How canvases make agentic workflows visible, steerable, and cost-efficient
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AI agent — An AI system that doesn't just answer once but works toward a goal in a loop — taking actions, reading the results, and deciding what to do next.
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When agents produce changes faster than anyone can review them, chat transcripts stop being a usable record. Canvases give AI agentAn AI system that doesn't just answer once but works toward a goal in a loop — taking actions, reading the results, and deciding what to do next.Full definition → work a durable, steerable surface you can approve incrementally instead of auditing after the fact.
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