AI-orchestrated visual production for Obsidian Canvas. Create presentations, flowcharts, mood boards, knowledge graphs, and galleries with intelligent layout and AI-generated content.

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AI-orchestrated visual production for Obsidian Canvas. Create presentations, flowcharts, mood boards, knowledge graphs, and galleries with intelligent layout and AI-generated content.

Claude acts as Creative Director — describe what you want and get a fully populated, professionally laid-out canvas.

What It Does

Create canvases from 12 built-in templates (presentation, flowchart, mind map, gallery, dashboard, storyboard, knowledge graph, mood board, timeline, comparison, kanban, project brief)
Populate with images, text, PDFs, wiki notes, web links, Mermaid diagrams, SVGs, GIFs
Layout with 6 algorithms (dagre, grid, radial, force-directed, linear, auto-detect)
Present with Advanced Canvas plugin support (1200x675 slide groups with edge navigation)
Generate entire canvases from a single description using AI-generated images and content
Export to PNG, SVG, or PDF

Install

Claude Code CLI

claude plugin install AgriciDaniel/claude-canvas

Clone

git clone https://github.com/AgriciDaniel/claude-canvas.git ~/Desktop/claude-canvas

Add to existing project

claude plugin add ~/Desktop/claude-canvas

Commands

You say	Claude does
`/canvas`	List canvases with node counts and zones
`/canvas create my-board`	Create a new blank canvas
`/canvas create launch from presentation`	Create from template archetype
`/canvas add image photo.png`	Add image node with auto aspect ratio
`/canvas add text "# Title"`	Add markdown text card
`/canvas add banana "hero shot"`	Generate AI image via `/banana`, add to canvas
`/canvas add mermaid "graph LR..."`	Add Mermaid diagram (renders natively)
`/canvas zone "Research" 5`	Create a cyan-colored zone
`/canvas connect node-a node-b`	Add edge between nodes
`/canvas from banana`	Import recent AI-generated images
`/canvas layout dagre`	Re-layout with hierarchical algorithm
`/canvas layout auto`	Auto-detect best algorithm
`/canvas present "Q3 Review"`	Build presentation canvas
`/canvas generate "mood board for cyberpunk game"`	Full AI-orchestrated generation
`/canvas template list`	Browse 12 archetypes
`/canvas export png`	Export canvas to PNG

Templates

Archetype	Layout	Use Case
`presentation`	Linear vertical	Slide decks for Advanced Canvas
`flowchart`	Sugiyama/dagre	Process documentation
`mind-map`	Radial center-out	Idea exploration
`gallery`	Grid	Image showcases
`dashboard`	Grid variable	Project status boards
`storyboard`	Linear horizontal	Video/animation planning
`knowledge-graph`	Force-directed	Entity relationships
`mood-board`	Asymmetric grid	Creative direction
`timeline`	Linear horizontal	Event sequences
`comparison`	Two columns	Side-by-side analysis
`kanban`	Column zones	Task management
`project-brief`	Stacked zones	Project kickoff

Canvas Location

claude-canvas is vault-aware but not vault-dependent:

If wiki/canvases/ exists (claude-obsidian vault): uses that directory
Otherwise: creates .canvases/ in your current project

Integration

Works with these skills when installed (gracefully degrades if not available):

/banana — AI image generation via Gemini
/svg — Diagram, chart, icon, and pattern generation
/claude-gif-* — GIF generation, editing, and optimization
mcpvault MCP — Read wiki notes for presentation content

Requirements

Obsidian with Canvas support (v1.1+)
Advanced Canvas plugin (recommended for presentations and export)
Python 3.10+ (for layout and validation scripts)

File Structure

.claude-plugin/plugin.json     Plugin metadata
commands/canvas.md             CLI entry point
hooks/hooks.json               PostToolUse auto-validation
skills/
  canvas/                      Main orchestrator — routes to sub-skills
    SKILL.md
    references/                7 reference files (spec, layout, performance, templates, presentation, mermaid, media)
  canvas-create/SKILL.md       Create canvases
  canvas-populate/SKILL.md     Add nodes, edges, zones
  canvas-layout/SKILL.md       Re-layout algorithms
  canvas-present/SKILL.md      Presentation builder
  canvas-generate/SKILL.md     AI-orchestrated generation (flagship)
  canvas-template/SKILL.md     Template browser
  canvas-export/SKILL.md       Export to image/PDF
agents/                        3 agents (layout, media, composer)
scripts/                       Python CLI tools (validate, layout, template)
templates/                     12 JSON Canvas archetypes
bin/setup.sh                   Install optional Python dependencies

Screenshots

Full Feature Showcase

AI images, SVG architecture diagram, Mermaid charts, callouts, and zones — all in one canvas Showcase

AI Image Gallery

8 diverse AI-generated images arranged in an auto-laid-out gallery zone Gallery

Presentation Mode

6-slide deck with real content, Mermaid diagrams, and edge navigation for Advanced Canvas Presentation

Mind Map (Radial Layout)

Auto-applied radial layout expanding from central topic Mind Map

Comparison Template

Side-by-side option zones with criteria comparison section

Project Brief

Stacked zones: header, objectives with KPIs, and deliverables Project Brief

Origin

claude-canvas originated from the /canvas skill in claude-obsidian — a knowledge companion for Obsidian vaults. The original skill handles wiki-scoped visual boards. claude-canvas extends this into a full visual production system for any project.

Attribution

Built by AgriciDaniel. Canvas format follows the JSON Canvas 1.0 open standard by the Obsidian team.

Author

Built by Agrici Daniel - AI Workflow Architect.

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