Skills claw-canvas

A virtual canvas for OpenClaw to output content and visualize its thinking during development.

install
source · Clone the upstream repo
git clone https://github.com/openclaw/skills
Claude Code · Install into ~/.claude/skills/
T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/openclaw/skills "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/skills/austindixson/claw-canvas" ~/.claude/skills/clawdbot-skills-claw-canvas && rm -rf "$T"
manifest: skills/austindixson/claw-canvas/SKILL.md
source content

Claw Canvas Skill

Description

This skill wraps OpenClaw's native

canvas
tool to provide a dedicated, interactive surface for the agent to visualize its internal processes, display intermediate results, and output rich content directly on a virtual canvas. It enables a more transparent and intuitive development workflow by making the agent's thinking and work-in-progress visible.

Core Functionalities

  • Render Markdown/HTML: Display formatted text, code, tables, and images.
  • Visualize Data: Present charts, graphs, or structured data.
  • Show Progress: Update the canvas with real-time progress of tasks.
  • Interactive Thinking: Optionally display thought processes or decision trees.
  • Snapshot: Capture the current state of the canvas.

Usage

This is primarily an internal skill for the agent to use to illustrate its workflow. It will expose a CLI interface for displaying content.

# Example: Display markdown content
python3 scripts/canvas_cli.py display_markdown --content "# Agent Thinking\n\nHere's my current thought process..."

# Example: Display an image
python3 scripts/canvas_cli.py display_image --url "https://example.com/image.png"

Purpose

To enhance transparency, improve user understanding of complex agent processes, and provide a dynamic, real-time output area for development tasks. This will be invaluable for tasks like:

  • Visualizing website structure during the Mac App conversion.
  • Displaying drafted blog posts or tweets with formatting.
  • Showing data analysis results.
  • Illustrating program flow or architectural decisions.