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Document canvas for displaying and editing markdown content. Use when showing documents, emails, or when users need to select text for editing.

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Document canvas for displaying and editing markdown content. Use when showing documents, emails, or when users need to select text for editing.
# Document Canvas Display markdown documents with optional text selection and diff highlighting. ## Example Prompts Try asking Claude: - "Draft an email to the marketing team about the Q1 product launch" - "Help me edit this blog post — show it so I can highlight the parts to revise" - "Write a project proposal and let me review it" - "Show me the README so I can select sections to update" - "Compose a response to this customer complaint" ## Scenarios ### `display` (default) Read-only document view with markdown rendering. User can scroll but cannot select text. ```bash bun run src/cli.ts show document --scenario display --config '{ "content": "# Hello World\n\nThis is **markdown** content.", "title": "My Document" }' ``` ### `edit` Interactive document view with text selection. User can click and drag to select text, which is sent via IPC in real-time. - Renders markdown with syntax highlighting (headers, bold, italic, code, links, lists, blockquotes) - Diff highlighting: green background for additions, red for deletions - Click and drag to select text - Selection automatically sent via IPC ```bash bun run src/cli.ts spawn document --scenario edit --config '{ "content": "# My Blog Post\n\nThis is the **introduction** to my post.\n\n## Section One\n\n- Point one\n- Point two", "title": "Blog Post Draft", "diffs": [ {"startOffset": 50, "endOffset": 62, "type": "add"} ] }' ``` ### `email-preview` Specialized view for email content display. ```bash bun run src/cli.ts show document --scenario email-preview --config '{ "content": "Dear Team,\n\nPlease review the attached document.\n\nBest regards,\nAlice", "title": "RE: Project Update" }' ``` ## Configuration ```typescript interface DocumentConfig { content: string; // Markdown content title?: string; // Document title (shown in header) diffs?: DocumentDiff[]; // Optional diff markers for highlighting readOnly?: boolean; // Disable selection (default: false for edit) } interface DocumentDiff { startOffset: number; // Character offset in content endOffset: number; type: "add" | "delete"; } ``` ## Markdown Rendering Supported markdown features: - **Headers** (`# H1`, `## H2`, etc.) - **Bold** (`**text**`) - **Italic** (`*text*`) - **Code** (`` `inline` `` and fenced blocks) - **Links** (`[text](url)`) - **Lists** (`-` or `*` bullets) - **Blockquotes** (`>`) ## Selection Result ```typescript interface DocumentSelection { selectedText: string; // The selected text startOffset: number; // Start character offset endOffset: number; // End character offset startLine: number; // Line number (1-based) endLine: number; startColumn: number; // Column in start line endColumn: number; } ``` ## Controls - **Mouse click and drag**: Select text (edit scenario) - `↑/↓` or scroll: Navigate document - `q` or `Esc`: Close/cancel ## API Usage ```typescript import { editDocument, displayDocument } from "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/src/api"; // Display read-only document await displayDocument({ content: "# My Document\n\nContent here.", title: "View Mode", }); // Interactive editing with selection const result = await editDocument({ content: "# My Document\n\nSelect some **text** here.", title: "Edit Mode", diffs: [{ startOffset: 20, endOffset: 30, type: "add" }], }); if (result.success && result.data) { console.log(`Selected: "${result.data.selectedText}"`); console.log(`Position: ${result.data.startOffset}-${result.data.endOffset}`); } ```
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