runeforge canvas

graph-based plan-building IDE with cognitive operations.

canvas is not a claude wrapper. it's a new interface primitive: reasoning-as-graph.

linear chat forces you to think linearly. canvas lets you branch, stress-test, and refine plans as a visual structure — then execute them.

the insight

plans are the highest-leverage artifact in agentic coding. a good plan = claude executes well. a bad plan = you watch claude flail for 10 minutes before ctrl-c.

but plan-building in linear text is brutal:

• you can't see the structure
• you can't click into a substep and stress-test it
• you can't branch "what if we did X instead of Y" without losing the original
• you can't cross-link dependencies between steps

runeforge canvas fixes this.

workflow

1. paste rough goal into canvas as root
2. click @excavate → assumptions surface as children
3. click an assumption → @antithesize → opposition spawns
4. click best path → @stressify → failure modes surface
5. iterate until plan feels robust
6. press x → execute plan in claude code
7. press r → review execution, surface divergence

operations (10 public skills)

operation	what it does
@excavate	surface hidden assumptions
@antithesize	generate standalone opposition
@synthesize	compress conflicting positions
@stressify	probe for failure modes
@simulate	trace execution forward
@diverge	generate alternative approaches
@dimensionalize	map to measurable dimensions
@negspace	detect what's conspicuously absent
@metaphorize	map from familiar domain
@rhyme	fast structural similarity

39 skills in extended set. request access →

install

pip install runeforge-canvas

or from source:

git clone https://github.com/jordanrubin/ft-ui
cd ft-ui
pip install -e .

usage

runeforge-canvas                  # new canvas
runeforge-canvas my-plan.json     # load existing

keybindings

key	action
q	quit
s	save
e	export plan as markdown
x	execute plan in claude code
r	review execution
n	new canvas
esc	focus operations

requirements

• python 3.11+
• claude code installed and authenticated (claude command available)

license

MIT

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