diff --git a/src/lib/chatApi.ts b/src/lib/chatApi.ts
index 031480a..232b41f 100644
--- a/src/lib/chatApi.ts
+++ b/src/lib/chatApi.ts
@@ -48,12 +48,12 @@ async function jsonFetch(path: string, init?: RequestInit) {
 }
 
 export const chatApi = {
-  /** List existing chat-thread flow docs for the current tenant. */
+  /** List existing chat-thread flow docs (kind=value, source_context=CANVAS_CHAT_THREAD). */
   async listThreads(signal?: AbortSignal): Promise<ChatThread[]> {
-    const res = await jsonFetch(`/api/ea2/flow/processes?limit=200`, { signal });
+    const res = await jsonFetch(`/api/ea2/flow/processes?limit=500&kind=value`, { signal });
     const items = (res?.items || []) as any[];
     return items
-      .filter((it) => it?.source_context === "EA2_CHAT_THREAD")
+      .filter((it) => it?.source_context === "CANVAS_CHAT_THREAD")
       .map((it) => ({
         _key: it._key,
         display_name: it.display_name || "Chat",
@@ -64,17 +64,17 @@ export const chatApi = {
   },
 
   /**
-   * Create a thread between two persona emails. Returns the new thread key.
-   * Falls back to a deterministic key built from the participants when present.
+   * Create a thread as flow.kind=value so it is invisible to process-definition
+   * surfaces by EA2 schema rather than by source_context filtering.
    */
   async createThread(displayName: string, participants: string[], signal?: AbortSignal): Promise<string> {
     const payload = {
-      kind: "definition",
+      kind: "value",
       status: "published",
       name: `chat_${Date.now()}`,
       display_name: displayName,
       description: `Conversation between ${participants.join(" & ")}`,
-      source_context: "EA2_CHAT_THREAD",
+      source_context: "CANVAS_CHAT_THREAD",
       config: { chat: { participants } },
     };
     const res = await fetch(`${api.config.baseUrl}/api/ea2/flow`, {
@@ -124,12 +124,12 @@ export const chatApi = {
       method: "POST",
       headers: authHeaders(),
       body: JSON.stringify({
-        kind: "definition",
+        kind: "value",
         status: "published",
         name: `msg_${Date.now()}`,
         display_name: body.slice(0, 80),
         description: body,
-        source_context: "EA2_CHAT_MSG",
+        source_context: "CANVAS_CHAT_MSG",
         config: { chat: { author_email: authorEmail, thread_key: threadKey } },
       }),
       signal,
diff --git a/src/lib/flowCuration.ts b/src/lib/flowCuration.ts
index 4268888..e83b138 100644
--- a/src/lib/flowCuration.ts
+++ b/src/lib/flowCuration.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ const DEV_ARTEFACT_PATTERNS = [
 const NON_BUSINESS_SOURCE_CONTEXTS = new Set([
   "EA2_CHAT_THREAD",
   "EA2_CHAT_MSG",
+  "CANVAS_CHAT_THREAD",
+  "CANVAS_CHAT_MSG",
   "EA2_WIZARD_STEP",
   "EA2_DRAFT_PROCESS:process_creation",
 ]);