Personalized canvas

  • Release version: Australia
  • Updated April 24, 2026
  • 2 minutes to read
  • Build a personal canvas that brings together AI-generated widgets, role-specific content, and curated tools in a single layout. Administrators govern the canvas through configurations and a widget library.

    Each employee has a personal canvas. Employees configure the canvas within the bounds of the widget library and the canvas defaults that the administrator sets. Administrators shape the default experience and control what employees access. Employees personalize their own canvas within those limits.

    Personal canvas

    The personal canvas supports the following personalization actions:
    • Widget pinning from chat: Pin any widget that the AI assistant generates during a conversation directly to the canvas from the chat interface.
    • Widget arrangement: Drag pinned widgets to the position you want.
    • Widget resizing: Resize individual widgets to fit your preferred layout and information density.
    • Widget addition and removal: Add widgets from the widget library, and remove widgets you don't need.

    Role-based canvas

    Employee Slate supports role-based canvases that Employee Slate populates based on the organizational role of the employee. Two sources populate role-based canvases:
    • Users: Employees with a specific role configure the role canvas to reflect the tools and data most relevant to that role.
    • AI agents: AI agents populate role-based canvases with widgets, data, and actions for the workflows for the role.

    Canvas configurations

    Administrators manage the canvas experience through three configuration layers:
    Curated default
    The default canvas layout that employees see when they first access their canvas. The curated default includes the widgets that the administrator determines are most relevant for the employee population.
    Widget library
    The set of approved widgets that employees add to their canvas. The library acts as a governed toolbox. Employees select from the widgets that the administrator makes available, not from every widget on the instance.
    Employee personalization
    Within the bounds of the widget library, you personalize your canvas. You drag widgets into place, resize them, and pin them from chat.

    Administrator controls

    Administrators have controls over the canvas environment at the organizational level:
    • Define mandatory widgets that appear on all employee canvases and that employees can't remove. Use mandatory widgets for compliance requirements, critical announcements, or high-priority organizational initiatives.
    • Define priority widgets that Employee Slate prepopulates on employee canvases but that employees can remove or reposition. Use priority widgets for targeted campaigns or role-specific tooling.

    Widget ecosystem

    Employee Slate includes a library of out-of-the-box widgets that address common employee productivity use cases. These widgets are available for employees to add to their personal canvas and for administrators to configure as mandatory or priority widgets. Administrators extend the library with custom widgets built through the AI-powered Widget Builder.