Sana Canvas

Sana Canvas separates two things most rebrands bundle together. Version 16 brings every component in line with the new Sana visual language, but the full theme is opt-in: load one stylesheet last, set a data-theme attribute on the page, and the product looks like Sana. Remove the attribute and it goes back to classic Canvas. Teams can take the major version without being forced into a rebrand the same day, and the release notes rate every change from none to high impact, separately for designers and developers.

It's also one of the few systems treating AI disclosure as a design system problem. The legal notice guidance lists EU AI Act dates, with December 2026 flagged as the deadline for most features currently in design, and gives the exact notice copy to use, delivered through a standard tooltip. The repo ships an MCP server and a set of agent skills with a stated order, starting with detecting which version is installed, so a coding agent picks guidance that matches the code in front of it.

Sana Canvas fits large enterprise teams building dense, form- and table-heavy React web apps that need tenant branding, many locales, right-to-left support and patterns for disclosing AI features. It's a strong reference for anyone adding agentic AI to transactional software.

The rename is still working its way through, so packages, Storybook and many pages still say Canvas Kit. Tokens and icons are licensed CC BY-ND, which allows use but not modified redistribution, so borrow the ideas more than the files. The public code is web only, and many guideline pages link to Workday-internal resources that outside readers can't open.