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This file is byte-identical to the first copy the registry indexed. Same content hash, so the same checks give both the same grade.
canvas from kensaurus/skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add kensaurus/skills/canvas@git:20260923.cf348bdPins git:20260923.cf348bd in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- kensaurus/skills
- Path
skills-cursor/canvas/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 5
- Latest version
- git:20260923.cf348bd, committed Sep 23, 2026
- First version recorded
- Apr 27, 2026
- Size
- 8,848 bytes
- Repository stars
- 9
- License
- MIT
Create a live React canvas beside chat for standalone analytical artifacts that benefit from visual layout: quantitative/security/ architecture analyses, data-heavy timelines/charts/tables, interactive explorations, or repeatable tools. Do not use for simple prose or code changes.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
A canvas is a single `.canvas.tsx` file the IDE compiles so the user can open it beside the chat. Follow the workflow below in order. ## Workflow ### 1. Decide whether to use a canvas The trigger is **user intent**, not response shape. Ask: would the user benefit from viewing this output as its **own standalone artifact**, separate from the chat? If the output is a means to an end (a drafted message, a code fix, a dashboard in another tool), skip the canvas. **Use a canvas when the agent produces new standalone analytical output:** - Quantitative analyses and metrics breakdowns (e.g. "send 500 requests and tell me how many fail") - Billing or account investigations that surface structured findings from database queries - Security audits or architecture reviews with categorized findings - Cross-system data analyses and overlap reports - Structured data from MCP tools (Databricks, Datadog, etc.) where the data IS the deliverable - Financial analyses, margin decompositions, usage trend reports - Tables with more than a handful of rows that the user asked to see **Do NOT use a canvas when:** …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add kensaurus/skills/canvas@sha256:aecdd3078e2f60e1The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260923.cf348bd, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_bpzalnv5u7v5igvm)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 5 versions of this file, between Apr 27, 2026 and Sep 23, 2026, about one every 37 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20260923.cf348bd latest | 2026-09-23 | cf348bd | 8,848 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260820.950107c | 2026-08-20 | 950107c | 8,684 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260817.5b93a21 | 2026-08-17 | 5b93a21 | 8,720 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260511.b91f4db | 2026-05-11 | b91f4db | 8,914 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260427.d2f4bd1 | 2026-04-27 | d2f4bd1 | 9,186 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (8848 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
kensaurus/skills · 9 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-19 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_bpzalnv5u7v5igvm GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=kensaurus/skills/canvas GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/aecdd3078e2f60e1a0d610d47027f5121e9d1b8045123bf1cacad9e391638d46
Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.
Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.
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