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Research Boards ​

A research board is a live workspace on the Architect canvas: multiple Browser Nodes (real scrollable webpages), extraction steps, and a written report — wired as a real workflow, not a static diagram.

Use it when you want Canoryn to gather sources in parallel and produce something you can re-run — or when you simply want your reading desk (dev docs, design sites, dashboards) laid out and saved.

Try one from chat ​

With Canoryn running and a model configured, open Chat (or the Architect Copilot) and ask for a board, for example:

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Build me a live research board comparing Arc, Dia, and Chrome using official sources

You should see:

  1. Browser nodes open for each source — real pages you can scroll and click.
  2. Content extracted from those pages (rendered DOM, not a blind search API).
  3. A document / report node that synthesizes the comparison.
  4. Optional follow-on steps (for example, email the report) if you asked for them.

Then press Play on the canvas to run the board end-to-end. Double-click the .cryn later from Finder to reopen the whole session.

What makes it a workflow ​

Research boards use the same building blocks as any other agent:

  • Triggers (often On Start or voice when you want to re-run).
  • Browser Nodes for live pages (profiles, resize, pan vs page control).
  • AI steps to compare and write.
  • A markdown or document surface for the result.

That means you can:

  • Play to test.
  • Enable so CLI or an external agent can run the same board later.
  • Edit one browser URL or prompt without rebuilding the whole board (Chat or Architect Copilot).

Tips ​

  • Prefer official sources in the prompt so the board stays grounded.
  • After the first build, use Chat or Copilot for small changes (“add Safari to the comparison”, “email me the report”).
  • Arrange and resize browser nodes like a desk — your layout is part of the saved workflow.
  • Collapse groups carefully — browser pages should survive group collapse; if a page looks blank, expand the group and Play again.
  • Markdown reports keep their content after Play; if something looks empty, check you’re looking at the document node output after a successful run.