Coda AI: Everything you need to know

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Coda AI: Everything you need to know

1. Writing assistance

Writing assistance is more than just generating new text on a blank page. It’s creating informed content you can share, and helping you brainstorm, edit and finalize your work.

Using AI to create content for briefs, reports, writeups, blogs, retros and more.

Getting help across the entire writing process, from first draft to final version.

Building your brief by generating new tables, such as a table of potential metrics and their definitions.

As you explore how any AI integration provides writing assistance, I encourage you to think about:

Why does the ability to reference existing context matter?

How does the AI interface make an impact? For example, if you are trying to edit content, how easy is it to collaborate with the AI integration?

I also find it helpful to consider the parts of the writing process that are most difficult. Many makers have told me that they’re a better editor than writer, but others have shared that they struggle with the final polish. Either way, Coda AI can meet you where you are, so you can create something that’s ready to share.

1. Creating new content

This includes starting with a blank page, or converting an outline or a set of raw notes into a first draft. Interestingly, many makers have shared that they used to infrequently create drafts or writeups, but now that they can get a first draft in minutes, they’re creating more written content to share their ideas and get feedback.

Blogs, essays, and background research.

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Coda AI help you start from scratch, using any prompt, so you can explore new topics or kick off a new project quickly.

Briefs, articles, and writeups.

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Coda AI can also reference any pages and table data across your doc, so your draft can include important context. (You can test this prompt

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2. Editing, brainstorming and building content

I like that everything's all together, and that my teammates can easily create pages for "riffs" to suggest edits or make tweaks. The other thing that's nice is that the AI doesn't just tell you what's wrong, but it can also suggest alternatives...this is exactly what I need.

- Elynn Lee, PM, Enterprise Customer

One you have a first draft, you’ll like want to make edits. You can use Coda AI to help write headers, rewrite sentences, or simply provide an alternative word if you get stuck. You can also use Coda AI to add tables with data to your content—for example, if you are building a marketing brief, you can add a table with potential metrics to measure your campaign. You can always further tweak any AI-generated content.

Rewrites, section headers, or closing sentences.

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With Coda AI, you can have an interactive dialogue to brainstorm or edit content before adding to the page.

Tables that can do more.

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Coda AI can generate tables, so you can add functionality like voting buttons, or connected views.

3. Final touches

Sometimes the last 5% takes the longest, especially when you know your content will receive high visibility. Before asking a colleague to review your draft, AI can take a pass, giving grammar or comprehensive suggestions, or ensuring your key points are clear. For example, you can ask Coda AI:

If you were a colleague reading this, what would your takeaways be?

What is the CTA (call to action) of this brief?

Is this writeup too technical? If you were not a technical person, would you understand it?

Is any part of this text repetitive?

Coda AI can give feedback as targeted comments, so you can easily make changes, or tag a colleague to ask their opinion.

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Whether you’re sharing a quick informal update with your team, or creating the next big press release for your company, Coda AI can help you throughout the writing process. And after you’ve generated all this great written content, your team can ask Coda AI questions about it—learn more in

Coda AI for knowledge assistance⁠

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Previous: AI that can reference your content.

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Coda AI: context aware⁠

Next: Knowledge assistance use cases.

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