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Rewrite a selection with inline edit

Select text, describe the change, read the alternatives, and accept one in place — the quickest AI edit in Plot.

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Try it in Plot

Inline edit is for a line or a paragraph: select it, say what you want, get options. It is scoped to your selection and nothing else, which is what makes it fast.

  1. Select the text

    Select a line, a speech, or a paragraph of action. Inline edit needs a selection; with nothing selected, the same shortcut opens the command palette.

  2. Open inline edit

    Press ⌘K. A small bar appears at the selection.

    The inline edit bar at a selected paragraph (1): say what should change and press Enter.
    The inline edit bar at a selected paragraph (1): say what should change and press Enter.

  3. Say what you want

    "Shorter." "Angrier, but she still loves him." "Make it a question." Press ↩.

  4. Read the alternatives

    The bar shows the rewrite in place and offers alternatives you can step through with the arrows. Each one replaces the selection on the page as you look, so you read it in context.

  5. Accept or cancel

    ⌘↩ keeps the version showing; ⎋ puts your original back. An accepted edit is ordinary text — edit it further, or undo it.

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    The faint continuation that appears when you pause: what it reads, how to accept a word or all of it, and how to turn it off.

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  • The skills library

    What a skill is, what each of the built-in skills does, where their results live, and how to add skills of your own.

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  • Find your way around the editor

    What the two sidebars hold, what the command palette can reach, and the handful of shortcuts that open and close each panel.

    Concept · 2 min read

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