AI writing assistant
Chat with an AI about your note — ask questions, run edits, search your other notes, and review changes before they apply.
The AI chat panel
Open the AI tab in the inspector panel ( Ctrl/) to talk with an assistant about the note you have open. It reads the current note as context, so you can ask it to explain, brainstorm, draft a summary, or reshape your writing. The conversation stays in the panel as you go, and the footer shows which provider and model you are connected to with a status dot. You can still chat with no note open — it just answers from the conversation instead of a note. Setting up a provider is a one-time step; see "AI setup & privacy."
Asking vs editing
By default the assistant decides whether to answer you or change the note. To be explicit, start your message with `/ask` to get an answer without touching the note, or `/edit` followed by an instruction to change it. If you have text selected in the editor, an edit applies to just that selection; otherwise it works on the whole note. See "AI commands & tone" for the full command list.
What the assistant can do
Beyond replying, the assistant can act on your workspace: it can search your other notes by keyword, open one to read it, create a brand-new note, and propose edits to the current note, your selection, or the current block. When it takes one of these steps it shows up as a row in the conversation (for example "Searched notes" or "Created note") with a link you can open. It works in short steps and stops on its own once it has done what you asked.
Reviewing proposed edits
When the assistant changes your note, nothing is applied straight away. A bar appears at the bottom of the editor with the proposed result so you can read it first, then choose Accept to apply it or Discard to keep your original. While the suggestion is still streaming in you can Cancel to stop it. Your text is never overwritten until you accept.
Starter prompts
When a note is open, your provider is ready, and the chat is empty, the panel shows a few one-click chips to get you going: Summarize, Explain, and ELI5 (explain it simply) ask about the note, while Spell check and Clean up run quick edits. Nothing is sent until you click one.
Context budget
The footer shows roughly how much of the model's context window your note is using, with a green, yellow, or red dot as it fills up. Very large notes are automatically shortened to an outline (headings plus the start and end) so a request still works instead of failing. If a note is too big, shorten it, raise the context limit in AI settings if your model allows, or use `/ask` so the whole note isn't sent.