AI Auto Complete

Last updated: 2025-08-31
Guide

AI Auto Complete is one of Notez's core features that understands your writing context and intelligently generates content continuations that match your writing style and professional domain.

Feature Overview

AI Auto Complete can:

  • 📝 Smart Continuation: Automatically generate subsequent content based on context
  • 🎯 Precise Understanding: Generate professional and accurate content by leveraging your knowledge base
  • Real-time Response: Quick suggestions without interrupting your writing flow
  • 🔍 Citation Support: Automatically reference relevant content from your knowledge base

Trigger Methods

Auto Trigger

When auto-complete is enabled, AI will automatically analyze context and generate continuation suggestions about 1-2 seconds after you stop typing. Suggestions appear as gray text after your cursor.

  • Press Tab to accept the suggestion
  • Press Esc to reject the suggestion
  • Continue typing to automatically ignore the suggestion

Manual Trigger

If you prefer to actively control when to get AI suggestions:

  • Windows/Linux: Press Ctrl + K
  • macOS: Press Cmd + K

After manual triggering, AI will immediately analyze the current context and generate continuation suggestions.

Settings Configuration

You can customize AI completion behavior in settings to match your writing habits.

1. Trigger Mode Settings

Go to Settings → AI Auto Complete

  • Auto Mode: AI provides suggestions automatically after you stop typing (Recommended)
  • Manual Mode: AI suggestions only trigger when you press the shortcut

2. Completion Length Settings

Go to Settings → AI Completion Length

Choose the completion length that suits your needs:

Length OptionDescriptionUse Cases
Short1-2 sentencesQuick completion of phrases or simple sentences
Medium3-5 sentencesComplete paragraphs or supplement arguments
Long1-2 paragraphsExpand detailed discussions
Very Long1-3 paragraphsGenerate complete sections or detailed content

3. Context Awareness Range

Go to Settings → AI Awareness Length

Set the context range for AI analysis:

Range OptionDescriptionUse Cases
Short~500 charactersQuick continuation for brief content
Medium~1500 charactersBalanced choice for daily writing
Long~4500 charactersProfessional writing requiring more context
Full TextEntire documentLong-form writing ensuring full consistency

💡 Tip: Longer context helps AI better understand your writing intent, but may slightly increase response time.

Usage Tips

1. Guide AI Direction

Leave clear guiding words at the end of sentences, such as:

  • "For example:"
  • "Specifically,"
  • "The reasons include:"

2. Leverage Knowledge Base

Ensure relevant documents are uploaded to your knowledge base. AI will automatically reference this content to generate more accurate professional content.

3. Iterative Improvement

If the first generated content isn't satisfactory:

  • Delete the suggested content
  • Slightly modify the preceding text
  • Retrigger completion (Cmd/Ctrl + K)

4. Combine with Other Features

  • Use AI Chat to discuss writing ideas
  • Use Selected Text feature to optimize specific paragraphs
  • Use Citation Tracing to verify generated content accuracy
  • Drag Suggestion Cards for comparative writing

Common Issues

Q: AI completion not responding?

  • Check if large language model service is configured
  • Confirm network connection is normal
  • Verify trigger mode setting is correct

Q: Generated content not professional enough?

  • Upload more relevant domain documents to knowledge base
  • Increase AI awareness length for more context understanding
  • Select a more powerful model in settings
  • Select appropriate knowledge base documents in the right sidebar

Q: Can I customize completion style?

  • Direct style customization is not currently supported
  • But AI learns your writing style - the more you use it, the better it matches your habits

For other questions, please check our documentation:

How to use AI Chat?

How to use Citation Tracing?

How to use Smart Search?