Artifacts
Live, rendered HTML output you can iterate on, version, and share - from dashboards to landing pages.
What artifacts are
An artifact is a piece of live, rendered HTML that PandaOS generates and displays in a sandboxed preview. Dashboards, landing pages, data visualizations, interactive reports, signup forms, pricing tables - anything that benefits from being seen and tweaked visually rather than described in text.
When you ask PandaOS to build something visual, it decides whether the output belongs inline in chat (small, glanceable things like a single chart or comparison table) or as a full artifact (page-shaped output you will want to refine and share). Artifacts open in their own preview pane with live theme controls, so you can see exactly what you are getting as it is built.
Iterating with versions
Artifacts are designed around iteration, not one-shot generation. Every time PandaOS revises an artifact, the previous version is preserved in a version rail. You can step back through the full history to compare how the design evolved, recover an earlier direction you preferred, or simply understand what changed between revisions.
This makes artifacts feel more like a design tool than a code generator. You start with a rough version, describe what you want different, and PandaOS produces the next iteration - all without losing anything along the way.
Refining through tweaks and comments
There are two ways to refine an artifact without starting over:
- Tweak panel - direct, visual controls for properties like colors, spacing, typography, and layout. Changes apply instantly in the preview, so you can experiment without describing every adjustment in words.
- Comments - describe what you want changed in natural language and PandaOS revises the artifact for you. This is useful for structural changes ("move the pricing section above the testimonials") or subjective refinements ("make the hero section feel more energetic") that are hard to express through sliders alone.
Both approaches produce new versions, so you never lose your previous state.
Sharing and export
When an artifact is ready, you can generate a share link that lets anyone open it in a browser - no PandaOS account required. This is useful for getting feedback on a landing page draft, sending a dashboard to a stakeholder, or sharing a visualization with a team.
You can also export the artifact to take the raw output with you, whether that means dropping the HTML into a project, embedding it somewhere else, or using it as a starting point for further development outside PandaOS.
Artifacts, Design and Slides
PandaOS has three surfaces for visual output, and the distinction is about how much method the work needs:
| Use | Surface |
|---|---|
| A page-shaped thing you want to see, tweak and share, produced straight out of a conversation | Artifacts |
| A designed piece with a method behind it: a report, a click-through prototype, a mockup, an animated reel, all built against your design system | Design |
| A presentation you click through slide by slide | Slides, which is the deck type inside Design |
Artifacts and the Design canvas share the same engine, so versioning, tweaks, comments and share links work the same way in both. The difference is that a design starts from a brief and a design system, while an artifact starts from whatever you just asked for.