Getting Started

Canvases lets you build widgets in a visual editor and update them with live data from Shortcuts.

You design a widget by adding views like text, symbols, progress, and charts, then arranging and styling them until the preview looks right. There is no code to write.

When content should change, Shortcuts can update the widget for you. The update can come from a shortcut or a Shortcuts automation, so the widget stays current on a schedule, at a location, or in response to almost any trigger.

Explore the User Guide

• Build Your First Canvas walks through creating a canvas by hand.
• Add a Canvas as a Widget explains how to add a canvas to the Home Screen.
• Use Lock Screen Widgets explains Circular, Rectangular, and Inline widgets.
• Create a Canvas with Intelligence helps you start from a prompt.
• Sharing Canvases explains how to create a link and import a copy someone shared with you.
• Examples has practical canvases you can copy and adapt.
• The views reference explains the views you use to compose a canvas.
• Shortcuts Actions lists the Canvases actions you can use in Shortcuts workflows and automations.
• View Settings explains shared settings such as colors, frames, backgrounds, shapes, and borders.