Edit a long draft in Canvas

Canvas gives a long response its own editing space. You work with the Markdown text in the editor and see the formatted result in Preview.

Create and open a Canvas

1. Ask Bearly for a draft

   Start with the content you want to edit—a memo, article, outline, proposal, or other long-form text.

   Draft a concise project proposal with sections for the problem, approach, timeline, and risks.

2. Turn the response into a Canvas

   In the response controls, select Edit in Canvas (the notebook-and-pencil icon). Bearly turns the response text into a named Canvas and opens it.

3. Return to it later

   Select the Canvas card in the conversation, or select its Open Canvas control. Use Close Canvas or Esc to return to the full conversation.

Edit and preview the draft

Type directly in the editor. Canvas uses Markdown characters for headings, emphasis, lists, links, and other formatting. For example:

## Timeline

- **Week 1:** Research
- **Week 2:** Draft
- **Week 3:** Review

On a wide screen, the editor and formatted preview appear side by side. In a narrower window, use Preview to see the rendered document and Edit to return to the Markdown.

The toolbar also provides Undo, Redo, and Copy. Copy places the current Markdown on your clipboard so you can move the draft into another editor.

Ask Bearly to revise text

For a focused edit, select the passage you want to change. In Ask AI about this text…, describe the revision, then select Submit.

Make this paragraph more direct and preserve every date and number.

You can also keep the Canvas open and ask for a change in the conversation. Name the Canvas or quote the relevant sentence when more than one document could match. On a narrow screen, use How can I edit this for you? for a request about the open Canvas.

AI edits appear in the Canvas itself. Review them in Preview before continuing.

Saving and recovery

Canvas saves direct edits after a short pause and again when you select Close Canvas. Wait a few seconds before closing the app if you have just typed a substantial change.

Caution

Canvas does not show a version browser. Before a major rewrite, use Copy to keep a separate copy of the Markdown if you may want to restore it later.

If a direct edit goes wrong, use Undo while the Canvas is still open. If an AI edit misses the mark, describe the correction or paste back the text you kept. If a document-storage error appears, copy any accessible text, restore your connection, and reopen the Canvas before continuing.

Canvas is for editable text. For an interactive calculator or dashboard, create a Page. For programmatic data analysis and generated files, use Code Interpreter.