Create from Canvas

The canvas turns whatever you have gathered into finished output in a single step. Pick the cards you want CASi to read from, decide how the result should be written, and a new card appears on the canvas connected to the cards it was built from.

Two creation flows live on the canvas toolbar:

• Create content for a full article.
• Create social post for one social post or a connected series.

Both flows work the same way. You open a side panel, choose a profile (or configure manually), tick the cards to include, add any extra directions, and click the create button.

Before you start

You need at least one card on your canvas. Both buttons stay disabled until something is there to work from. Group containers do not count as a source. Only the cards inside them do.

Create a content article

1. Open the panel

On the floating toolbar, click the Create content button (file-and-pen icon). A panel slides in from the right titled Create content from canvas.

2. Choose how to configure it

You have two options.

Use a Content Profile (fastest). Pick a profile from the Content profile dropdown. The profile already knows the keyword, article type, target country, ICP, product, audience, and industry, so the rest of the form collapses away. You do not need to fill anything else in.

Configure manually. Leave the profile dropdown empty and fill in the three required fields:

• Keyword. The focus keyword the article should target.
• Article type. The format (for example, blog post or comparison).
• Target country. Which market the article is written for.

For setting profiles up in advance, see Content Profiles.

3. Choose what to include in context

The Include in context section lists every card on your canvas with a checkbox next to it. Each card shows its own icon (Notion, YouTube, Reddit, Granola, sticky notes, chats, articles, and so on) so you can see what is there.

By default every card is ticked. Untick anything you do not want CASi to use. Only the ticked cards are sent into the article.

4. Add directions (optional)

The Additional directions box lets you tell CASi anything extra: tone, angle, points to emphasise, things to avoid. Leave it blank if the canvas content speaks for itself.

5. Click Create content

Click the blue Create content button at the bottom of the panel. Three things happen:

1. A new content card appears on the canvas with a soft pulsing blue glow. This is the pending card. It shows the brief you just configured (profile name, keyword, article type, country, ICP, audience, and so on) so you can see what is being written.
2. Animated edges are drawn from every ticked card into the new pending card, with blue dots flowing along them. This shows you visually which cards are feeding into the article.
3. The panel closes automatically.

6. Wait for it to finish

The pulsing glow and flowing edge dots stay active while CASi writes the article. Generation typically takes one to two hours for a full article, so you do not need to stay on the page. Eclipse emails you when the article is ready, and posts an alert to the channel you have set as your content alerts channel under the Slack integration. The card on the canvas updates itself when generation finishes.

When it completes:

• The pulsing glow stops.
• The flowing dots on the edges stop.
• The card transforms from a pending brief into a finished content card showing the article title, status badge, and a preview of the body.

7. Open the article

Click the external-link icon in the card header to open the finished article in the content editor in a new tab. From there you can review, edit, and publish it. See Writing Content for the editor flow.

The canvas header also shows a small article count badge with the total number of articles created from this canvas. Click it to jump to those articles.

Create a social media post

1. Open the panel

On the floating toolbar, click the Create social post button (share icon, sits next to the Create content button). A panel slides in titled Create social post from canvas.

2. Choose how to configure it

Same two options as content.

Use a Social Profile. Pick a profile from the Social profile dropdown. The profile carries platform, post type, hashtags, and emoji preferences with it, so the rest of the configuration collapses.

Configure manually. Leave the profile dropdown empty and choose:

• Platform. LinkedIn, X, Facebook, Bluesky, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, or Threads.
• Post type. The format options change to match the platform you picked.
• Hashtags. Toggle on if you want CASi to include hashtags.
• Emojis. Toggle on if you want CASi to include emojis.

For setting profiles up in advance, see Social Profiles.

3. Choose a single post or a series

The Series toggle is always available, with or without a profile.

• Off. CASi writes one post.
• On. Pick 2, 3, 4, or 5 posts in the toggle group that appears. CASi writes a connected sequence (a thread or series) where every post builds on the same idea and reads as one continuous piece across the set.

A small help-circle icon next to the Series label explains this on hover.

4. Choose what to include in context

Same as for content. Every card on your canvas is listed with a checkbox and its icon. Everything is ticked by default. Untick anything you do not want CASi to use.

5. Add directions (optional)

The Additional directions box works the same way as for content. Use it to steer the angle, voice, or hook. Up to 2,000 characters.

6. Click Create social post

Click the blue Create social post button. The same three things happen as with content:

1. A new social post card appears on the canvas with the pulsing blue glow, showing the brief: platform icon (LinkedIn, X, Threads, and so on), post type, hashtags or emojis on or off, and series count if applicable.
2. Animated edges are drawn from every ticked card into the pending social post card.
3. The panel closes.

7. Wait for it to finish

Social posts generate faster than articles, typically ten to twenty minutes per post. As with content, Eclipse emails you when the post is ready, and posts an alert to the channel you have set as your social alerts channel under the Slack integration. The card on the canvas polls itself every thirty seconds, so you also see the update live if you stay on the page.

When it completes:

• The pulsing glow stops.
• The edges stop animating.
• The card transforms into a finished social post showing the platform branding, the post copy, hashtags, and any series detail.

8. Open the post

Click through to open the finished post in the social media editor, where you can review, refine, schedule, or publish. See Social Content for what you can do next.

The canvas header also shows a social post count badge. Click it to jump to the posts created from this canvas.

What happens to the cards you used

Nothing. They stay exactly where they are. The new content or social post card is added alongside them, with edges showing the relationship. You can move, delete, or reuse the source cards freely. The edges are deletable too.

If something goes wrong

If generation fails (for example, your account runs out of credits), the card switches to a failed state with a refresh icon. Click refresh to try again, or delete the card and start over.

For balances and what each generation costs, see Credits.