Artifacts
When you ask Dropstone for something you can see, a page, a chart, a document, a diagram, a small app, it builds an artifact beside the conversation that you can view, refine, and share.
Some answers are better as a thing than as text. Ask for a comparison chart and you want the chart. Ask for a landing page and you want to see it. Dropstone builds these as artifacts: standalone pieces that open in a panel beside the conversation, where you can look at them, ask for changes, and keep them.
What can be an artifact
| Kind | Examples |
|---|---|
| Web page | A landing page, a dashboard, an interactive tool |
| App | A small interactive application built in React |
| Document | A formatted report, a memo, a proposal |
| Sheet | A table or spreadsheet of data |
| Diagram | A flowchart, sequence diagram, or architecture drawing |
| Image | An illustration or icon drawn as SVG |
| Code | A file or snippet you want to copy out |
| Markdown | Structured text, a README, notes |
You do not have to ask for an artifact by name. Ask for the thing and Dropstone decides whether it is better as an artifact or as text in the conversation.
Working with an artifact
Refine it in the conversation. "Make the header larger." "Add a column for totals." "Use our brand colour." Dropstone updates the artifact in place.
Versions. Each change makes a new version. You can step back to an earlier one from the panel.
Copy or download. Code and text artifacts can be copied directly. Documents and sheets can be downloaded.
Comments. You can leave comments on an artifact, and send a comment to Dropstone as a request for a change.
Sharing an artifact
Share the conversation that contains it; see Share a conversation. Recipients see the artifact as you see it.
Where artifacts live
An artifact belongs to the conversation it was made in. If the conversation is in a project, so is the artifact. Deleting the conversation deletes its artifacts.
Artifacts are not part of memory. What Dropstone learned while building one, a preference for a layout, a colour you always correct, can become memory. The artifact itself does not.