Context that follows the work
Bring the right material into the draft.
Start with the current note or selection, then mention other notes, folders, or skills when the writing needs a wider frame.
Writing Assistant
Help, right where the writing happens.
Draft beside the full note, or revise a single selection in place. The Writing Assistant keeps the help close to your words and the final decision with you.
Sidebar
Think alongside the whole note
Inline
Revise the exact selection
Your call
Insert, replace, retry, or discard
More than a blank prompt
It already knows what you are working on.
The current note or selected passage begins as context. Add the parts of your workspace that matter, ask for the kind of help you need, and keep the conversation beside the draft.
Research mode
Think through the shape before writing it.
Let the assistant ask clarifying questions, explore the material, and suggest useful next steps before it commits to a draft.
Optional web search
Bring current sources into the note.
Turn on web search when the draft needs fresh information, while keeping your note and selected workspace context close at hand.
The quick edit
Stay in the sentence.
Select a paragraph, press Cmd/Ctrl + J, and describe the edit. The proposed replacement appears exactly where you are writing, ready to accept or reject.
Describe the change
Ask for a tighter, clearer, shorter, or differently structured version without stepping away from the paragraph.
Bring familiar instructions
Use a slash command or attach a reusable skill from the same inline prompt when the edit needs a known approach.
Decide before it lands
Review the complete replacement in place, then accept it or keep the saved note exactly as it was.
Reuse how you work
Attach skills for repeatable behavior or use slash commands for prompts you reach for often.
Keep exploring
Edit an earlier prompt with its context intact, retry the answer, or switch models for another approach.
Move words on your terms
Copy a response, insert it at the cursor, or replace selected text only after review.
From Octarine users
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Feature history
The assistant keeps moving closer to the words.
What began as a writing conversation has grown into research, reusable workflows, richer context, and edits that happen directly inside the note.
- 0.46.1June 2026Inline editing for selected textOpen a compact prompt directly from the editor, review the replacement in place, and accept or reject it without opening the sidebar.
- 0.45.0June 2026Reusable AI skillsAttach saved instructions from the Writing Assistant prompt box to apply a familiar voice, format, or review process.
- 0.44.1June 2026Properties join the contextWhen a note is added as context, its structured properties now travel with its content into the request.
- 0.38.1March 2026Clearer context changesA dedicated context chip made it easier to see when the note or selection behind a conversation had changed.
- 0.31.1December 2025Independent conversationsChats became independent from notes, with editable prompts, searchable responses, and AI web search.
- 0.30.0November 2025Research mode and web searchDeeper research, current web context, a refreshed chat interface, and reusable slash commands arrived together.
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