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# Self-building views and browser sites

Lens and Canvas let a mind turn your request into a working interface. Instead of only replying in chat, the mind can build a table, dashboard, form, report, or browser page and keep improving it as the work changes.

## The big idea

If you can describe the screen you need, a mind can often create it. Ask for the result, not the technical format: "make this a dashboard", "turn this into a tracker", or "build a simple site I can open in my browser."

## What self-building UI means

Chamber gives minds a place to create screens inside the app. A mind can start from a chat request, a pasted note, a file, a list of issues, a plan, or a messy pile of information and turn it into something you can scan and use.

Lens views turn a request into an app screen the mind can refresh and revise.

- Ask in normal language: describe the view you want and what it should help you decide.
- Review the generated screen: Chamber shows the view in the app or opens it in your browser.
- Iterate by chatting: ask the mind to add columns, change sections, group items, or simplify the layout.
- Keep it alive: refresh or update the view as the underlying work changes.

## Lens views inside Chamber

Lens is the self-modifying UI inside Chamber. A mind chooses a view type based on the job, creates it for the active mind, and can revise it when you ask for a better version. You do not need to build the view; ask for what you want to see.

- Briefing: a scan-friendly report with highlights, risks, and next steps.
- Table: rows and columns for lists, comparisons, owners, due dates, and status checks.
- Detail: one customer, issue, decision, candidate, incident, or item shown clearly.
- Status board: grouped work such as todo, in progress, blocked, and done.
- Timeline: events, milestones, release plans, or history in order.
- Editor: draft or review text in a focused writing area.
- Form: fields you can fill in to send structured information back to the mind.
- Canvas: a richer custom screen or browser page powered by Canvas.

## Use a Lens view

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### Ask for the screen you wish existed

For example, ask "turn these meeting notes into a decision tracker", "show this launch plan as a status board", or "make a briefing I can send to my manager."

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### Review the generated interface

Open the view, scan the sections, and use chat to ask for corrections, filters, new columns, clearer labels, or a different format.

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### Use it as part of the workflow

When a view has action buttons, use them to send updates, complete items, edit details, or ask the mind to continue from the exact context on screen.

## Refresh, revise, and act

The first version does not have to be perfect. Treat Lens like a whiteboard the mind can redraw. Ask it to revise the layout, refresh the data, add missing context, or turn a rough list into a more useful working surface.

- Refresh updates what you see when the source information may have changed.
- Revision requests change the view itself, such as adding sections or simplifying labels.
- Actions are for follow-up work, such as saving edits, moving a task, or sending a next step.
- If an action prompt appears, review it the same way you review any tool approval.

## Browser sites with Canvas

Canvas is for moments when the right answer should feel like a small website, not a chat reply. A mind can create a browser page from a brief, a dataset, a plan, a report, a list of open questions, or almost any information you give it. The page can include layout, sections, charts, cards, forms, and buttons.

Canvas can turn a brief or dataset into a dashboard-style browser page with live updates.

### Good Canvas requests

- "Make an executive dashboard from this weekly update."
- "Create a browser site that explains this project to a new teammate."
- "Turn this customer research into a sortable insight board."
- "Build a printable one-page report with risks, decisions, and next steps."
- "Create an interactive intake form for this process."

### Live updates

When the mind updates a Canvas, the browser page can reload automatically. That makes Canvas useful for dashboards and reports you want to keep open while the mind keeps working.

## Ideas to try

- Turn a project plan into a status board with owners, dates, and blockers.
- Turn meeting notes into a briefing with decisions and follow-up tasks.
- Turn a collection of links into a research hub with summaries and next actions.
- Turn a long chat into a clean browser report for sharing or printing.
- Turn a recurring workflow into a form that captures the same details every time.

Safety note

Lens and Canvas can make powerful interfaces quickly. Treat buttons in those interfaces as real actions. If a button may send, save, schedule, or change something, read any approval prompt before continuing.

## Related guides

Learn how views connect to tool approval, scheduled work, and mind templates.

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