Canvas and files

Some answers are too long or too structured for a chat message. The canvas gives the assistant a document to write in next to the chat, and session files give you downloadable spreadsheets and exports.

The canvas

The canvas is a panel beside the chat. When you ask for a brief, a rewrite or a long report, the assistant writes it there as a document instead of in the message. You can watch it being written.

Things to try:

• "Write a content brief for a new page about invoice automation"
• "Rewrite the intro of /pricing in our brand voice"
• "Open /blog/seo-checklist in the canvas"

Canvas documents

• A chat can have up to 20 canvas documents. Each opens in its own tab in the canvas.
• Ask the assistant to change a document, and it edits the document in place instead of starting over.
• The assistant can also open one of your crawled pages in the canvas, so you can read the extracted text side by side with the chat.

Use the canvas button in the composer to show or hide the canvas.

Ask about a selection

Select text in a canvas document and click Ask about selection, or press ⌘ I (Ctrl I on Windows). The selection is attached to your next message, so you can ask for changes to exactly that part, such as "make this shorter" or "add a source for this claim".

Session files

When you ask for data you want to keep or share, the assistant creates a file in the chat:

Format	Good for
CSV	Simple tables, ready for any spreadsheet
XLSX	Polished Excel workbooks with several sheets, typed columns, titles and notes
Markdown	Briefs, reports and notes
JSON	Structured data for other tools

Things to try:

• "Make an Excel file of blog posts under 300 words, with the word count for each"
• "Make a CSV of pages that lost clicks, with the change for each"

Files appear as chips in the chat. Click one to download it, or open it in the canvas to preview it. Markdown, CSV and JSON files can be previewed.

All files in a chat

Click Session files in the composer to see every file created in the chat. Each chat can hold up to 50 files, and a spreadsheet can have up to 10,000 rows.

The assistant can also read files it created earlier in the same chat, so you can ask it to build on a previous export.

Canvas, files or attachments?

• Use the canvas for documents you want to read and refine with the assistant
• Use session files for data you want to download
• Use attachments to give the assistant your own files