# See every coding agent on one canvas.

MAO turns the terminals you already trust into a visual workspace. Run several coding agents at once, see their state, and keep the relationships between their work visible.

## Live terminal nodes

Each node is a real terminal session, not a simulated chat card. Start an agent, inspect its output, and take over when a decision needs you.

## Connections that mean something

Draw connections to make the hand-off explicit. Connected agents can ask questions, delegate work, and return results through the same graph.

## Attention without tab hunting

When an agent stops, fails, finishes or rings for you, it lands in one attention queue. Press Tab and you are on the node that needs you.

## Context stays spatial

Arrange terminals, notes, files, portals, and devices around the work they belong to. The canvas preserves the map instead of making you reconstruct it from tabs.

## Frequently asked questions

### Can I send the same prompt to several agents at once?

Yes. In MAO, select the agents on the canvas and choose **Send prompt to N agents**. MAO reports any agent that did not receive the prompt, and **Retry missed agents only** sends it to those again.

### How do I keep track of many agents on one canvas?

Zoom out: MAO collapses each node into a compact card that shows which agent it is and its status. To go straight to the next agent that needs you, choose **Jump to next attention** in the command palette.

### Can an agent on the canvas reach every other node?

No. In MAO, an agent can reach only the agents, notes and portals wired to it. Removing the wire removes that access.

### Can I save a team of agents and reuse it?

Yes, with a MAO licence. Save the selected nodes and their connections as an arrangement and apply it to any canvas; agent nodes arrive as drafts, and provider sessions and credentials are not copied.

### Can agents on different canvases work together?

Yes. With a MAO licence, an agent can reach teammates on your other canvases. The free trial keeps agents on one canvas.

Source: https://trymao.dev/ai-agent-canvas