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The AI Assistant panel () runs a document-aware agent. It can plan and complete multi-step changes, retrieve only the relevant parts of long documents, and use focused tools for content, abbreviations, citations, variables, reusable blocks, and styles.
AI Assistant sidebar panel

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Sending messages

Type your message in the input field and press Enter to send (use Shift + Enter for a new line). The assistant analyzes your document and responds with text, proposed changes, or both. Each chat conversation is stored in the chat history. You can start a new chat with the button or browse previous conversations via the button.

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File attachments

Click the button to attach a file to your message. The assistant can read and analyze the file content as part of the conversation.

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Editor selection

You can select text in the editor and send it as context to the assistant:
  1. Select text in the editor — an overlay button appears above the selection.
  2. Click Add to Chat — the sidebar switches to the Assistant panel and the selection is attached to your next message.
Add to Chat button appearing above a text selection in the editor
The selection context is shown as a badge above the input field. You can remove it with the button.
Chat input field showing selection context and file attachment

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Proposed changes

When the assistant modifies your document, it shows a change preview below its response. The preview summarizes what was changed — sections added, updated, or deleted, as well as changes to variables, abbreviations, citations, or style defaults.
Assistant response with proposed changes and Accept/Decline buttons
You can:
  • Accept — applies the changes to your document
  • Decline — discards the proposed changes
  • View diff — expand the change preview to see a detailed before/after comparison
  • Full diff — open a full-screen modal showing the complete document diff with all changes highlighted
Expanded diff view showing before and after comparison
Click the expand button to open the full document diff in a modal view:
Full document diff modal showing all changes across the entire document
If you send a new message while changes are still pending, the pending changes are automatically declined.

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What the assistant can do

The assistant is not limited to editing text content. It can modify multiple areas of your document:

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Billing

Completed assistant tasks use the monthly assistant allowance of your plan. They do not consume automation credits. A task can contain multiple internal tool steps; it counts as one assistant task from the product perspective.
For details on credit pricing and plan limits, see Pricing.