--- name: canvas-template description: > Browse and instantiate 12 canvas template archetypes: presentation, flowchart, mind-map, gallery, dashboard, storyboard, knowledge-graph, mood-board, timeline, comparison, kanban, project-brief. Each template generates a ready-to-use canvas with proper layout, zones, and placeholder content. Triggers on: canvas template, canvas template list, browse templates, canvas from template, use template, show archetypes. user-invocable: false --- # canvas-template: Template Browser & Instantiation --- ## Operations ### List Templates (`/canvas template list`) Run the template script to list available archetypes: ```bash python3 scripts/canvas_template.py --list ``` Present the results as a formatted table: | Archetype | Layout | Description | |-----------|--------|-------------| | presentation | linear-vertical | Slide deck for Advanced Canvas (1200x675 slides) | | flowchart | linear-vertical → auto dagre | Process flow with connected step nodes | | mind-map | grid → auto radial | Radial expansion from central topic | | gallery | grid | Image placeholder grid with title zone | | dashboard | grid | Metric cards + status zones | | storyboard | linear-horizontal | Scene cards for video planning | | knowledge-graph | grid → auto force | Entity nodes for relationship mapping | | mood-board | grid | Asymmetric image grid for creative direction | | timeline | linear-horizontal | Horizontal event sequence | | comparison | grid | Side-by-side columns for option analysis | | kanban | grid | Todo/Doing/Done column board | | project-brief | linear-vertical | Stacked zones for project kickoff | ### Instantiate Template (`/canvas template use [name]`) 1. Validate the template name against the 12 archetypes. 2. Ask for required parameters: - **title** (all templates): What's the canvas title? - Template-specific params (slide_count, step_count, image_count, etc.) 3. Determine output path (canvas directory detection from orchestrator). 4. Run instantiation: ```bash python3 scripts/canvas_template.py [template] [output_path] --param title="[title]" --param [key]=[value] ``` 5. Validate the output: ```bash python3 scripts/canvas_validate.py [output_path] ``` 6. **MANDATORY: Content Quality Gate** — Read the orchestrator's Quality Standards section. Before reporting: - Replace ALL placeholder text in every node with real content relevant to the title - Verify no "Describe this", "YYYY-MM-DD", "Value: 0", or "Content goes here" strings remain - Run `python3 scripts/canvas_validate.py` and confirm 0 errors, 0 overlap warnings - If the template has `post_layout` (mind-map→radial, knowledge-graph→force, flowchart→dagre), confirm the layout was applied 7. Report: "Created [name] canvas at [path] with [N] nodes, [E] edges, [G] groups." --- ## Template Parameters Each template has defaults that can be overridden: | Template | Key Parameters | Defaults | |----------|---------------|----------| | presentation | slide_count | 6 | | flowchart | step_count | 5 | | mind-map | branch_count | 5 | | gallery | image_count, columns | 9, 3 | | dashboard | metric_count | 4 | | storyboard | scene_count | 6 | | knowledge-graph | entity_count | 8 | | mood-board | image_count | 8 | | timeline | event_count | 6 | | comparison | criteria_count | 4 | | kanban | cards_per_column | 3 | | project-brief | objective_count | 3 | All templates accept `color_title`, `color_body`, `color_accent` to override the color scheme (values: `"1"`-`"6"`). --- ## Post-Instantiation After creating a template canvas, suggest next steps based on the archetype: - **presentation**: "Add content to each slide. Use `/canvas add banana` for hero images." - **gallery/mood-board**: "Replace placeholder slots with `/canvas add image` or `/canvas add banana`." - **flowchart**: "Edit step text. Run `/canvas layout dagre` to re-flow after changes." - **mind-map**: "Edit branches. Run `/canvas layout radial` for proper expansion." - **knowledge-graph**: "Add entities and edges. Run `/canvas layout force` to visualize relationships." - **kanban**: "Add task cards with `/canvas add text`. Move between columns manually in Obsidian." --- Source attribution: AgriciDaniel Original project: https://github.com/AgriciDaniel/claude-canvas/blob/05b808cafd906bb3b8ff1c597ed8cd33ff5145c0/skills/canvas-template/SKILL.md License: MIT License information: https://opensource.org/license/mit Original upstream instructions; downloaded from Dave AI. ## Upstream license notice MIT License Copyright (c) 2026 AgriciDaniel Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. 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