> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.trycontinuum.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Workflows & skills

> Save and reuse canvas graphs, apply creative skills, and ground generations in your brand book.

Once a graph works, you don't want to rebuild it. Workflows let you save and reload a canvas; creative skills and brand-book grounding keep the output on-brand.

## Workflows

A **workflow** is a saved canvas — its nodes, connections, and settings.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Save a workflow">
    Name and save the current canvas. Your work also autosaves as you go, so you won't lose a graph in progress.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Load a workflow">
    Open a saved workflow to pick up where you left off, or start from a workflow in the starter library.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Run it">
    Run the workflow to regenerate its outputs — swap the inputs and run again to produce variations from the same structure.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Creative skills

A **creative skill** is a reusable creative-direction directive — a repeatable instruction for how something should look or feel. Apply a skill to a generation node and Continuum folds it into the prompt behind the scenes.

* Apply skills from a node's menu; a node can carry more than one.
* Manage your skills in **Settings → Skills**, and use both your own and Continuum's first-party skills.
* **Create a skill from a selection** to turn a graph you like into a reusable directive.

## Brand-book grounding

Every generation node is grounded in your [brand book](/brand/overview) by default, so output matches your brand without extra prompting. You control which pieces apply per node:

| Piece           | Effect                                           |
| --------------- | ------------------------------------------------ |
| **Colors**      | Uses your exact brand palette.                   |
| **Typography**  | References your brand typefaces.                 |
| **Voice**       | Applies tone, style, and preferred/banned words. |
| **Imagery**     | Follows your creative direction and mood.        |
| **Personality** | Reflects your brand archetype and traits.        |
| **Audience**    | Targets your defined audience.                   |
| **Logo**        | Attaches your logo as a reference.               |

A grounding chip on each node shows what's active. Pieces your brand book hasn't built yet are disabled — a nudge to [deepen your brand book](/brand/readiness). Grounding steers a generation; it doesn't block anything.

## What's next

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="The canvas" icon="pen-ruler" href="/studio/canvas">
    Nodes, models, and running.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Brand book" icon="book" href="/brand/overview">
    What grounding draws from.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>