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ClickUp AI can help you write
This article is about our writing tools. Here's another way ClickUp AI can help you write:
- From any location where you can access AI, at the bottom of the AI modal type a request into the prompt field. For example, you could ask: Can you write a blog post about best practices for prompting AI?
- Learn how to write effective ClickUp AI prompts.
- Learn how to write effective ClickUp AI prompts.
- In the lower-right corner of the prompt field, click the send button.
- AI will provide a blog post. You can edit AI's draft or ask AI to edit it. For example, you could ask: Create shorter paragraphs, use bullet points, and add subheadings.
Write with AI
You can use our writing tools anywhere in ClickUp that accepts text. For example a task comment, a Chat, or a Doc.
To use Write with AI:
- From the location, highlight some text to display the text toolbar.
- Highlight the text you want AI to consider. For example, if you want to check the spelling and grammar in one paragraph, select only that paragraph. If you want to check the whole Doc, select all of the text.
- In the text toolbar, select the ClickUp AI icon.
- Choose one of the following writing or editing tools:
This table describes the ClickUp AI writing tools:
| Menu option | Result |
|---|---|
| Improve Writing | Makes your content better, even if you don't know what's wrong. |
| Fix spelling and grammar | Corrects your spelling and grammar. |
| Make longer | Provides more content based on what you've written. |
| Make shorter | Provides more concise content. |
| Simplify writing | Provides easier-to-read content. |
| Generate action items | Provides a checklist of actionable items. |
| Continue writing | AI continues writing what you've started. |
| Explain this | Summarizes lengthy or complex content. |
| Summarize this | Generates a summary of what you've written. |
| Translate | Translates text into English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Italian, Swedish, Dutch, Korean, Japanese, Chinese, and Arabic. |
Use the /write /Slash Command
- From anywhere in ClickUp that uses text, type the /Slash Command
/writeand pressReturnorEnter.- If an AI icon or button displays in the location, select it. For example, a new Doc has a Write with AI button, in an existing Doc you'll use the /Slash Command.
- In the Write with AI modal's prompt field you can ask AI to write something.
- For example: Create a table comparing the top 10 US dog breeds. Include columns for size and energy level.
- Or you can click Write a description, Create a plan, or Generate action items. The response is based on context from the location.
- You can click the Default Tone dropdown to select a tone. For example, professional or humorous.
- You can click the Creativity dropdown to select a level of creativity. Low creativity is probably best for professional writing. High creativity will add extra flair and might be good for a blog post.
- You can also paste a draft into the modal, ask AI to edit it, and press
ReturnorEnteror click the send icon.
- After AI responds, you have the following choices:
- Copy: Copy the text to paste it into another location manually.
- Replace with this answer: Replace the original text with AI's answer.
- Insert below: Click to paste the content below the original text.
- Retry: Click to get a different response from the same prompt.
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Ask Brain to edit or write: Reprompt AI by typing a related prompt or giving AI more direction. For example, you could type Sort the dogs by energy level.
In some locations, you can also create a task or a Doc with the generated content.