Cortex Canvas

Cortex Canvas is your research workspace. Instead of starting from a blank prompt, you build context on a visual surface using nodes. Each node is a piece of source material. When you're ready, CASi writes from everything you've assembled.

How the canvas works

The canvas is a drag-and-drop surface where you create, connect, and organise research. Every piece of information you add becomes a node. Nodes persist indefinitely. The research your team builds today is still there next month, still feeding future articles.

Multiple people can work on the same canvas at the same time. Cursor indicators show who's inside each node. Edits arrive in real time with independent undo per person.

Node types

Each node type deposits a different kind of evidence into your final output:

Scratchpad and notes. Write a rough thesis or editorial direction. This shapes the opening argument and narrative arc of the article CASi produces.

Connected workspaces. Pull in documents from Notion, Confluence, Google Drive, Monday, or Granola. Your exact product terminology appears in headings and claims, not a model's guess.

Deep research. Ask a strategic question and CASi returns findings with named competitors, current figures, and traceable references. See Deep Research.

Community research. Pull in Reddit threads and YouTube transcripts. Real buyer objections and questions become the answer sections in your content.

Image generation. Generate visuals from your assembled research across three quality tiers. See Image Generation.

Media sources. Upload a podcast recording or live discussion. Attributed quotes and first-person anecdotes land in the draft, reading as lived experience because they are.

Library items. Saved items from your library connect to new drafts. Approved language appears without re-entering it.

Web pages. Add URLs for pages your buyers already read. These become comparison points your article directly addresses.

Competitor cards. Rival positioning surfaces as the named gap your draft writes into.

Creating articles from the canvas

When your research is ready, click Create Article. You can apply a Content Profile to layer your pre-configured rules on top of the research, or send your entire canvas research straight to CASi.

The finished article lands in your content table, fully cited and referenced, grounded in the evidence you assembled. Review, edit, and publish from there.

What else comes out of the canvas

The canvas doesn't only produce articles:

• Social posts generated from the same editorial thread, carrying specific claims rather than diluted summaries.
• Reddit replies shaped by community research so your expertise sounds like it belongs in the thread.
• Contextual visuals built from research nodes rather than from a separate description.

Canvas integrations

Connect workspace tools to pull documents directly onto the canvas:

• Notion
• Confluence
• Google Drive
• Monday
• Granola
• Spotify (for podcast transcripts)

See Cortex Integrations for setup details.