canvas-update

Productivity

Update canvas sections with new evidence. Ensures canvas stays current as the single source of truth.

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Canvas Update

Rules

Never update without evidence -- every canvas change must have a source
Maintain cross-file consistency -- if you update opportunities.yml, check if north-star.yml or gist.yml need updates too
Log the update -- add an entry to decision-log.md explaining what changed and why

Which Canvas File for Which Information

Information Type	Canvas File	Source
Purpose, mission, why	purpose.yml	Sinek
North Star metric, inputs	north-star.yml	North Star Framework
BVSSH health scores	bvssh-health.yml	Smart
Value chain, competitive	landscape.yml	Wardley
Team structure	team-shape.yml	Skelton
User opportunities, OST	opportunities.yml	Torres
User needs map	user-needs.yml	Allen
Goals, ideas, steps	gist.yml	Gilad
Service quality scores	services.yml	Downe
Go-to-market, positioning	go-to-market.yml	Lauchengco
Delivery performance	dora-metrics.yml	Forsgren
Security threats	threat-model.yml	OWASP
Privacy assessment	privacy-assessment.yml	GDPR/PbD
Trust architecture	trust-signals.yml	Digital Trust
Jobs to be done	jobs-to-be-done.yml	Christensen
Bounded contexts	bounded-contexts.yml	Evans (DDD)
Value stream map	value-stream.yml	Rother & Shook (VSM)
Content delivery metrics	content-metrics.yml	v0.11.0
AI tool delivery metrics	ai-tool-metrics.yml	v0.11.0
Service delivery metrics	service-metrics.yml	v0.11.0
Human task tracking	human-tasks.yml	v0.11.0
Archived/discarded solutions	archived-solutions.yml	v0.12.0
Leaf lifecycle calibration	cycle-history.yml	v0.12.0
Adaptive thresholds	thresholds.yml	v0.12.0

Workflow

Identify which canvas file(s) need updating
Read current state
Make the update with evidence citation
Check cross-file consistency
Log in decision-log.md

Counter-Argument Check (Bias Mitigation)

Before applying the canvas update, draft a one-line counter-argument: "What's the strongest case AGAINST this update — what evidence or perspective would invalidate it?" If you can't articulate one, run /devils-advocate before proceeding.

This addresses the bias cluster documented in corrections.md (L5 sycophancy 2026-04-20, eval overfitting 2026-04-30, sharper-framing-isn't-righter 2026-05-03). Common shape: agent prefers what feels right over what evidence supports under competing pressure (be helpful vs. be honest, sharpen framing vs. preserve evidence base). The counter-argument step forces the missing perspective explicit, so the bias surfaces before it lands in canvas.

Especially important when interpolating user-supplied content (already untrusted per security-trust.md#prompt-injection-defense) AND when increasing a confidence value — both contexts where the agent is most likely to default toward the optimistic read.