What can the Agent see?

The whole board: cards, groups, scripts, comments and the About This Canvas note. Filling in About This Canvas gives it useful context about your project.

Can I use the Agent without letting it change my board?

Yes. Switch its permissions to Brainstorm. It then answers and suggests, and changes nothing on the canvas. Auto, the default, lets it edit and create cards.

Does the Agent spend credits without asking?

By default it asks you to confirm before it runs a generation, and you can stop it at any time while it works.

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Connect Cards and Use the Agent

Connecting cards is what makes Canvas more than a generator: every result can become the starting point for the next one. This chapter shows how to connect cards, and how to hand the work to the Agent.

Connect cards

Drag from a card's output socket (right side) onto another card to use the first card's result as a reference for the second.

Animation of dragging from the output socket of a sneaker product shot onto another card to connect the two — Drag from the output socket onto another card.

The source image is filled into the target's reference slot automatically, and the card shows a small → 1 badge counting its connected inputs.

A source card connected to a new card, with the source image filled into the new card's prompt bar as a reference — The connected result is filled in as a reference.

Two shortcuts make this faster:

Drop on empty space to create the next card. Drag from the output socket and pause on an empty spot. A ring appears: move toward Image (top), Video (right), Script (bottom) or Audio (left) and let go. The new card is created already connected.
Type @ in the prompt to say which reference you mean, for example “@Image1 the same sneaker worn by a skater…”.

A connection line ending in a ring that offers Image, Video, Script and Audio — Pause on empty space to create a card that is already connected.

The prompt bar with @ typed and a suggestion for @Image1 with its thumbnail — Type @ to choose a reference.

A script card can be connected in the same way; its text is added to the prompt. Press V to see every connection on the board.

Let the Agent do it

The Agent sees the whole board — cards, groups, scripts, comments and the About This Canvas note — and can edit it directly: write scripts, create and connect cards, rewrite prompts, organize groups and run generations.

The Agent input at the bottom of the board, with numbered callouts for attaching files, permissions, model and effort, chat layout and voice — The Agent input at the bottom of the board.

Controls in the Agent input.
#	Control	Notes
1	Attach files	Up to 8 files per message, or drag files onto the chat.
2	Permissions	Auto (default) can edit and create cards. Brainstorm answers and suggests, and changes nothing on the canvas.
3	Model & effort	GPT-6.1 Sol or GPT-6 Astra; slide from Faster to Smarter.
4	Chat layout	Full screen, pin to the left or right, move to the bottom, or minimize.
5	Voice	Speak instead of typing.

Example

We asked: “Write a 3-shot script for a 10-second social ad for this sneaker as a script card. Then add a 9:16 image card for shot 1 to the 'Launch visuals' group, connect the studio product shot as its reference, and generate it.”

The Agent shows its progress, and you can stop it at any time. Before it spends credits on a generation, it asks you to confirm:

The Agent chat with the request, a short reply, and Confirm generation and Skip buttons — The Agent asks before it generates.

After you confirm, it reports exactly what it changed:

The Agent reply listing the saved script card, the new 9:16 card connected to the product shot, and the generated image — The Agent sums up what it changed.

…and the board now has the script card plus a new 9:16 card, connected to the product shot and already generated:

The Launch visuals group with a new 9:16 card that is connected and generated, and a script card named Everyday in Motion beside it — The new card and the script card on the board.

Tips

Say what a message is about. Select cards before you type, or drag a card onto the input, and the message is about those cards.
Talk instead of typing. Hold T over the board and speak; click cards while holding to include them. When you let go, your words and cards are waiting in the message for you to send.
Start a new chat with ⌘+⇧+O while you are typing in the chat.
Generations the Agent runs use credits, just like the ones you start yourself.

Frequently Asked Questions

Drag from the first card's output socket on its right side onto the other card. The result is added to that card's references, and a badge shows how many inputs are connected.