Canvas to Primitives Mapping

Design: What & Why

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Translate decisions

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Build: How

🎨 AI Agent Canvas

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Purpose

Why does this agent exist?

Mission Consumers

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Capabilities

What can this agent do?

Tools Skills Tasks Knowledge

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Operations

How does the agent work?

Triggers Workflows Context Outputs

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Governance

How is the agent controlled?

Guardrails Metrics

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👤 Actors + Instructions

Users ← Consumers

System Instructions (Intent) ← Mission

🔧 Tools + Instructions

Knowledge Tools ← Knowledge

Action Tools ← Tools

Agent Instructions ← Skills, Tasks

🎯 Coordination + Interactions

Messages (Events) ← Triggers

Workflow / Agentic / Choreography ← Workflows

Conversations ← Context

Action Tools + Connections ← Outputs

🛡️ Instructions + Patterns

System Instructions (Constraints) ← Guardrails

Coordination Patterns ← Metrics

Complete the Canvas first. Work through all four domains answering the design questions for your specific agent.

Map each block to primitives. For every canvas block you filled in, identify which primitives you'll need to configure.

Build your shopping list. The result is a concrete inventory of primitives with requirements derived from the canvas.

Implement with clarity. Each primitive now has clear requirements—what it needs to do and why.