Get an explanation

An explanation shows below the paragraph that you read. It is temporary: the note does not change until you keep it.

Get an explanation

1. Select a word or a passage.
2. Next to the selection, select explain.

The explanation shows below the paragraph. While the agent writes, a line of ink grows in the margin.

Note

You can also open the command palette and run Explain selection in context. On a phone, this command is in the toolbar.

Change the explanation

After the explanation, select one of these. Each adds a part to the same explanation.

Select	To get
deeper	more detail and the reason behind it
example	an example
plainer	the same idea in simpler words
compare…	a comparison with a concept that you type

Keep or remove the explanation

• To keep it, select keep in note. The plugin writes the explanation into the note as a gloss callout, with the parts that you added.
• To remove it, select dismiss. The note does not change.

An explanation that you do not keep is lost when the plugin reloads.

What the agent uses

The agent explains from what you know. It reads the note around the selection, your background in the settings, the notes that you wrote yourself, and the recalls and checks that you did. If you kept a plainer or deeper part before, the agent takes it into account the next time.