Ask with context

Type @ to search your library, attach text or figure snippets as context, then chat with AI in a continuous thread.

Ask with context keeps your references attached to the conversation—no copy-pasting between PDFs, your draft, and a separate chat app.

Invoke library search with @

Open Ask with context from the sparkle button, a text selection, or a Recall snippet card. In the message box, type @ to open Add context from library. Search by title or file name, browse papers grouped by library, and pick the document to ground the conversation—the picker stays open until you attach a passage or dismiss it.

Typing @ in the chat input to open library search — Type @ in the message box to search and pick papers from your library.

Build context snippets

After choosing a paper, select text in the PDF preview or box a figure or chart region—each selection becomes a context chip above the input (text excerpt or image snippet). Attach multiple chips from one paper or across your library before you ask.

Selecting a text passage from a PDF to attach as context — Drag to select text—the excerpt appears as a context chip.

Boxing a chart or figure region to attach as image context — Box a figure or chart region—the capture appears as an image context chip.

Ask and follow up

Send your question; the model answers using the attached chips. Keep chatting—follow-up messages stay in the same thread with context preserved, so you can clarify, compare sources, or dig deeper without re-attaching.

AI chat response with attached context chips and follow-up messages — The model responds using your context chips; continue the conversation in the same thread.