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name: json-canvas
description: "Create or edit Obsidian .canvas files with nodes, edges, groups, and connections. Use for JSON Canvas artifacts, not generic diagrams."
---

# JSON Canvas

Use for Obsidian .canvas artifacts. Read the [preserved format guidance](UPSTREAM.md)
for node, edge, group, and connection rules. Read
[examples](references/EXAMPLES.md) only when a concrete canvas pattern is useful.
Preserve unrelated nodes and edges when editing an existing canvas.

[Preservation provenance](references/provenance.json). Resolve original relative
paths from this skill directory; the preserved file stays here to retain its links.