Systems and software architecture
Map clients, services, data stores, APIs, queues, models, agents, and infrastructure with connectors that remain attached.
Use cases
Work gets clearer when everyone can see it.
Flexible enough for the rough idea. Structured enough for the diagram that explains it later.
AI systems and agent workflows
Show orchestration, tool calls, memory, evaluation, approvals, retries, and failure paths.
Product flows
Turn requirements into user journeys, onboarding, states, and decision trees.
Operating processes
Document intake, approvals, handoffs, exceptions, escalation, and completion. Use lanes to make ownership visible.
Workshops and planning
Collect ideas with sticky notes, cluster them, frame themes, and leave with an organized outcome.
Wireframes and experience
Sketch interfaces, connect screens, share for critique, and generate an HTML starting point for engineering review.
Prompts worth trying
Describe the system, not the boxes.
The Canvas assistant can turn intent, stages, decisions, and ownership into a first editable structure.
ARCHRetrieval pipeline
“Create a left-to-right retrieval pipeline grouped into Ingest, Retrieve, Generate, and Observe.”
AGENTAgent loop
“Draw an agent loop with planning, tool execution, validation, retry, and human escalation.”
OPSSupport escalation
“Map support escalation across Frontline, Specialist, and Engineering, including the return path.”
UXAccount recovery
“Map sign-up through verification, with recovery paths for an expired link or forgotten password.”
Complex ideaClear model
Teach and explain
Make a system understandable without narrating every box.
Use labeled connections, visual categories, frames, and a laser pointer to walk people through the model. Send a read-only snapshot when the final state should travel without editing access.