skills/canvas-ops-skill in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Canvas Ops Skill in Codex?

Run `npx skills add OpenLoaf/OpenLoaf --skill canvas-ops-skill -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (apps/server/src/ai/builtin-skills/canvas-ops/en in OpenLoaf/OpenLoaf) into .agents/skills/canvas-ops-skill in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Canvas Ops Skill in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add OpenLoaf/OpenLoaf --skill canvas-ops-skill -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/canvas-ops-skill, .gemini/skills/canvas-ops-skill, .github/skills/canvas-ops-skill and .opencode/skills/canvas-ops-skill in your project.

What does Canvas Ops Skill need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Canvas Ops Skill is instructions for the agent only.

Does Canvas Ops Skill access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Canvas Ops Skill safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Canvas Ops Skill use?

Canvas Ops Skill is published under the AGPL-3.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Canvas Ops Skill use?

About 1.4k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.7k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Canvas Ops Skill?

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Who maintains Canvas Ops Skill?

OpenLoaf (a GitHub organization) maintains it in OpenLoaf/OpenLoaf, which has 108 GitHub stars. The repository holds 33 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on May 14, 2026.

Source: OpenLoaf/OpenLoaf on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.