Generate a canvas document — async job, poll by run_id

curl --request POST \
  --url https://findtempo.co/api/v1/canvas/generate \
  --header 'Authorization: <api-key>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "canvas_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
  "subject": {
    "mode": "anchor",
    "runAnchor": {
      "type": "deal",
      "id": "<string>"
    },
    "expectedDealId": "<string>"
  },
  "deal_ids": [
    "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a"
  ],
  "filter": {},
  "template_options": {},
  "period": {},
  "as_of": "<string>"
}
'

import requests

url = "https://findtempo.co/api/v1/canvas/generate"

payload = {
    "canvas_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
    "subject": {
        "mode": "anchor",
        "runAnchor": {
            "type": "deal",
            "id": "<string>"
        },
        "expectedDealId": "<string>"
    },
    "deal_ids": ["3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a"],
    "filter": {},
    "template_options": {},
    "period": {},
    "as_of": "<string>"
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "<api-key>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    canvas_id: '3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a',
    subject: {
      mode: 'anchor',
      runAnchor: {type: 'deal', id: '<string>'},
      expectedDealId: '<string>'
    },
    deal_ids: ['3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a'],
    filter: {},
    template_options: {},
    period: {},
    as_of: '<string>'
  })
};

fetch('https://findtempo.co/api/v1/canvas/generate', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://findtempo.co/api/v1/canvas/generate",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'canvas_id' => '3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a',
    'subject' => [
        'mode' => 'anchor',
        'runAnchor' => [
                'type' => 'deal',
                'id' => '<string>'
        ],
        'expectedDealId' => '<string>'
    ],
    'deal_ids' => [
        '3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a'
    ],
    'filter' => [
        
    ],
    'template_options' => [
        
    ],
    'period' => [
        
    ],
    'as_of' => '<string>'
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: <api-key>",
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://findtempo.co/api/v1/canvas/generate"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"canvas_id\": \"3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a\",\n  \"subject\": {\n    \"mode\": \"anchor\",\n    \"runAnchor\": {\n      \"type\": \"deal\",\n      \"id\": \"<string>\"\n    },\n    \"expectedDealId\": \"<string>\"\n  },\n  \"deal_ids\": [\n    \"3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a\"\n  ],\n  \"filter\": {},\n  \"template_options\": {},\n  \"period\": {},\n  \"as_of\": \"<string>\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "<api-key>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://findtempo.co/api/v1/canvas/generate")
  .header("Authorization", "<api-key>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"canvas_id\": \"3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a\",\n  \"subject\": {\n    \"mode\": \"anchor\",\n    \"runAnchor\": {\n      \"type\": \"deal\",\n      \"id\": \"<string>\"\n    },\n    \"expectedDealId\": \"<string>\"\n  },\n  \"deal_ids\": [\n    \"3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a\"\n  ],\n  \"filter\": {},\n  \"template_options\": {},\n  \"period\": {},\n  \"as_of\": \"<string>\"\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://findtempo.co/api/v1/canvas/generate")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"canvas_id\": \"3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a\",\n  \"subject\": {\n    \"mode\": \"anchor\",\n    \"runAnchor\": {\n      \"type\": \"deal\",\n      \"id\": \"<string>\"\n    },\n    \"expectedDealId\": \"<string>\"\n  },\n  \"deal_ids\": [\n    \"3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a\"\n  ],\n  \"filter\": {},\n  \"template_options\": {},\n  \"period\": {},\n  \"as_of\": \"<string>\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "run_id": "<string>",
  "status": "pending",
  "result": {},
  "error": "<string>",
  "created_at": "<string>",
  "completed_at": "<string>",
  "warnings": [
    "<string>"
  ]
}

Canvas Generation

Generate a canvas document — async job, poll by run_id

Trigger a canvas generation job against a deal universe: an anchored canonical subject, a GIVEN set, OR a structured filter (the same automation FilterExpression). A generate call always produces exactly one document over the resolved deal set — a caller wanting one document per deal makes N independent calls and owns batching and partial failures.

Integrator notes:

Always async. The job runs in the background and this returns 202 with run_id — poll GET /api/v1/canvas/generate/{run_id} for the result.
Actor scoping. A bare API key is an org principal: the deal universe is your organization’s full book, matching what the query surface serves the same key. Pass X-Acting-User: <user_id_or_email> to run the request as a specific member instead — the deal universe then narrows to the deals that member can see (their own book), and the value must name a real member of your org, or the request is rejected (403).
Private templates. A canvas published with private visibility is generable only by its owner: name the owner in X-Acting-User, or have the owner set the canvas’s visibility to public (org-wide) in Tempo. Any other acting user gets a 403 naming the fix.
Selector. Pass exactly one of subject, deal_ids, or filter. subject carries the canonical selector shape and can anchor generation to one deal or meeting; it can also carry canonical deal IDs or a structured filter. deal_ids and filter are the backward-compatible top-level forms.
Chip recognition. Before the job is enqueued, every variable chip the canvas template declares is classified against the canvas chip catalog — the same catalog the canvas editor’s chip picker offers: identity values (current_date, current_datetime, user_name, seller_profile), organization playbook rails (company_context, house_rules, …), period chips (resolve when the request carries a period, otherwise render unresolved), deal-field chips from your CRM field catalog (plus friendly aliases like deal_name/stage), aggregate rollups (unconditional), the bound tool’s contract chips, and your template_options keys. A chip the catalog does not recognize never blocks the run: it renders as “unknown” (prose) or its humanized name (generate instructions), is named in the trigger response’s warnings, and is reported per document in result.documents[].unrecognized. Tool-contract chips (e.g. the meeting presets’ meeting_title) are recognized vocabulary whose values you can supply via template_options.
Warnings. Unrecognized chips and template_options keys the template neither declares nor consumes through a declared chip are surfaced in the trigger response’s warnings array — check it to catch chip and key typos. The draft-message preset consumes recipient_name/recipient_role when its recipient_context chip is declared, so those feeder keys do not warn in that case.

POST

api

canvas

generate

Generate a canvas document — async job, poll by run_id

curl --request POST \
  --url https://findtempo.co/api/v1/canvas/generate \
  --header 'Authorization: <api-key>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "canvas_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
  "subject": {
    "mode": "anchor",
    "runAnchor": {
      "type": "deal",
      "id": "<string>"
    },
    "expectedDealId": "<string>"
  },
  "deal_ids": [
    "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a"
  ],
  "filter": {},
  "template_options": {},
  "period": {},
  "as_of": "<string>"
}
'

import requests

url = "https://findtempo.co/api/v1/canvas/generate"

payload = {
    "canvas_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
    "subject": {
        "mode": "anchor",
        "runAnchor": {
            "type": "deal",
            "id": "<string>"
        },
        "expectedDealId": "<string>"
    },
    "deal_ids": ["3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a"],
    "filter": {},
    "template_options": {},
    "period": {},
    "as_of": "<string>"
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "<api-key>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    canvas_id: '3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a',
    subject: {
      mode: 'anchor',
      runAnchor: {type: 'deal', id: '<string>'},
      expectedDealId: '<string>'
    },
    deal_ids: ['3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a'],
    filter: {},
    template_options: {},
    period: {},
    as_of: '<string>'
  })
};

fetch('https://findtempo.co/api/v1/canvas/generate', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://findtempo.co/api/v1/canvas/generate",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'canvas_id' => '3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a',
    'subject' => [
        'mode' => 'anchor',
        'runAnchor' => [
                'type' => 'deal',
                'id' => '<string>'
        ],
        'expectedDealId' => '<string>'
    ],
    'deal_ids' => [
        '3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a'
    ],
    'filter' => [
        
    ],
    'template_options' => [
        
    ],
    'period' => [
        
    ],
    'as_of' => '<string>'
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: <api-key>",
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://findtempo.co/api/v1/canvas/generate"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"canvas_id\": \"3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a\",\n  \"subject\": {\n    \"mode\": \"anchor\",\n    \"runAnchor\": {\n      \"type\": \"deal\",\n      \"id\": \"<string>\"\n    },\n    \"expectedDealId\": \"<string>\"\n  },\n  \"deal_ids\": [\n    \"3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a\"\n  ],\n  \"filter\": {},\n  \"template_options\": {},\n  \"period\": {},\n  \"as_of\": \"<string>\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "<api-key>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://findtempo.co/api/v1/canvas/generate")
  .header("Authorization", "<api-key>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"canvas_id\": \"3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a\",\n  \"subject\": {\n    \"mode\": \"anchor\",\n    \"runAnchor\": {\n      \"type\": \"deal\",\n      \"id\": \"<string>\"\n    },\n    \"expectedDealId\": \"<string>\"\n  },\n  \"deal_ids\": [\n    \"3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a\"\n  ],\n  \"filter\": {},\n  \"template_options\": {},\n  \"period\": {},\n  \"as_of\": \"<string>\"\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://findtempo.co/api/v1/canvas/generate")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"canvas_id\": \"3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a\",\n  \"subject\": {\n    \"mode\": \"anchor\",\n    \"runAnchor\": {\n      \"type\": \"deal\",\n      \"id\": \"<string>\"\n    },\n    \"expectedDealId\": \"<string>\"\n  },\n  \"deal_ids\": [\n    \"3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a\"\n  ],\n  \"filter\": {},\n  \"template_options\": {},\n  \"period\": {},\n  \"as_of\": \"<string>\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "run_id": "<string>",
  "status": "pending",
  "result": {},
  "error": "<string>",
  "created_at": "<string>",
  "completed_at": "<string>",
  "warnings": [
    "<string>"
  ]
}

Authorizations

Authorization

string

header

required

API key passed as Bearer token (e.g. "Bearer your-api-key")

Headers

X-Acting-User

string

Scope the request to a specific member of your organization (user id or email). Defaults to the API key's default member.

Body

application/json

Option 1
Option 2
Option 3

Exactly one of subject, deal_ids, or filter is required.

canvas_id

string<uuid>

required

The published canvas to generate from.

subject

object

required

Canonical generation selector. Provide this OR top-level deal_ids OR top-level filter.

Option 1
Option 2
Option 3

Show child attributes

deal_ids

string<uuid>[]

An explicit deal set (provide this OR subject OR filter).

Minimum array length: 1

filter

object

A structured automation FilterExpression selecting the deal universe (provide this OR subject OR deal_ids).

template_options

object

Author/runtime chip values not derivable from the deals (e.g. period_label, target_amount, user_prompt). The draft-message preset reads recipient_name/recipient_role from here for its recipient_context chip. Keys the template neither declares nor consumes through a declared chip are accepted but echoed back as warnings.

Show child attributes

period

object

Reporting-period spec; resolved to a concrete window for the change/movement lens.

as_of

string

Point-in-time anchor (YYYY-MM-DD).

Pattern: ^\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}$

Response

The job was enqueued; poll GET by run_id for the result.

run_id

string

required

status

enum<string>

required

Available options:

pending,

running,

completed,

failed

result

object | null

required

Present once status is completed.

error

string | null

required

Present once status is failed.

created_at

string

required

completed_at

string | null

required

warnings

string[]

Trigger responses only: non-fatal request problems (unrecognized chips, template_options keys the template does not declare).

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Generate a canvas document — async job, poll by run_id

Authorizations

Headers

Body

Response