Where it turns on
There are three doors. The toolbar AI button is always there, an AI button also appears next to the formatting buttons when you select text, and typing /ai in an empty paragraph opens the same list. There is no panel parked on the right, because it eats a narrow screen and makes a writing surface look like an AI product.
AI tools are part of the Plus plan. Before you subscribe the toolbar button carries a Plus mark, and pressing it shows what the plan opens up. The button is never hidden.
The toolbar button reads your selection
Press it with text selected and you get the actions that run on a selection; press it with nothing selected and you get the ones that run at the cursor. The selection is the target, and that single rule covers it. The bubble button only appears when something is selected, so it always shows the first list, and /ai always shows the second.
What you run on a selection
| Action | What it does |
|---|---|
| Make it read naturally | Fixes only what reads awkwardly, keeping the meaning and the voice. Nothing is added and nothing is dropped. |
| Fix spelling and grammar | Fixes spelling, spacing and grammar only. Wording and order stay as they were. |
| Make it shorter | Removes repetition and filler. No fact and no conclusion is dropped to hit a length. |
| Fill it out | Adds an explanation or an example where a reader would stumble. It invents no facts and no numbers that are not in the original. |
| Change the tone | Pick professional, friendly, persuasive or concise. Facts and length stay roughly as they were. |
| Translate | Translates into Korean, English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese or Traditional Chinese. Proper nouns, code and URLs are left alone. |
| Tell it what to do | Write the instruction yourself, in plain words. Something like rewrite this so a developer can skim it works. |
What /ai opens
| Action | What it does |
|---|---|
| Keep writing | Reads the flow before the cursor and writes the next paragraph. It does not repeat or summarize what you already wrote. |
| Draft a structure | Pick meeting notes, a weekly report, a blog post, a retrospective, a PRD or free form, add one line about the topic, and it lays out headings and lists. The content stays empty; only the places are set. |
| Suggest titles | Reads the whole document and offers three titles. Pick one and it goes straight into the title field. |
| Summarize | Reads the whole document and writes one short paragraph and a list of key points. Nothing outside the document goes in. |
Worked examples
Seeing the change beats reading about it. Below is one sentence run through different actions.
| Action | What happens to the sentence |
|---|---|
| Make it read naturally | "This feature provides a high degree of convenience with respect to its utilization by users" becomes "This feature is convenient to use." |
| Make it shorter | "As a result of our discussion in the meeting, we have decided that this quarter we will focus on stabilizing existing features rather than developing new ones" becomes "This quarter we focus on stability, not new features." |
| Change the tone | Pick professional and "when is this gonna be done?" becomes "Could you let me know when this will be ready?" |
| Tell it what to do | Write "rewrite this so a developer can skim it" and a long explanation turns into short sentences and a list. One line of instruction is enough. |
What a drafted structure looks like
Open /ai in an empty document, pick meeting notes, add one line about the topic, and you get this skeleton. The content is empty and only the places are set. Headings and checklists arrive as real blocks, not markdown characters, so you can just keep typing.
September sprint retrospective
Attendees
- List who was there
Agenda
- List what you are covering
Decisions
- List what was agreed
Action items
- [ ] Owner and due dateWhen to reach for it
- You finished an email or an announcement and the register feels off. Select all of it and pick professional under change the tone.
- One paragraph got long and repetitive. Select just that paragraph and run make it shorter. The rest of the document is untouched.
- You stalled on the next paragraph. Open /ai on an empty line and pick keep writing. Esc throws it away if you do not like it.
- You are staring at a blank page. Pick draft a structure in /ai. The places are laid out in the shape of the existing meeting notes, weekly report and PRD templates.
- The document is done but the title is not. Suggest titles in /ai offers three, and picking one drops it straight into the title field.
- You are handing a long document to someone else. Summarize gives you a short paragraph and key points to put at the top.
What happens to the result
- The result never overwrites your text on its own. It appears in a card first, and you choose replace, insert below, try again or cancel.
- Continuations appear dimmed first. Tab puts it in, Esc makes it go away.
- One application undoes in one step, even when several paragraphs went in.
- Structures and summaries arrive as real blocks: headings, bullets and checklists. No markdown characters are left in the text.
What gets sent
The whole document is not shipped off. Selection actions send only the selected text; continuing sends about three thousand characters before the cursor, a few lines after it, the document title and the current section heading. Title suggestions and summaries do read the whole document, and that length is capped too.
What is sent is used to produce the response and is not stored. Press cancel and the request is cut off on the spot.
Worth knowing
- Read the result and judge it yourself. Facts, numbers and names especially.
- It runs on free models today. Long or complex documents can be slow or come back empty; press try again, or select a smaller piece.
- Calling it many times in a row pauses it for a moment. It works again after about a minute.