Features
Canvas — Build Apps with AI
Overview
Canvas is Torki's built-in editor and live preview. You describe what you want, Torki writes it, and the result opens beside the chat — a running app, a formatted document, or a table you can edit.
How it works
- You pick Canvas from the Tools menu, which starts a new chat.
- You describe what to build.
- Torki writes it and the Canvas panel opens on the right, showing the result.
- You ask for changes in plain language; each reply produces a new version.
- You download the result — an app as .html or a ZIP, a document as PDF or Word, a table as CSV or Excel.
What it needs
Available on every plan, including Free. Canvas is in beta.
Get started
1. Open the Tools menu and choose Canvas
Click the round + button to the left of the message box — its tooltip reads "Tools" — and choose Canvas (it carries a BETA badge). Torki asks to start a new chat; confirm with Start New Chat. The placeholder then reads "Create or edit a document...".
2. Describe what you want
Ask for something concrete: "Build me an interactive calculator", "Create a to-do list app", or "A table of 8 cities with their country, population and time zone". The Canvas panel opens on the right.
3. Switch between Preview and Code
For an app, a Code / Preview pill toggle in the panel header switches between the running preview and the code editor — you see one at a time, not both. Preview is the default.
4. Ask for changes
Describe what you want changed — "add a dark mode toggle", "make the buttons rounded" — and Torki writes the next version.
5. Download your work
Switch the panel to Preview and click Download in the panel header. What it offers depends on what the canvas holds:
- An app — choose HTML. A single-file project saves as one .html file; a multi-file project saves as a ZIP containing every file, ready to deploy or keep working on locally.
- A document — PDF, DOCX or Save to Google Docs.
- A table — CSV or Excel (.xlsx), both including your edits. A Save to button beside Download sends the table to Google Sheets or Excel (OneDrive).
Saving to Google or Microsoft needs that app connected in Toolkit → Connectors. More in Saving answers as documents and spreadsheets.
Good to know
Each reply produces a new version of the canvas and the panel switches to it. The earlier version stays reachable from its own Canvas card in the older message — but Torki does not see edits you typed into the editor yourself, so download your work before asking for a change you do not want to lose.
Single-file and multi-file projects
For an app, Canvas builds either:
- Single-file — one HTML file with the CSS and JavaScript embedded. Good for quick tools, demos and simple apps.
- Multi-file — a project with separate HTML, CSS and JavaScript files.
A tab bar across the top of the panel lets you move between files. A file tree is also available on larger screens — switch it on with the "Toggle file tree" button in the panel header.
Undo and redo
Ctrl + Z (Cmd + Z) undoes a change in the canvas, and Ctrl + Shift + Z or Ctrl + Y redoes it.
The Code view inside Canvas always uses a dark editor theme, whichever site theme you have picked.
FAQ
Can I edit the code myself?
You can type in the editor and the preview updates, but Torki is not sent what you typed. Treat your own edits as the final version and download them.
Which download format should I pick for an app?
HTML. The PNG, JPEG and PDF options in that menu cannot capture a web canvas — they fail with a "Preview not ready" message.
How do I get a spreadsheet out of Torki?
Pick Canvas and ask for the table. When it opens as a table, Download offers CSV and Excel (.xlsx).
Does Canvas use the mode I picked?
No. Canvas runs on its own settings regardless of whether you are on Pulse, Orbit, Stellar or Cosmos.
Can I get back to an older version?
Yes — scroll up to the message that produced it and open its Canvas card.