Using the Side Panel
Summarize the page or video you are on, pull out key points, browse and search your prompts and documents, and open your work in the full Dock Editor.
The side panel is the reading companion to the modal editor. Where the editor is for writing inside a text box, the panel sits alongside the page and helps you understand what is in front of you and reach everything you have saved.
Click the Dock icon in your toolbar to open the panel. It opens on the current tab and stays put while you scroll the page. If you have not pinned the Dock icon yet, see Install.
At the top of the panel is a context card that knows what page you are on. It reads the page content and offers three actions:
| Action | What it does |
|---|---|
| Summarize | Condenses the page into a short summary. |
| Key Points | Pulls out the main points as a list. |
| Simplify | Explains the page in plainer language. |
The result streams into the card so you can read it as it generates, then copy it where you need it.
When you open the panel on a YouTube video, the context card recognizes it and works from the video transcript. Summarize a long talk, pull the key points from a tutorial, or simplify a dense explainer without watching the whole thing.
Below the context card is a search bar and a feed. The search bar looks across everything: your saved prompts, your documents, and the public prompt library. The feed is organized so the most relevant things are on top: prompt suggestions for the platform you are on, your recent items, your own prompts and documents, and the wider library underneath.
This makes the panel a quick way to find a prompt you saved last week or reopen a document, no matter what site you are on.
When a summary or a piece of content is worth keeping, use Open in Editor. Dock saves it to your documents and opens it in the full Dock Editor on the web, where you have version history, citations, and the complete writing toolkit. If anything goes wrong, your text is still available to copy.
- Using the Modal Editor covers writing and AI actions inside a text box.
- Browse the prompt library to explore everything the search bar reaches.
The full Dock Editor picks up where the side panel hands off, with the complete document workspace.