CanvasAnvil

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CanvasAnvil is a multi-canvas AI creation platform for flow diagrams, CAD workflows, and PPT generation/editing.

Release

Current release: v1.0.1

v1.0.1 is a patch release focused on persistence fixes. PPT and CAD workspace images now survive refreshes more reliably and remain stored unless the user explicitly clears the workspace.

v1.0.0 remains the first major usable release with stronger PPT editing support, especially for refining existing slide decks such as NotebookLM-exported PPTs.

Patch Highlights in v1.0.1

• Fixed PPT workspace image persistence across refreshes by moving heavy image state to IndexedDB-backed storage
• Fixed PPT restore ordering so lightweight snapshots no longer override the latest persisted image state
• Fixed CAD render and analysis image persistence across refreshes with IndexedDB-backed storage and safer placeholder handling

Highlights in v1.0.0

• Unified multi-canvas workflow across Flow, CAD, and PPT
• Support for text editing on PPT files exported from NotebookLM
• Better editing workflows for existing PPT decks instead of only first-pass generation
• PPT image uploads no longer bloat chat input with raw base64 data
• PPT image generation and image-edit requests now go through a local proxy route for better browser compatibility
• More stable image-reference routing with image count limits, compression, and fallback retry behavior
• Fixed multiple garbled text issues in PPT workspace and repo docs

Canvas Previews

Flow Canvas

CAD Canvas

PPT Canvas

Online Demo

• Open CanvasAnvil

Video Tutorials

• Bilibili
• YouTube
• Douyin

Capability Overview

• Flow: flowchart generation and partial edits based on draw.io XML
• CAD: interior workflow planning, analysis boards, 2D floor plans, render-task generation, and BOM
• PPT: structured slide generation, page-level editing, image-assisted iteration, and export

Quick Start

1. Install dependencies

npm install

2. Start local development

npm run dev

Default URL: http://localhost:5173

3. Run type checks

npm run check

4. Build for production

npm run build

Useful Scripts

• npm run dev: start Vite development server
• npm run dev:full: start web and API dev servers together
• npm run dev:web: start frontend dev server
• npm run dev:api: start API dev server
• npm run check: TypeScript check
• npm run lint: ESLint
• npm run build: production build
• npm run preview: preview built app
• npm start: run API server

Development Notes

• AI configuration is read from local app settings and can be routed to custom providers
• PPT local development now depends on the local /api/ppt-ai proxy route
• After changing local API route wiring in vite.config.ts, restart the dev server

Project Structure

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├─ agent/                      # Agent prompts and sub-agent specs
├─ public/                     # Static assets
├─ src/
│  └─ workspaces/
│     ├─ flow/                 # Flow canvas
│     ├─ cad/                  # CAD canvas
│     └─ ppt/                  # PPT canvas
├─ api/                        # Local API route entrypoints
└─ README.md

Origins and Integrations

• Flow canvas: integrated and extended from next-ai-draw-io
• PPT canvas: integrated and extended from banana-slides
• CAD canvas: built in-house, including agent workflow, 2D SVG editing, render orchestration, and BOM pipeline

Docs

• Deployment guide: deploy/README.md

Contact

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