skills/flora-canvas-iterate/SKILL.md

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name: flora-canvas-iterate
description: Find and build on work that already exists in a FLORA project — inspect a canvas, review past generations and what they cost, and regenerate specific assets with new direction applied. Use when the user refers to a named project, "my canvas", or earlier work ("the hero images from last week", "what's in the Meridian project"). Do not use to start new work in an empty project.
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# Iterate on existing FLORA work

A FLORA project outlives the conversation. Its canvas, every generation, and the
cost of each are all still there, so revision starts from what exists rather than
from a blank prompt.

**Input:** a project reference and the change wanted.
**Output:** what is on the canvas today, plus any regenerated assets.

## Steps

1. **Find the project.** `flora_list_projects` (most recently active first) and
   match on the user's wording. Never create a project when the user named an
   existing one — ask if the name is ambiguous.

2. **Read what is there.** `flora_get_canvas` for structure and how nodes connect;
   `flora_list_canvas_nodes` for the media nodes and their asset URLs. Use
   `flora_list_generations` to see what was made, with cost and status.

3. **Identify the assets the user means.** Name them back before changing anything.
   "Two hero images, both generated Tuesday" is confirmable; "the ones you meant"
   is not.

4. **Apply the change.** Regenerate with `flora_generate`, or re-run the original
   technique with `flora_run_technique` when the asset came from one —
   `flora_list_technique_runs` shows which technique produced what.

5. **Report** the new outputs, their cost, and where they landed on the canvas.

## Rules

- **Read before writing.** The user may have edited the canvas between turns.
- **Additive only.** Regenerating adds new nodes; it does not replace the
  originals. Say so, so the user knows the earlier version is still there.
- **Confirm before spending.** State the cost of the regeneration and wait.
- **You cannot see any asset.** You have URLs, node labels, and generation
  metadata. Reason from those; never claim to have looked at the artwork.
- Prefer the narrowest read that answers the question. A whole-canvas dump on a
  large project is mostly noise.