pmx-canvas 0.6.5 → 0.7.0
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- package/.github/extensions/pmx-canvas/extension.mjs +67 -3
- package/CHANGELOG.md +54 -0
- package/Readme.md +29 -5
- package/dist/canvas/global.css +440 -24
- package/dist/canvas/index.js +90 -75
- package/dist/types/cli/agent.d.ts +3 -0
- package/dist/types/cli/commands/backup.d.ts +1 -0
- package/dist/types/cli/commands/boards.d.ts +1 -0
- package/dist/types/cli/commands/export.d.ts +1 -0
- package/dist/types/client/canvas/BoardCopyDialog.d.ts +5 -0
- package/dist/types/client/canvas/BoardFolderDialog.d.ts +7 -0
- package/dist/types/client/canvas/BoardLinkDialog.d.ts +3 -0
- package/dist/types/client/canvas/BoardSwitcher.d.ts +8 -0
- package/dist/types/client/canvas/ExportDialog.d.ts +7 -0
- package/dist/types/client/canvas/HomeView.d.ts +9 -0
- package/dist/types/client/nodes/AttachmentNode.d.ts +6 -0
- package/dist/types/client/nodes/BoardNode.d.ts +5 -0
- package/dist/types/client/state/boards-store.d.ts +79 -0
- package/dist/types/client/state/canvas-store.d.ts +2 -0
- package/dist/types/client/state/intent-bridge.d.ts +1 -0
- package/dist/types/client/state/session-store.d.ts +7 -0
- package/dist/types/client/types.d.ts +2 -2
- package/dist/types/json-render/catalog.d.ts +1 -1
- package/dist/types/json-render/charts/definitions.d.ts +1 -1
- package/dist/types/json-render/server.d.ts +6 -0
- package/dist/types/mcp/canvas-access.d.ts +10 -3
- package/dist/types/mcp/context-uri-template.d.ts +6 -0
- package/dist/types/server/agent-presence.d.ts +1 -1
- package/dist/types/server/attribution.d.ts +11 -0
- package/dist/types/server/ax-context.d.ts +3 -1
- package/dist/types/server/ax-interaction.d.ts +2 -2
- package/dist/types/server/ax-state.d.ts +13 -3
- package/dist/types/server/backup.d.ts +36 -0
- package/dist/types/server/board-export.d.ts +45 -0
- package/dist/types/server/canvas-db.d.ts +63 -9
- package/dist/types/server/canvas-operations.d.ts +23 -0
- package/dist/types/server/canvas-provenance.d.ts +1 -1
- package/dist/types/server/canvas-state.d.ts +140 -3
- package/dist/types/server/context-brief.d.ts +111 -0
- package/dist/types/server/context-reads.d.ts +55 -0
- package/dist/types/server/document-import.d.ts +66 -0
- package/dist/types/server/index.d.ts +103 -4
- package/dist/types/server/mutation-history.d.ts +1 -0
- package/dist/types/server/operations/invoker.d.ts +2 -0
- package/dist/types/server/operations/mcp.d.ts +7 -1
- package/dist/types/server/operations/ops/ax-shared.d.ts +2 -2
- package/dist/types/server/operations/ops/backup.d.ts +2 -0
- package/dist/types/server/operations/ops/boards.d.ts +10 -0
- package/dist/types/server/operations/ops/export.d.ts +2 -0
- package/dist/types/server/operations/ops/imports.d.ts +2 -0
- package/dist/types/server/operations/ops/nodes.d.ts +1 -1
- package/dist/types/server/operations/ops/query.d.ts +2 -0
- package/dist/types/server/operations/registry.d.ts +9 -1
- package/dist/types/server/operations/types.d.ts +1 -1
- package/dist/types/server/server.d.ts +1 -0
- package/dist/types/server/trace-manager.d.ts +7 -0
- package/dist/types/server/webpage-node.d.ts +22 -1
- package/dist/types/server/workbench-auth.d.ts +3 -0
- package/dist/types/shared/boards.d.ts +6 -0
- package/docs/RELEASE.md +5 -0
- package/docs/cli.md +68 -0
- package/docs/http-api.md +198 -2
- package/docs/mcp.md +71 -6
- package/docs/node-types.md +26 -0
- package/docs/plans/plan-010-attributed-ask-answers.md +39 -0
- package/docs/plans/plan-011-context-read-instrumentation.md +54 -0
- package/docs/plans/plan-012-many-boards-stage-1.md +98 -0
- package/docs/plans/plan-013-static-board-export.md +47 -0
- package/docs/plans/plan-014-connected-board-memory.md +140 -0
- package/docs/product-vision-2026-09.md +118 -18
- package/docs/sdk.md +50 -0
- package/package.json +1 -1
- package/skills/pmx-canvas/SKILL.md +53 -4
- package/skills/pmx-canvas/references/full-reference.md +43 -7
- package/skills/pmx-canvas/references/github-copilot-app-adapter.md +3 -0
- package/skills/pmx-canvas/references/installing-pmx-canvas.md +4 -4
- package/skills/pmx-canvas-orchestration/SKILL.md +5 -0
- package/skills/pmx-canvas-testing/SKILL.md +4 -0
- package/src/cli/agent.ts +4 -0
- package/src/cli/commands/ax.ts +13 -0
- package/src/cli/commands/backup.ts +66 -0
- package/src/cli/commands/boards.ts +71 -0
- package/src/cli/commands/export.ts +30 -0
- package/src/cli/commands/nodes.ts +4 -1
- package/src/cli/commands/pins.ts +6 -2
- package/src/cli/commands/pump.ts +3 -0
- package/src/cli/commands/query.ts +33 -7
- package/src/cli/commands/view.ts +7 -5
- package/src/cli/index.ts +19 -9
- package/src/client/App.tsx +21 -3
- package/src/client/canvas/BoardCopyDialog.tsx +153 -0
- package/src/client/canvas/BoardFolderDialog.tsx +120 -0
- package/src/client/canvas/BoardLinkDialog.tsx +93 -0
- package/src/client/canvas/BoardSwitcher.tsx +149 -0
- package/src/client/canvas/CanvasViewport.tsx +3 -0
- package/src/client/canvas/CommandPalette.tsx +107 -4
- package/src/client/canvas/ContextMenu.tsx +4 -0
- package/src/client/canvas/ExpandedNodeOverlay.tsx +3 -0
- package/src/client/canvas/ExportDialog.tsx +197 -0
- package/src/client/canvas/HomeView.tsx +277 -0
- package/src/client/canvas/SessionPanel.tsx +28 -1
- package/src/client/canvas/ToolRail.tsx +38 -3
- package/src/client/canvas/TopBar.tsx +34 -18
- package/src/client/canvas/import-files.ts +19 -1
- package/src/client/canvas/kind-colors.ts +1 -0
- package/src/client/icons.tsx +2 -0
- package/src/client/nodes/AttachmentNode.tsx +148 -0
- package/src/client/nodes/BoardNode.tsx +35 -0
- package/src/client/nodes/FileNode.tsx +6 -0
- package/src/client/nodes/MarkdownNode.tsx +47 -19
- package/src/client/nodes/ax-node-actions.ts +2 -5
- package/src/client/nodes/use-ax-surface-bridge.ts +1 -1
- package/src/client/state/boards-store.ts +167 -0
- package/src/client/state/canvas-store.ts +22 -0
- package/src/client/state/intent-bridge.ts +30 -2
- package/src/client/state/node-factory.ts +1 -0
- package/src/client/state/session-store.ts +5 -0
- package/src/client/state/sse-bridge.ts +49 -5
- package/src/client/theme/global.css +440 -24
- package/src/client/types.ts +2 -0
- package/src/json-render/server.ts +16 -9
- package/src/mcp/canvas-access.ts +59 -22
- package/src/mcp/context-uri-template.ts +28 -0
- package/src/mcp/server.ts +122 -15
- package/src/server/agent-context.ts +116 -29
- package/src/server/attribution.ts +29 -0
- package/src/server/ax-context.ts +4 -2
- package/src/server/ax-interaction.ts +1 -0
- package/src/server/ax-state-manager.ts +72 -3
- package/src/server/ax-state.ts +41 -0
- package/src/server/backup.ts +178 -0
- package/src/server/board-export.ts +686 -0
- package/src/server/canvas-db.ts +599 -107
- package/src/server/canvas-operations.ts +68 -9
- package/src/server/canvas-provenance.ts +1 -0
- package/src/server/canvas-schema.ts +12 -0
- package/src/server/canvas-state.ts +774 -45
- package/src/server/context-brief.ts +372 -0
- package/src/server/context-reads.ts +238 -0
- package/src/server/demo-state.json +659 -2
- package/src/server/document-import.ts +223 -0
- package/src/server/index.ts +231 -5
- package/src/server/mutation-history.ts +10 -13
- package/src/server/operations/composites.ts +26 -4
- package/src/server/operations/http.ts +9 -3
- package/src/server/operations/index.ts +8 -0
- package/src/server/operations/invoker.ts +14 -3
- package/src/server/operations/mcp.ts +50 -11
- package/src/server/operations/ops/app.ts +5 -0
- package/src/server/operations/ops/ax-read.ts +10 -6
- package/src/server/operations/ops/ax-timeline.ts +75 -0
- package/src/server/operations/ops/backup.ts +134 -0
- package/src/server/operations/ops/batch.ts +8 -1
- package/src/server/operations/ops/boards.ts +351 -0
- package/src/server/operations/ops/export.ts +74 -0
- package/src/server/operations/ops/ext-app.ts +4 -0
- package/src/server/operations/ops/imports.ts +220 -0
- package/src/server/operations/ops/nodes.ts +57 -5
- package/src/server/operations/ops/query.ts +206 -9
- package/src/server/operations/registry.ts +123 -31
- package/src/server/operations/types.ts +1 -1
- package/src/server/server.ts +146 -2
- package/src/server/spatial-analysis.ts +9 -17
- package/src/server/trace-manager.ts +19 -0
- package/src/server/web-artifacts.ts +2 -1
- package/src/server/webpage-node.ts +173 -13
- package/src/server/workbench-auth.ts +11 -0
- package/src/shared/boards.ts +18 -0
- package/src/shared/node-sizes.ts +1 -0
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**Scope:** Where `pmx-canvas` should go, what must be fixed now, what to add, what to delete, and what is architecturally wrong. Written against `main` `e17776f6` (clean tree); revised against `561e6ec5` (v0.6.3).
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**Revisions:** 2026-09-23 (the [vision review](product-vision-review-2026-09.md) folded in; it keeps the reasoning and the full design sketch), 2026-09-24 (gate and reference-surface decisions; promise hardened; measurement split), 2026-09-26 (gate answers become attribution, not a lock; moved to 0.8). Details in git history.
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**Method:** My own position, drafted first, then stress-tested by a 54-agent panel: four fact-finders, six independent visions from different angles (context engineering, systems, product strategy, rendering, developer experience, minimalism), a merge into 14 moves, three adversarial refuters per move (evidence, feasibility, value), and a completeness critic. Where the panel refuted me, this document says so. Companion: [`product-review-2026-09.md`](product-review-2026-09.md) (the audit).
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**The bet inside it.** The first half is proven by use: every real board was agent-written and human-kept. The second half, that the board changes what an agent does, has never been observed. The plan tests it early (0.7 measures, 0.8 checks) and says in advance what happens if it fails.
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**Decided:** the fleet layer and every node type stay (2026-09-06); boards are the wiki and the destination is "share this board" (2026-09-23); the reference surface is Chromium at 600 px for now (2026-09-24); gate answers are open to any writer and record who answered, replacing the 2026-09-24 human-only decision (2026-09-26). Home is a view listing boards, not a board; deleting a board needs an in-page confirm; backup is built in with its own schedule (2026-09-27). Undecided: generated surfaces (6b).
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**Document import, updated 2026-09-28:** the agent-assisted v1 is implemented and verified on `main` (move 15): attach an original, explicitly request agent processing, review the returned Markdown, then add it to the board. Simple PDF, PPTX and XLSX fixtures were verified with Amp's tools. Canvas bundles no converter or OCR, does not launch an agent automatically, and does not guarantee general format fidelity.
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**Purpose clarification:** pmx-canvas supports **knowledge work broadly**, including research, analysis, dashboards, planning, discovery, coordination, and orchestrating coding or other work. These are examples, not a closed list or a coding-only boundary. Its promise is to help humans and agents do the work, carry useful understanding into the next task, and see known changes and uncertainty in the context they use. The [companion vision](product-context-vision-2026-09.md#position) explored a separate memory graph and wiki; as of 2026-09-23 that role is played by the boards themselves (move 0), and its publication and audience guidance waits until sharing reaches a second writer. Contributing to memory does not automatically make every item a confirmed fact or shared organizational knowledge; attention does not grant approval or sharing permission.
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| Agent context (Part 1, move 1) | Shared per-type card text, persisted authorship/content revisions, bounded linked/same-folder context, opt-in durable consumer cursors, read instrumentation | Controlled retrieval checks are not the real-agent evaluation of whether curation improves outcomes; the full proposed ranker is not complete |
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- **Home and levels.** *Revised 2026-09-27: Home is not a board but the view shown when no board is open, listing your boards most recent first and filed in categories the human (or an agent) assigns ([plan 012](plans/plan-012-many-boards-stage-1.md)); boards no portal links to form the top level. Categories are the library's first human-made structure, so the cross-board brief (Part 1, item 1) should rank boards in the open board's category above the rest.* Originally: Home is the board a workspace opens on (level 0). A **portal**, a new `board` node type, is a card that stands for another board, and a board's level is its shortest distance from Home through portals. Levels are derived, never stored; there are no fixed tiers; a board may sit under several parents; cycles are allowed; boards no portal reaches appear in an "Unplaced" lane.
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