Notes AI Writing Assistant
A conversational AI assistant built into the Notes editor. Generate content, reorganize your notes, improve your writing, translate, and more — all without leaving the editor.
Opening the AI Panel
Keyboard Shortcut
Press ⌘/Ctrl + J to toggle the AI panel open and closed.
Floating Bubble
Click the AI bubble at the bottom-center of the editor. It pulses gently to remind you AI is available.
Quick-Action Templates
When the AI panel is empty, you'll see these template buttons. Click one to get started quickly:
Write Essay
ConversationalAI asks clarifying questions about topic, tone, and length before drafting.
Meeting Recap
ConversationalAI gathers meeting details (attendees, topics, decisions) then generates a structured recap.
Organize Notes
Direct actionRestructures your existing content with clear headings, bullet points, and logical grouping.
Brainstorm Ideas
ConversationalAI asks about the topic, then generates a list of creative ideas and angles.
Expand Section
Direct actionTakes selected text or the current section and elaborates with more detail and examples.
Improve Writing
Direct actionFixes grammar, improves clarity and tone while preserving the original meaning.
Translate
ConversationalAI asks for the target language, then translates your content. Appends the translation below.
Extract Actions
Direct actionScans your notes and extracts all action items, tasks, and follow-ups into a checklist.
Two Workflow Modes
Conversational
AI asks clarifying questions before generating. Used for open-ended tasks like writing essays, brainstorming, or translating.
You have a back-and-forth chat; AI generates when it has enough context.
Direct Action
AI reads your document context and acts immediately. Used for organizing notes, improving writing, expanding sections, and extracting action items.
Results are applied directly to your editor with highlighted changes.
How AI Understands Your Document
Selected Text
If you have text selected in the editor, AI uses only the selection as context. Perfect for targeted improvements.
Cursor Section
When no text is selected, AI detects which heading section your cursor is in and can edit just that section without affecting the rest of the document.
Full Document
For document-wide operations (like organize or extract actions), AI reads the entire document content and any heading structure.
Direct Edits with Highlighting
When AI makes direct edits (e.g., improving writing or organizing notes), the changes are applied directly to your editor with a temporary highlight so you can see exactly what changed.
Replace selection
Replaces your highlighted text with the AI's version
Replace section
Rewrites the heading section where your cursor is
Insert after cursor
Adds new content right after your current position
Append to document
Adds content at the end (used for translations)
Chat Responses & Actions
When AI responds in chat mode (e.g., after a conversational template), each message includes action buttons:
Insert
At cursor position
Replace
Selected text
Append
End of document
Copy
To clipboard
Voice Dictation
Click the microphone button next to the input field to start voice dictation. Speak naturally and your words appear in the input box. Click again to stop.
- Language follows your locale preference automatically
- Interim transcript shows in real-time as you speak
- Pulsing red indicator shows when recording is active
- Requires browser support for the Web Speech API
Tips for Effective Prompts
Do
- Be specific: "Expand this section with two examples"
- Select text first for targeted edits
- Use templates as starting points, then refine with follow-ups
- Mention tone: "Make this more formal" or "Keep it casual"
Avoid
- Vague requests like "make it better" without context
- Extremely long instructions in a single message
- Asking AI to generate entire documents at once — iterate section by section instead