Add your own modules to Cana Desktop.
Mods are plugins for Cana Desktop, and they go further than most. A mod can add a whole new page to the app, new tools your agents can use, commands, shortcuts and its own settings, a background script, or a new look. Build your own Desktop mod with the Cana Mods SDK.
New pages in the app
A mod can add its own page to Cana Desktop, with its own screens and controls.
New tools for your agents
A mod can give your agents new tools to call, so they can do things Cana can't do on its own.
Commands and shortcuts
Add commands to the command palette, keyboard shortcuts and settings people can change.
Scripts and themes
Run a script in the background, or change how Cana Desktop looks for your whole team.
Mods
What a mod can package
A mod can package Desktop extensions, scripts, themes, settings, skills, permissions, commands and shortcuts.
- Desktop extensions and scripts
- Themes, settings and skills
- Declared permissions
- Command and shortcut contributions
Mods
You stay in control
A mod declares the permissions and contributions it needs, so its Desktop extensions, scripts, themes, settings, skills, commands and shortcuts are explicit.
- Declared permissions
- Desktop extensions and scripts
- Themes, settings and skills
- Command and shortcut contributions
Declared permissions
Desktop extensions and scripts
Themes, settings and skills
Command and shortcut contributions
Mods, step by step.
- 01
Find
Create a mod with the Cana Mods SDK for Cana Desktop.
- 02
Check
Declare the permissions and contributions the mod needs.
- 03
Install
Enable its Desktop extensions, scripts, themes and commands.
- 04
Control
Use it to extend Cana Desktop for your team.
Under the hood.
Runs in
Cana Desktop
Can add
Pages, agent tools, commands, shortcuts, settings, background scripts and themes
Permissions
A mod declares what it needs, such as agent tools, memory, meetings or agent control
Format
Cana Mods SDK manifest and contributions
Sharing
Declared by each mod
What teams build with it.
Custom Desktop extension
Build a Desktop extension for your team.
A house theme
Give everyone in your organisation the same look in Cana Desktop.
Your team's own tool
Turn a tool your team uses every day into a mod, with its own page and agent tools, and share it.
Good questions.
What is a mod?
A plugin for Cana Desktop. It can add pages, agent tools, commands, a background script or a theme, so Cana works the way your team does.
Where do mods run?
In Cana Desktop.
What can a mod add?
A mod can declare Desktop scripts, extensions, themes, settings, skills, permissions, commands and shortcuts.
How do I get started with Mods?
Start a Cana chat, then open Mods from the Platform area when it fits the work you need to do.
How do I control what an agent can do?
Choose the permission level that fits the task: Ask, Accept Edits, Research and Plan, or Bypass All.
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