Inline Assistant

The inline assistant is a chat-like panel in the right sidebar where you can ask questions about your script or request changes to specific passages. It's the most flexible way to work with the AI, because you can ask for exactly what you need in plain language.

Opening the assistant

You can open the inline assistant in two ways:

Click the Assistant tab in the right panel of the editor
Open the command palette with Cmd+K and search for the assistant

Quick actions

Above the message box you'll find four quick-action buttons. They adapt to what you're doing: select a passage and they offer to tighten it or raise the tension, select dialogue and they offer punch-ups and alternate takes, and once you've run coverage or a Studio Pass they surface your top development note and weakest scene as one-click questions. One click sends the request, no typing needed.

The Write/Rewrite button

A floating button beside your current line offers Write (no selection) or Rewrite (when you've selected text). Clicking it turns the assistant's message box into a composer: add optional guidance (how much to write, the tone, what should happen) and run it. Rewrites arrive as tracked changes in the Suggestions tab so nothing changes until you accept; fresh writes insert at your cursor and can be undone with one click. Close the composer at any time to return to the regular chat.

What you can ask

The assistant understands screenplay craft and your script's context. Here are some things you might ask:

"Rewrite this dialogue to sound more natural"
"Add more tension to this scene"
"Suggest a transition between these two scenes"
"What would this character say here?"
"Make this action line more visual"
"This monologue is too long. Tighten it up."
"Write a version of this scene where the power dynamic is reversed"

You can be as specific or as open-ended as you like.

Working with selected text

Select a passage in your script, then ask the AI to work with it. The assistant receives exactly what you highlighted and focuses on it, giving you a response that fits naturally into the surrounding context.

For example, you might highlight a block of dialogue and ask: "Rewrite this so the character sounds angrier but is trying to hide it." The AI will give you a new version that matches the character's voice and fits the scene around it.

Getting better results

Be specific about what you want. Instead of "make this better," try "make this dialogue faster and more confrontational." The more you tell the AI about the tone, feeling, or direction you're going for, the more useful the suggestion will be.

Context awareness

The assistant knows your script: your characters, your locations, your outline, and the shape of the whole screenplay, including what happens before and after the scene you're working in. That means:

Character voices stay consistent with how you've written them elsewhere
Plot details and relationships are taken into account
The tone matches what you've already established
Suggestions fit naturally into the surrounding pages

You usually don't need to re-explain your story to ask a question. If you ask about a specific stretch of pages the assistant isn't currently reading, it will tell you rather than guess.

Ask follow-up questions

If the first suggestion isn't quite right, tell the AI what to change. "That's close, but make it shorter" or "Keep the first line but change the rest" will refine the result without starting over.