Skill profile
docs-canvas
Renders architecture notes, API references, runbooks, or codebase walkthroughs as a navigable Cursor Canvas instead of a flat markdown file.
What it actually does
- Builds a Canvas presenting documentation with an overview card, a navigable table of contents, mixed prose/code/diagram body sections, and a references block.
When to use it — and when not to
Use it when
- Turning a directory of markdown docs, a single large doc, or a codebase question into something scannable rather than a flat top-to-bottom read.
Not for
- You don't have Cursor Canvas enabled — this doesn't degrade to plain markdown, it needs the feature.
The caveat that matters
The plugin's own README calls this an "initial scaffold" — the skill structure is complete, but the playbook itself is a starting outline rather than a fully-tuned one yet.
Agent compatibility
- Cursor
Requires Cursor Canvas specifically, not just Cursor generally.
Confirmed means the skill’s own source or vendor states it works with that agent. Portable means it only reaches that agent through the shared SKILL.md format and a directory convention — real, but a weaker claim. An agent with no entry here isn’t known to be unsupported; it simply isn’t documented either way, so nothing is claimed. Full model on Agent Skills Compatibility.
Requirements and operational surface
Depends on
- Cursor with Canvas enabled
Related skills
- pr-review-canvasSame Canvas pattern, different target — this is for documentation, that one is for PR diffs.
Evidence and provenance
Maintained by Cursor (official). Primary source: cursor/plugins — docs-canvas, last checked against this page’s claims on . This page summarizes and analyzes that source — it isn’t a copy of its SKILL.md or README, and installation happens at the source, not here.