<!channel> A few weeks ago, the community came together around a new vision for the future of OpenHands. Thanks to all your feedback, ideas, issues, and PRs, I'm excited to share that Agent Canvas is now officially available as a stable 1.0.0 release! You can try it with

npm install -g @openhands/agent-canvas

Agent Canvas came directly from conversations with this community. We kept hearing the same themes: developers want agents that work with their existing tools, support different models and runtimes, run locally or remotely, and help automate real engineering workflows. Agent Canvas is how we build that future. Some of the features we're introducing: • Bring-your-own-agent (OpenHands, Claude Code, Codex, and ACP-compatible agents) • Run agents locally, in Docker, or on a virtual machine—all from one interface • Scheduled and event-driven automations • Integrate agents into GitHub, Slack, and other engineering tools But Agent Canvas reflects a broader belief: the future of agentic development won't be built around one model, one agent, one interface, or one deployment environment. We want OpenHands to be flexible, open, and hackable enough to support many different ways of working. If you'd like to learn more: 📖 Blog: https://openhands.dev/blog/introducing-agent-canvas 📚 Documentation: https://docs.openhands.dev/openhands/usage/agent-canvas/overview ❓ Community FAQ: https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands/issues/14841 ☎️ Community Call Thursday: https://luma.com/openhands-community-18jun26 Thank you to everyone who tested the Alpha and Beta releases, opened issues, submitted PRs, and shared feedback along the way. Many of the decisions reflected in Agent Canvas came directly from those conversations. We're excited to see what you build with it!

Will this be of higher priority in the roadmap?

It already is, and we just released 1.0.0!

Wow lots of changes since I last used openhands earlier this year

If you'd like to get more involved join ➡️ #C06QT0AGY4W ⬅️ I'm also looking for folks to talk to about their experience using Agent Canvas. Particularly looking at onboarding/new user experience and the new Automations functionality. Interviews will be run by me and the OpenHands team directly. You can use my signup link here https://go.openhands.dev/interview or message me here on slack.

@wooden-umbrella-84098 https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands/pull/14869 😅