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AI Canvas vs Chat Mode: When to Switch Interfaces
Canvas modes (artifacts, projects, side panels) outperform chat for editing tasks.
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- 1The premise
- 2canvas
- 3artifacts
- 4interface-mode
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Section 1
The premise
Chat is great for Q&A; canvas modes are better for iterative document editing because edits stay in one place.
What AI does well here
- Make targeted edits to a single artifact across many turns.
- Preserve formatting through edit cycles in canvas mode.
- Show diff-style changes when asked.
- Let you ask for revisions without re-pasting.
What AI cannot do
- Switch modes mid-task without losing some context.
- Edit attachments outside the artifact.
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