The editor

A page is made of blocks: paragraphs, headings, lists, tables, images, and more. There are three ways to add or change them: the slash menu, the toolbar, and keyboard shortcuts.

A subtle eye icon beside the page actions in the sticky top bar indicates a page you can view without editing. Hover or focus it to see “Editing is off.”

The slash menu

Type / at the start of a line, or after a space, to open a menu of blocks. Keep typing to filter it, for example /tab for Table, then press Enter.

Choose Chip from the slash menu to add a short inline label. Type its text in the popover and choose one of six colors. Select the chip later to change its text or color.

The toolbar

The editor offers text, block, media, and undo tools. On a phone, formatting controls appear above the keyboard while you're writing.

On a larger viewport, select text, use Select All, or hold a click in the document to open Bold, Italic, Link, and Format. Format opens the full set of text, heading, block, media, and undo tools. Choosing a format returns the cursor to the editor. Moving the cursor or pressing Escape closes the toolbar; selecting text or holding a click opens it again.

The toolbar stays inside the document, below the first paragraph when needed, so page actions remain clickable. Link actions share that surface rather than covering the formatting controls.

While slash-command or mention suggestions are open, formatting steps aside so you can choose a result. Select text or hold a click to bring it back.

On a small viewport, including a narrow desktop window, the toolbar stays available while editing. Swipe the bottom toolbar sideways to reach every command. Selecting text uses that same toolbar, not an extra formatting popup. Safari may also show its own keyboard arrows and dismissal control; dismissing the keyboard does not publish your draft.

Discuss a passage

Select text and choose Comment to open Discussion beside the page. Write a comment, reply in its thread, or close and reopen the thread. Click a comment block to see that passage highlighted in the page. If the original passage changed, its quote remains available in the discussion. Passages with open comments stay highlighted. Close thread, below the replies, removes that highlight and keeps the discussion in closed history. Reopen thread restores it. Click inside one and choose Comments to open its threads. Choose Selection comments in Page actions to see the page’s selection discussions. Comments follow the page or draft's sharing access. Returning to the page ends the original selection without changing its text.

Choose Ask assistant to send private instructions about selected text when assistant writing is available. The Assistant tab continues your current conversation. You can ask about other pages in the same conversation; Open all work shows saved changes across pages for review. Changes opens the current page's existing comparison and publication controls. Closing the panel preserves your unsent input and saved work. On a phone, Discussion fills the screen and Back to page returns to the page.

Keyboard shortcuts

On Windows and Linux, use Ctrl where these say ⌘.

You can also type Markdown-style shortcuts at the start of a line: #, ##, or ### then a space for a heading, - or 1. for a list, [ ] for a checklist, > for a quote, and --- for a divider. Wrap text in ** for bold, * for italic, or backticks for inline code.

Type three backticks at the start of an empty line to create a code block. The cursor moves inside it so you can start typing or paste code.

Links

Type or paste a web address and Knit turns it into a link. To link existing words, select them and paste the address.

On a computer, select a link or hold a click inside it to open nearby actions for opening, editing, or removing it. The Link button in the toolbar opens the same editor; on a phone, use that button to edit the link at the cursor.

To link a Knit page, select the words, choose Link, and search for the page by title. Results show its location so you can distinguish pages with the same name. The field says Search pages or paste a URL…: paste a full website, email, or phone URL to use it directly. Three results fit before scrolling. The picker stays beside the formatting tools while you search or type a destination. Press Escape or click outside to dismiss it. New links matching the current site address become site-relative, including when you paste a URL over selected text. Link is also available in the text-selection menu. Page links continue to work after a page is renamed or moved within its workspace. Older draft links open the same draft and update to its current address. Type /link in the editor to open the same link picker. The destination appears above the actions when you select an existing link.

Mention someone

Type @ and start typing a name or email address. Pick a person from the list to add a mention of them to the page.

Callouts

Callouts make a short passage stand out. Type /info, /note, or /warning, then write inside the panel.

Checklists

Type /checklist, or [ ] and a space, to start one. Press Enter for the next item, and tick the box when it's done.

Code

For a word or two, use Inline code (⌘E, or wrap it in backticks). For longer code, create a Code block with three backticks or the slash menu, then type or paste inside it. A language control appears above the code block while you edit it and shows the detected language, such as Auto (SQL). Choose a language when the guess is wrong; your choice stays with the page. Type in the control to find a language; an unmatched search restores the previous choice when you leave it. Choose Auto to resume detection. Browser spell-check remains available for prose but is off in code blocks.

Title and icon

The title is the large heading at the top; press Enter in it to jump to the page body. To choose an icon, see Folders and pages.

Page information and account menu

On a computer, the bar above a page stays visible while you scroll. It shows the page's location, Page actions immediately after the page title, a Search button, and a Page info icon. Below the title, the last edited date appears beside the person associated with the page. Select Page info to see who created and last changed the page and to open Version history. Click outside Page info or press Escape to close it. Open your account menu from your name and picture at the bottom of the sidebar. On a phone, open the navigation drawer to reach the account menu.

In Version history, choose Compare to see an older page beside the changes that restoring it would make. Its title, icon, tags, and body are read-only. If you have a draft, it stays safe while you compare and returns when you close the comparison. Restore is available once you publish or revert your draft's changes. On a phone, View page and Show changes let you switch between the older page and its comparison. Older versions whose tags were not recorded say so.

If drafts conflict

If your edits and another saved draft collide, Knit keeps your version safe instead of overwriting either one, and asks how you want to continue. When it shows Review recovery, you can Keep latest, Save mine as a copy, or Replace latest….

Published context

In enrolled workspaces, Knit processes published pages in the background to build cited facts, summaries, and assessments of observed tone. Folder and workspace summaries combine current child results and retain important exceptions. Drafts remain separate from shared knowledge.

Open Settings → Advanced → Stored knowledge to inspect these results. Browse a page or folder to see its context, coverage, and source revision. The selected workspace, folder or page is highlighted. Use the breadcrumbs to return to an ancestor and the source rows to open original pages. On mobile, the Settings menu shows the current destination and groups other settings. Missing or pending context is shown explicitly. Page tone assessments contribute to the workspace rollup; your current request and human guidance take precedence.

Assistant context, also under Advanced, shows what the assistant loads at each stage of a task. Workspace admins can set writing guidance there.