# Introduction to Canvas

[Sanity Studio](https://www.sanity.io/docs/sanity-studio) is where your team manages and publishes content. Canvas is where you write it.

![Content editing interface displaying an article titled 'The end of the editorial copy-paste' and an open dropdown for assigning content field labels.](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/3do82whm/next/fbb241bf5af891a7f5df1c3680e7c1e249ca4fa6-1464x783.png)

## What is Canvas?

Canvas is a collaborative writing environment built into Sanity. It gives your team a familiar, distraction-free space to write and collaborate, with AI writing assistance and contextual notes to support the creative process. When your content is ready, field labels connect it to your Studio schema so you can send it directly into the right fields with a single click.

Most content teams write in generic document editors like Google Docs, Word, or Notion, then manually copy and paste the content, field by field, into their CMS. Canvas eliminates that laborious hand-off.

## Who Canvas is for

Canvas is built for content teams: writers, editors, and content strategists who produce structured content that ends up in Sanity Studio. If your team currently writes in document templates and then manually transfers content into Studio, Canvas makes that transfer much easier. If you write in Canvas, content seamlessly flows from where it's written to where it's published.

Developers and Studio maintainers configure which content types are available in Canvas and how schema fields surface to writers. See [Configure Canvas for your content](https://www.sanity.io/docs/canvas/configure-canvas) for setup instructions.

## How Canvas works

A content type is the schema for a kind of content, like Article or Blog post. Field labels are inline markers that connect parts of your writing to specific fields in that schema. Together, they let Canvas know where each piece of your content belongs in Studio.

Canvas work happens in three phases: write, structure, and send to Studio.

### Write

Start in a clean, distraction-free editor. Use slash commands, Markdown shortcuts, or the formatting toolbar. Collaborate in real time with your team. Add contextual notes to guide AI assistance, and use the built-in ghostwriter to help draft, rewrite, or expand your content.

→ Learn more in [Writing in Canvas](https://www.sanity.io/docs/canvas/writing)

### Structure

Set a content type to connect your document to a Studio schema. Then use field labels to assign each part of your content to a Studio field. Apply labels manually or let AI label the entire document automatically. Choose what to include in Studio and what to keep as annotations or instructions.

→ Learn more in [Structuring content for Studio](https://www.sanity.io/docs/canvas/structuring-content)

### Send to Studio

When your content is structured and reviewed, create or update a Studio document. Content flows into the corresponding Studio fields exactly as structured. Your team's existing publishing workflows in Studio remain unchanged.

→ Learn more in [Structuring content for Studio](https://www.sanity.io/docs/canvas/structuring-content)

## Explore Canvas

- [Writing in Canvas](https://www.sanity.io/docs/canvas/writing) — Write and collaborate in a familiar document editor with AI assistance, contextual notes, and real-time collaboration.
- [Structuring content for Studio](https://www.sanity.io/docs/canvas/structuring-content) — Connect your content to a Studio schema with field labels. Apply structure manually or automatically, then send to Studio in one click.
- [Working with templates](https://www.sanity.io/docs/canvas/templates) — Create reusable templates with pre-configured content types and field labels for repeatable content workflows.
- [Configure Canvas for your content](https://www.sanity.io/docs/canvas/configure-canvas) — Control how your schema fields surface in Canvas.