Print this sheet (landscape) and fill it by hand, or type into a copy. One project, one canvas.
H1VE
Humans and AI Agents · 1 Team
The H1VE Canvas
Project
Date
Owner
The product · why & what
01The problem
What real pain does this solve, and for whom?
02The vision
Where is this going, in one sentence?
03Users
Who uses it? What does each type want?
The scope · the boundaries
04In scope
What will we build? The core capabilities.
05Out of scope
What will we consciously not build — now or ever?
The method in action · how H1VE applies here
06The team
Who fills each role? Founder · Architect · Dev · QA · Data.
07Tech foundation
Stack and key technical decisions.
08First slices
The first features from the roadmap. Where do we start?
The governance · staying in control
09Gates & quality
How do the gates apply here? CI, the QA+Data double gate, the architect's merge.
10Risks
What could go wrong — product, technical, or regulatory?
Fill this in one sitting with your founder and architect. From this canvas, the four foundation documents are born.The H1VE Canvas · v1.0 · H1VE.org