Vote cards

A vote card is a small up/down poll you anchor anywhere on a canvas — beside an image, over a group, on empty space. Everyone with access can vote once, counts are live, and it exists so a team can settle a choice between options without turning it into a comment thread nobody reads.

Updated August 8, 2026

A vote card is deliberately the smallest possible decision tool: a ✓ and an ✗ with live counts, anchored wherever the decision actually is.

Add one from the rail's + menu → Annotate → Vote.

Anchoring

Like comments, a vote can attach to:

• A card — "do we use this take?"
• A group — "does this sequence work?"
• An empty point on the canvas
• The board as a whole

The anchor is the point. A vote floating in a sidebar, detached from the thing being voted on, is exactly what this avoids.

Voting

Anyone who can open the board can vote, including viewers. Asking for an opinion should not require handing over edit access.

One vote per person. Vote again to switch; click your current choice to withdraw it. Counts update live for everyone looking.

What it is good for

• Choosing between two takes or two grades
• A quick temperature check on a direction before anyone writes a brief
• Letting a client register a preference without giving them edit rights

What it is not

There is no deadline, no quorum, no result-locking and no notification when a vote lands. If a decision needs a record and a rationale, use a comment — those thread, resolve, and notify the people you mention.

Machine-readable: /docs/canvas/vote-cards.md · /llms.txt