> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://linkly.ai/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# AI-Assisted Writing

> Let AI reference your historical materials when writing new documents, producing well-grounded, detail-rich content instead of generic fluff.

## The Challenge of AI-Assisted Writing Isn't "How to Write" but "What to Reference"

> The context you give AI determines the conclusions it can infer and produce.

You need to write a quarterly report, a project proposal, or an important email. You know there are similar documents you can reference — maybe last quarter's report, a previous proposal template, or related meeting minutes.

But these materials are scattered across your computer. You spend 30 minutes searching, barely find a few, then spend more time reading, extracting key points, and organizing the structure. By the time you actually start writing, an hour has already passed.

What about asking AI for help? It can help you write, but it doesn't know what you've done in the past, what your company's style is, or what data was in the last report. The content AI produces tends to be generic, lacking the specific details you actually need.

**Linkly AI lets AI reference your real materials when writing.**

## Pain Points of Traditional Approaches

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  <Card title="Manual search for reference materials" icon="folder-open">
    Digging through multiple folders for past documents — time-consuming and
    easy to miss important references.
  </Card>

  <Card title="AI lacks context" icon="circle-question">
    Asking AI to write directly without your business context, data details, and
    document style means the output requires extensive editing.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Copy-paste is inefficient" icon="copy">
    Copying reference materials into the AI chat? One or two files is
    manageable, but five or ten is impractical.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Inconsistent style" icon="palette">
    Starting from scratch each time makes it difficult to maintain consistent
    style, format, and terminology with past documents.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Linkly AI's Solution

When Linkly AI is connected to your AI assistant, AI can **automatically search for relevant historical documents** as references when helping you write. The entire process is transparent to you — just describe your writing needs, and AI will find and read reference materials on its own, then generate well-grounded content.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Describe your writing needs">
    Tell the AI what you want to write and what kind of materials you'd like it
    to reference. For example: "Help me write this quarter's sales summary,
    referencing the reports from the past three quarters."
  </Step>

  <Step title="AI automatically searches for references">
    AI calls Linkly AI's search tool to find relevant materials in your local
    documents — past reports, related data, similar documents, etc.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Read and extract key points">
    AI reads through the reference files one by one, extracting key data,
    structural patterns, writing style, and more.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Generate well-grounded content">
    Based on real reference materials, AI produces content with specific data,
    consistent style, and references to historical information.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Practical Example

### Scenario: Write a Quarterly Summary Referencing Past Reports

In your AI assistant, type:

```
Please write a Q1 2026 sales summary report.
Reference the sales reports from the past few quarters on my computer, and continue the previous report structure and style.
```

AI will call Linkly AI to search your computer for Q1-related sales files and past quarterly sales reports.
Using the progressive `search` → `outline` → `read` tools, the AI assistant gradually deepens its understanding of these reports' structure, content, and style, then completes the final writing.

## More Writing Scenarios

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  <Card title="Academic literature review" icon="book-open">
    Have AI read your downloaded papers and automatically generate a literature
    review draft with citations and comparative analysis
  </Card>

  <Card title="Competitive analysis report" icon="scale-balanced">
    Based on your collected competitor materials and industry reports, let AI
    write a structured competitive analysis
  </Card>

  <Card title="Project proposal" icon="lightbulb">
    Reference past successful proposal templates and project documents to let AI
    draft a new project proposal
  </Card>

  <Card title="Email drafting" icon="envelope">
    Based on past communication records and related files, let AI draft
    professional, accurate business emails
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Best Practices

<Tip>A few tips to improve AI writing results.</Tip>

* **Specify reference targets explicitly**: Telling AI "reference past quarterly reports" works much better than "help me write a report" — AI will search for relevant files more precisely
* **Ask it to continue the style**: Include "continue the style and structure of previous reports" in your prompt — AI will maintain consistency
* **Write in sections**: For long documents, have AI write one chapter at a time, focusing on one section per request for better quality
* **Keep document directories organized**: Place similar documents in the same directory (e.g., all quarterly reports in one folder) — Linkly AI will deliver better search results after indexing
* **Iterate and refine**: AI's first draft may not be perfect, but it gives you a starting point with real content and data. Editing from this base is far more efficient than starting from scratch

<Note>
  The core value of AI-assisted writing isn't "AI writes for you" — it's "AI
  helps you find reference materials and organize a first draft." The final
  quality control and decisions remain in your hands.
</Note>