Writing with AI

Inkwise's AI lives inside the editor and is grounded in the references you bind to the current document. Open the right sidebar (the panel toggle in the editor) to find three tabs — AI Chat, References, and Review. This page covers the AI features; the Review tab is covered in Reviewing Your Document.

Bind references to your document

Before the AI can ground its suggestions, bind the sources you want it to use. In the editor's right sidebar, open the References tab:

• Add and bind references — import new sources right here without leaving the editor. Anything you import is bound to this document automatically.
• Bound to this document — the sources already attached. Each shows Ready for grounding or Not ready yet (with the reason). Click Unbind to detach one.
• Available library sources — sources in your library that aren't bound yet. Click Bind to attach one. Use the Search references box to find a source quickly.

Note: Only sources that are Ready for grounding can be used by predictions, writing tools, and chat. If a source isn't ready yet, finish processing it on the References page first.

Inline predictions

As you write, Inkwise drafts a suggestion for what comes next and shows it inline in gray. The status bar beneath the editor tells you what's happening:

• Inkwise is drafting the next suggestion… while it works.
• Press Tab to accept the grounded inline prediction. Using N evidence segments. when the suggestion is backed by your sources.
• Press Tab to accept inline predictions when they appear. otherwise.

Press Tab to accept a suggestion, or just keep typing to ignore it. When a prediction is grounded, a Prediction Evidence box appears with citation bubbles you can click to see the supporting source.

Inline writing tools

To rewrite or generate text, select some text (or place your cursor where you want new text) to open the Write with AI panel. Choose a tool:

Tool	What it does
Coherent	Improves flow, transitions, and structure while preserving meaning.
Concise	Tightens the text while keeping the key meaning and important details.
Detailed	Expands with more relevant detail and context, without filler.
Humanize	Makes the text sound more natural while preserving meaning.
Custom	Runs your own instruction (for example, "rewrite in a persuasive tone").

Each tool fills in an instruction you can edit before sending. Expand the sources control in the panel to choose which bound sources to ground with (use All / None, or search). Send the instruction, and Inkwise streams a result that tells you whether it's grounded:

• Grounded to N evidence segments — the rewrite is backed by your sources.
• No matching evidence found in the selected sources — nothing relevant was found, so it wrote without grounding.
• Grounding fell back to an ungrounded rewrite — retrieval couldn't run, so it wrote without grounding.

Then place the result:

• With text selected: Replace selection or Insert after.
• With just a cursor: Insert.
• Or use Copy to copy it, and Retry to generate a fresh attempt.

Grounded results bring their citations with them when inserted.

AI Chat

Open the AI Chat tab to ask questions about your draft and sources. Answers are grounded in the references you select.

Choose your sources. Open the source control at the bottom of the panel (Chat references) and tick the ready sources you want the chat to use. You must select at least one ready source before you can send — the panel hints Bind & prepare a source to chat or Select a source if you can't yet.

Ask a question. Type in the composer (Ask a grounded question…) and press Enter or click the send button. If you've selected text in the editor, it's attached to your question as context (shown as a Selection attached chip). When the chat box is empty, suggested prompts give you a starting point, such as "Summarize the key terms in my sources."

Use an answer. Hover an assistant reply for actions:

• Copy the text.
• Insert at cursor (when your cursor is in the editor) or Append to end of the document; if you have text selected, Replace selection is also offered.
• Retry the most recent answer to regenerate it with fresh retrieval.

Manage threads. Use the thread dropdown at the top to switch between conversations, New thread to start a fresh one, and the trash button to Delete the current thread.

Citations in your document

When you insert a grounded prediction, writing-tool result, or chat answer, Inkwise attaches citations to the source evidence. They're formatted according to the Citation style set in Document Settings — APA, MLA, Chicago, Bluebook, or the default. Keeping your references' citation metadata accurate makes these citations more precise.