Document Canvas
Display markdown documents with optional text selection and diff highlighting.
Example Prompts
Try asking Claude:
- •"Draft an email to the marketing team about the Q1 product launch"
- •"Help me edit this blog post — show it so I can highlight the parts to revise"
- •"Write a project proposal and let me review it"
- •"Show me the README so I can select sections to update"
- •"Compose a response to this customer complaint"
Scenarios
display (default)
Read-only document view with markdown rendering. User can scroll but cannot select text.
bash
bun run src/cli.ts show document --scenario display --config '{
"content": "# Hello World\n\nThis is **markdown** content.",
"title": "My Document"
}'
edit
Interactive document view with text selection. User can click and drag to select text, which is sent via IPC in real-time.
- •Renders markdown with syntax highlighting (headers, bold, italic, code, links, lists, blockquotes)
- •Diff highlighting: green background for additions, red for deletions
- •Click and drag to select text
- •Selection automatically sent via IPC
bash
bun run src/cli.ts spawn document --scenario edit --config '{
"content": "# My Blog Post\n\nThis is the **introduction** to my post.\n\n## Section One\n\n- Point one\n- Point two",
"title": "Blog Post Draft",
"diffs": [
{"startOffset": 50, "endOffset": 62, "type": "add"}
]
}'
email-preview
Specialized view for email content display.
bash
bun run src/cli.ts show document --scenario email-preview --config '{
"content": "Dear Team,\n\nPlease review the attached document.\n\nBest regards,\nAlice",
"title": "RE: Project Update"
}'
Configuration
typescript
interface DocumentConfig {
content: string; // Markdown content
title?: string; // Document title (shown in header)
diffs?: DocumentDiff[]; // Optional diff markers for highlighting
readOnly?: boolean; // Disable selection (default: false for edit)
}
interface DocumentDiff {
startOffset: number; // Character offset in content
endOffset: number;
type: "add" | "delete";
}
Markdown Rendering
Supported markdown features:
- •Headers (
# H1,## H2, etc.) - •Bold (
**text**) - •Italic (
*text*) - •Code (
`inline`and fenced blocks) - •Links (
[text](url)) - •Lists (
-or*bullets) - •Blockquotes (
>)
Selection Result
typescript
interface DocumentSelection {
selectedText: string; // The selected text
startOffset: number; // Start character offset
endOffset: number; // End character offset
startLine: number; // Line number (1-based)
endLine: number;
startColumn: number; // Column in start line
endColumn: number;
}
Controls
- •Mouse click and drag: Select text (edit scenario)
- •
↑/↓or scroll: Navigate document - •
qorEsc: Close/cancel
API Usage
typescript
import { editDocument, displayDocument } from "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/src/api";
// Display read-only document
await displayDocument({
content: "# My Document\n\nContent here.",
title: "View Mode",
});
// Interactive editing with selection
const result = await editDocument({
content: "# My Document\n\nSelect some **text** here.",
title: "Edit Mode",
diffs: [{ startOffset: 20, endOffset: 30, type: "add" }],
});
if (result.success && result.data) {
console.log(`Selected: "${result.data.selectedText}"`);
console.log(`Position: ${result.data.startOffset}-${result.data.endOffset}`);
}