Chat is not an editor
AI chats are good for generation, but weak for shaping final notes or drafts.
Feature · Scratchpad
Turn AI responses into structured notes, drafts, and working documents.
Workbench Scratchpad gives you a rich text workspace for formatting, tables, bibliography notes, saved responses, exports, AI optimization, and active drafts.
Use it when a useful answer needs to become something editable, organized, cited, refined, or exported instead of staying trapped in a chat.
Rich text workspace Tables and notes Export-ready drafts
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The problem
Useful AI output often needs a workspace before it becomes real work.
A strong response may still need editing, formatting, notes, tables, source references, length control, and export. Copying everything into a separate document breaks the flow and loses context.
Structure gets lost
Tables, bibliography details, and formatting often need manual cleanup elsewhere.
Good responses vanish
Useful outputs stay buried in conversation history unless they are saved into a workspace.
Draft readiness is unclear
Without word count, notes, and export flow, it is harder to know when work is usable.
Workbench approach
A working pad for the content between AI output and finished document.
Scratchpad gives you a rich text editor near the AI workflow, so saved responses can become structured notes, drafts, tables, bibliography-supported work, and exportable content.
It is designed for the practical middle stage: not just generation, not yet final publishing, but active thinking and editing.
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02Format
03Annotate
04Optimize
05Export
Key capabilities
A scratchpad built for AI-assisted knowledge work.
Scratchpad helps bridge the gap between generated output and the organized work you actually need to keep, edit, cite, or export.
Rich text editor
Write and edit AI-assisted notes, drafts, outlines, and working documents in one place.
Formatting
Use structure such as headings, emphasis, lists, and readable sections instead of plain copied text.
Tables
Organize comparisons, research matrices, checklists, and structured outputs in table form.
Notes
Capture observations, edits, reminders, and next steps alongside AI-generated material.
Bibliography
Keep source references close to the notes and drafts they support.
Export
Move scratchpad work into external documents, reports, backups, or handoffs.
AI optimization
Improve drafts, notes, or saved responses with AI-assisted refinement when needed.
Save responses
Preserve useful AI responses directly into a working scratchpad instead of losing them in chat history.
Active scratchpad
Keep a current working pad ready for the session while maintaining saved scratchpads for later.
Word count
Track length when drafting summaries, briefs, assignments, posts, or reports.
Example workflow
From AI response to exportable draft.
Scratchpad keeps generated material editable and structured while you decide what it should become.
Capture useful output
Save a strong response, source note, draft, or summary from the AI session into your active scratchpad.
Turn it into a working document
Format headings, add notes, create tables, and attach bibliography details while the context is fresh.
Refine with AI assistance
Use AI optimization when the draft needs tightening, restructuring, expansion, or clearer wording.
Export or continue later
Track word count, keep the scratchpad active, or export the work when it is ready to leave Workbench.
Why Workbench
Scratchpad keeps editing close to your AI context.
External docs are useful, but switching away too early creates friction. Workbench helps you save, shape, optimize, and export work while it is still connected to conversations, prompts, and analysis.
Copy into documents
Good for final polish, but interrupts early-stage AI workflow.
Chat history
Preserves messages, but not a clean editing surface.
Plain notes
Capture thoughts, but lack AI workflow context and export structure.
Manual formatting
Works eventually, but slows down repeated research and drafting tasks.
Related pages
Connect Scratchpad to the rest of Workbench.
Scratchpad is most useful when paired with saved conversations, prompt workflows, and AI analysis.
FAQ
Questions people ask before using Scratchpad.
Straight answers for people deciding how to turn AI output into edited, structured work.
What is the Workbench Scratchpad?
Scratchpad is a rich text workspace for turning AI responses, notes, source details, and drafts into structured working documents.
How is Scratchpad different from a notes app?
A notes app stores writing. Scratchpad is designed to sit close to AI workflows, making it easier to save responses, refine drafts, track active work, and export useful outputs.
Can I format content in Scratchpad?
Yes. Scratchpad supports rich text style workflows such as headings, lists, emphasis, structured notes, and readable document sections.
Can Scratchpad handle tables?
Tables are useful for comparisons, research matrices, planning grids, and structured AI outputs that should not remain as plain paragraphs.
What is an active scratchpad?
An active scratchpad is the current working note or draft for the session. It helps you keep one primary workspace available while saving other scratchpads for later.
Can I save AI responses to Scratchpad?
Yes. Saving responses helps move useful AI output from chat history into a more editable and reusable workspace.
Does Scratchpad support bibliography workflows?
Scratchpad can keep bibliography and source-reference notes close to the draft or research notes they support.
Can I export Scratchpad content?
Export is intended for moving finished or in-progress work into external documents, reports, backups, or handoff workflows.
Why is word count useful?
Word count helps when drafting briefs, summaries, assignments, reports, posts, or any output with length expectations.
Install Workbench
Give your AI outputs a place to become finished work.
Download Workbench to save responses, format notes, build tables, track word count, optimize drafts, and export useful work from Scratchpad.