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Introducing generative AI assistance

At Grammarly, we constantly leverage new technologies to build products that help our customers communicate effectively.

Our on-demand generative AI assistance provides the ability to quickly compose, rewrite, ideate, and reply. It’s contextually aware and accounts for personal voice, offering relevant and personalized suggestions that respect user agency and authenticity.

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What can generative AI do?

With Grammarly’s generative AI features you can:

Compose—Write a prompt with a few words and receive a draft in seconds. Grammarly will instantly compose writing based on that prompt.

Rewrite—Instantly generate new versions of your writing customized for tone, clarity, or length.

Personalize your voice—Set up tailored style controls so your generated text is in your preferred voice.

Reply—Grammarly will use context from an email you receive to offer instant options for generating a reply, integrating additional context like the sender’s name and intent into the generated reply.

Ideate—Input a prompt for Grammarly to generate an outline or draft ideas. Grammarly also suggests prompts a user can select to improve writing.

An animation that shows Grammarly's suggestions powered by generative AI in different apps, like Slack, Microsoft Word, or Gmail.

Where to find Grammarly’s generative AI features

Grammarly’s generative AI assistance is integrated directly into our existing product offerings and is available for use in many popular desktop applications and websites. You can use our generative AI features in the following product offerings: 

Grammarly’s generative AI assistance is available right where you work. Generate text directly in apps and sites like Gmail, Google Docs, Microsoft Word, LinkedIn, Medium, and more.

How to use generative AI features

To start using Grammarly’s generative AI features, click the lightbulb icon, then type a prompt. You can also choose from suggested prompts Grammarly offers based on your unique context.

This image shows already-clicked lightbulb icon and the opened Grammarly panel with a text field to add your prompt.

If you’re wondering what kinds of prompts you can use, try these:

  • Write a thoughtful birthday message for a colleague
  • Give me ideas for decorating my taco truck
  • Draft a blog post introducing my new yoga studio
  • Write a social media post announcing my new job as a food critic. Add hashtags
  • Write an email welcoming a new coworker to the team

Note: Each Grammarly user has a set number of prompts they can use a month. Each time you type something into the prompt field or select one of the suggested prompts generated by Grammarly, this counts toward your usage limit. 

You can also rewrite text by highlighting the relevant part and clicking the lightbulb icon or a pencil icon that appears. Here are some examples of prompts you can use:

  • Shorten it
  • Improve it
  • Make it sound more professional
  • Make it sound more engaging
  • Continue it

To transfer the generated text to your text field, click Insert: 

The image shows Grammarly's generative AI assistance panel with a generated short message to welcome a new colleague. Under the generated text, there are Insert, Retry, and Copy options. Right underneath, there are additional quick prompts to use.

You can personalize your voice to bring more authenticity to what you generate. Select your preferences for formality, tone, and more, then click Use this voice to set your voice: 

The image shows My Voice menu, where you can choose the right Fomality and Tone for your text, as well as add your profession and English Language dialect you prefer.

You can access this voice menu at any time by clicking on the My Voice icon in the upper right corner: 

The image shows an already-clicked lightbulb icon with several options. In the upper-right corner of the panel, My voice icon is highlighted and the tooltip says My voice.

Managing your account settings 

Your Grammarly settings can be found on your Account Settings page.

If you no longer wish to use Grammarly’s generative AI features, open your account settings, go to the Feature customization page, and switch off the generative AI settings.  

Note: If your Grammarly account is associated with a Grammarly for Business or Grammarly for Education license, the option to enable generative AI features is controlled by the license admin.

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