Docs is a new AI-powered writing surface designed to help you brainstorm, compose, edit, and refine documents with ease. Whether you’re writing a blog post, crafting a research essay, or preparing a professional report, docs provides a flexible space enriched with Grammarly AI writing agents to support your writing and revision needs.
Admins of Grammarly Enterprise, Grammarly Business, and Grammarly for Education subscriptions can manage their team members’ access to docs by adjusting the settings on the Feature access page. Keep in mind that admins must enable these settings for docs access: Grammarly Editor, Docs with agents, AI assistant, and paragraph-level rewrites.
What you can do in docs
Docs combines Grammarly’s writing support with a modern, intuitive, and agent-enabled editor. Within a document, you can access a variety of AI-powered agents to help you write clearly, confidently, and efficiently:
AI Chat: Lets you ask questions, conduct research, rewrite content, generate ideas, or refine messaging instantly using conversational AI embedded into the document surface.
Grammarly Proofreader: Delivers real-time suggestions to improve grammar, clarity, tone, word choice, and overall correctness as you write.
Paraphraser: Rewrites your content in a variety of relevant and engaging tones while preserving original meaning.
Reader Reactions: Predicts how your selected audience is likely to interpret your content, surfacing potential key takeaways and remaining questions they may ask.
Humanizer: Transforms your AI writing to sound natural, genuine, and human. It removes robotic phrasing and keeps your voice authentic for emails, proposals, or blog posts.
Citation Finder: Examines the quality and substance of arguments in a piece of writing and identifies publicly available sources that support, conflict with, or contradict the points being made in the writing, with easy-to-find links and pre-formatted citations in APA, MLA, and other common styles.
AI Detector: Identifies sections of text that may have been generated by AI, helping maintain transparency and integrity in your writing.
Plagiarism Checker: Checks your content against academic, web, and professional sources to ensure originality and proper attribution.
AI Grader: Evaluates writing quality based on predefined inputs based on an instructor and/or rubric—offering a sample “pregrade” and actionable tips for improvement.
These tools are built into the docs experience and work seamlessly while you write. You can access them by clicking the side panel with agent icons:
How to create a document
To create a new document:
- Go to app.grammarly.com
- Click New Doc at the top of the page.
If you don’t see the option to create a new document, it may be because generative AI is not enabled in your account. To enable it, go to the Feature access page.
Document labels
Documents created using the older Grammarly Editor will be marked with a Classic label. New documents created in the current editor will not have this label.
Important: Titles are not added automatically. Be sure to enter a title when you create a document. This helps improve searchability, especially when working with multiple documents.
How to format your text
The new writing surface gives you several options to structure and style your content:
Core capabilities
- Write in plain or styled formats
- Add and customize tables
- Insert elements using slash commands (e.g., /table, /heading)
- Create and nest sections to organize content hierarchically
Keyboard shortcuts
Speed up your workflow with essential shortcuts:
| Action | macOS | Windows |
| Bold | ⌘+B | Ctrl+B |
| Italic | ⌘+I | Ctrl+I |
| Underline | ⌘+U | Ctrl+U |
| Undo | ⌘+Z | Ctrl+Z |
| Redo | ⇧+⌘+Z | Ctrl+Y |
These shortcuts work across most document elements and are especially useful when editing text quickly.
Paragraph styles
You can style your content using predefined formats:
- Use the style dropdown in the toolbar or type a slash command to apply:
- Heading 1 (/h1)
- Heading 2 (/h2)
- Heading 3 (/h3)
- Quote (/quote)
- Code (/code)
- Paragraph (/paragraph)
These styles help structure your document, especially when creating outlines, long-form writing, or instructional content.
Manual text formatting
You can also format your text manually using the toolbar or keyboard shortcuts. Available options include:
- Bold, italic, underline
- Bulleted and numbered lists
- Checkboxes
- Inline code and code blocks
Tip: You can select multiple text blocks and apply the same formatting in bulk. This is useful for applying consistent styling across sections of your document.
Using the slash ( / ) command
The slash command is a versatile tool that lets you insert and format elements without leaving your keyboard. Just type / and a list of available options will appear.
You can use slash commands to:
- Apply formatting, such as /heading, /bullet, or /quote
- Insert content, such as /table or /image
- Quickly search for commands by continuing to type after the slash
This feature is especially helpful for users who prefer a keyboard-first experience and want to avoid switching between mouse and keyboard.
How to proofread your text
While writing, you’ll notice red underlines appear in your text. These indicate critical suggestions, such as grammar, spelling, or word choice issues. If you’re on a paid plan, you will also likely see blue underlines for more complex clarity and tone suggestions.
To review a suggestion:
- Click the underline to open the suggestion card.
- Click the suggestion card to accept or dismiss the suggestion.
For a more comprehensive review, open the Grammarly Proofreader agent. It will analyze your entire document and present recommendations in dynamic categories that are tailored to your writing context.
To use the proofreader agent:
- Click the bars on the left-hand panel of the document.
- Review the suggestions by category.
- Hover over suggested changes to preview them in context. You can undo individual edits as needed.
This tool is especially useful for in-depth editing, polishing, or preparing your document for publication or sharing.
Using the Free plan? Upgrade to Pro to take advantage of advanced writing suggestions and more. Go to www.grammarly.com/plans to compare what Pro has to offer and choose the plan that works best for you.
How to export your document
To export your document:
- Click the menu icon (three dots) in the upper-right corner of the docs interface.
- Select Print & Export.
- Choose Export to PDF or Export to Word (docx).
If you prefer to continue editing in another platform, you can copy and paste the content into Google Docs or Microsoft Word.
Note: Currently, if you upload your document to docs and then export it, certain formatting options and elements will not be preserved/exported: images, footnotes, charts, graphs, indents, spacing (e.g., double-spacing), alignment (e.g., justification), citations, highlights (partially), callouts, formulas, bookmarks, comments, and text columns. Rest assured, we are working to improve this functionality.
Additional features available in docs
From the menu in the upper-right corner, you can also access:
- Outline—View the structure of your document based on headings and sections.
- Word count—Monitor your document’s length in real time.
- Font size—Adjust the text size for improved readability.
- Width—Choose between narrow and wide views, depending on your preference.
These features allow for a more personalized and productive writing environment.
If you have an individual Pro subscription, you can extend the power of advanced features to your teammates by adding more seats to your subscription. This helps your team stay consistent, save time, and focus on high‑value work. Go to the Members page to add your teammates.