Working with Artifacts
Artifacts are documents that AI creates during your chats. Unlike regular chat messages, artifacts are persistent, editable documents that you can refine, version, share, and export.
What Makes Artifacts Special
When the AI generates substantial content—like a report, code file, summary, or structured document—it creates an artifact rather than just a chat message. This gives you a dedicated space to work with that content, complete with editing tools, version history, and sharing options.
Artifacts work well for content you'll want to refine or reuse: reports and analyses, code snippets and scripts, creative writing, structured documents like outlines or proposals, and any content you might need to download or share.
Viewing Artifacts
Artifacts appear inline within your conversation, giving you a quick preview of what was created. Click on an artifact to expand it and see the full content.
For more extensive work, open the full artifact editor by clicking the expand icon. This gives you access to all editing and management features in a dedicated view.
Editing Your Artifacts
Direct Editing
The artifact editor supports rich text editing with markdown. Click anywhere in the content to start making changes—adjusting wording, reorganizing sections, or adding new content. Changes save automatically and create a new version, so you never lose your previous work.
AI-Assisted Editing
You can also ask the AI to modify artifacts during your conversation. Simply describe what changes you want—"make the introduction more concise" or "add a section about pricing"—and the AI updates the artifact accordingly. Each AI edit creates a new version, just like manual edits.
Version History
Every change to an artifact creates a new version, giving you complete control over your document's evolution.
Browsing Versions
Open the version panel to see the complete history of your artifact. Each version shows when it was created and what type of change triggered it. You can preview any previous version to see exactly what the content looked like at that point.
Restoring Previous Content
If you need to go back to an earlier version, select it and click Set as Current. This doesn't delete your recent work—it creates a new version with the restored content, preserving your full history.
Downloading Artifacts
Export your artifacts in the format that works best for your needs.
| Format | Best For |
|---|---|
| Word (.docx) | Further editing in Microsoft Word, sharing with collaborators who prefer Word |
| PDF (.pdf) | Final documents, printing, distribution where editing shouldn't occur |
| Markdown (.md) | Technical documentation, version-controlled repositories, developer workflows |
To download, open the artifact, click Download, and select your preferred format.
Sharing Artifacts
Sharing Within Your Organization
Share artifacts with team members to collaborate or get feedback. Click Share, select the people who should have access, and they'll be able to view the artifact and add comments. Shared users can read and comment, but only the owner can edit the content directly.
Managing Access
Review and revoke access anytime through the sharing settings. When you remove someone's access, they immediately lose the ability to view or comment on the artifact.
Saving to Projects
When an artifact is valuable beyond the current conversation, save it to a project for long-term access.
Click Save to Project, select your target project, and the artifact becomes part of that project's file collection. This keeps your important documents organized and available for future chats—the AI can reference project files when that project is active.
Comments and Feedback
Adding Comments
Select any text within the artifact to add a comment. Comments appear in the margin alongside the relevant content, making it easy to have focused discussions about specific sections.
Working with Comments
Reply to comments to build a discussion thread, or resolve comments once you've addressed the feedback. Resolved comments stay in the history but no longer appear prominently, keeping your document view clean.
Tips for Working with Artifacts
Name your artifacts clearly. When the AI creates an artifact, it assigns a name based on the content. You can rename artifacts to something more meaningful—especially helpful when you have multiple artifacts in a conversation.
Use version history liberally. Don't worry about making changes—you can always go back. This frees you to experiment with different approaches.
Save important artifacts to projects. Artifacts in chats can be harder to find later. If something is valuable enough to reference again, save it to the relevant project.
Download before sharing externally. For sharing outside your organization, download the artifact in your preferred format rather than using the internal sharing features.