Task Canvas Overview
How the Task Canvas works and what each node type does.
Research without structure produces noise. A task is how you turn a question into a workflow — defining exactly what you want to test, who you want to test it with, and what you want to get out of it.
The more deliberate you are at this stage, the more useful your results will be. Vague inputs produce vague outputs. A well-built task produces findings you can act on.
All tasks are built on the Task Canvas — a single workflow where you connect content, audience, and output.
What's in this section
Set Up Your Task
Configure Content, Audience, and Report nodes.
Validate Before Running
Pre-flight checks that save credits and rework.
Multi-flow Tasks
Compare versions, audiences, or scenarios in parallel.
Task Canvas
The Task Canvas is a visual workspace for building and running tasks.
Most research processes involve the same three decisions: what are you testing, who are you testing it with, and what do you want to learn. The Task Canvas makes those decisions explicit — and connects them into a single, repeatable workflow.
It has three main nodes:
- Content Node — what you want to test (Discussion Guide or Post)
- Audience Node — who you want to test it with
- Output Node — what results you want to generate (Quick Test or Report)
Building your flow
Click the + button in the top-right corner to open the node panel. You'll see all available node types organized by category — Content, Audience, and Output. Click any node to add it to the Canvas.
Once your nodes are on the Canvas, drag from the connection point on one node to another to link them. A valid flow connects Content to Audience, and Audience to Output. You can also delete any node by selecting it and clicking the delete icon.
Canvas controls
The bottom-left toolbar lets you zoom in, zoom out, pan the canvas, add a note, and organize the layout of your nodes.
Before you run
The top-right area shows two buttons:
- Execution History — review past runs of this task
- Checklist — flags any unresolved issues before you run. If your Post Node has no content, or your Audience Node has no source selected, the Checklist will catch it. Make sure all issues are resolved before clicking Run.
This structure also makes tasks reusable. Once you've built a workflow that works, you can swap in new content, a different audience, or a different output type — without rebuilding from scratch.