Jenni’s AI Chat allows you to ask questions, surface connections across multiple papers, summarize complex research, and even get feedback on your own writing.
What makes Jenni AI Chat unique? You control exactly what sources the AI references to generate its responses.
In this article:
What Can AI Chat Do?
Use AI Chat to:
Summarize individual or multiple papers
Find key takeaways and unanswered questions
Draw connections across a collection of PDFs
Ask questions about your current draft
Get instant feedback on your writing
Bring in web knowledge when needed
How Source Control Works
With Source Control, you can choose which knowledge sources Jenni uses to answer your questions.
You can toggle between the following knowledge sources:
✅ Your current draft / working document
✅ Any source(s) or collection(s) in your Research Library
✅ The "Web" to leverage external journal databases
✏️ Select text in your draft and click "Chat" to add it to the conversation as a custom source
This lets you ask precise, contextual questions - without getting irrelevant or overly general answers.
How to Use AI Chat with Source Control
Click "New" → "AI Chat" from the left sidebar in the Jenni workspace.
This will open Jenni's AI Chat on the right side of the workspace
Click the "➕" icon above the chat box to select specific knowledge sources from your workspace to ask questions to.
These sources will now appear above the chat.
Want to exclude a source? Just click the ❌ icon next to any knowledge source to remove it from the chat.
Start asking questions!
Send Quotes to Chat
You can also send specific text from your document directly into AI Chat — no copy-pasting required.
Here’s how:
Highlight a sentence or paragraph in your draft
Click the “Chat” button that appears
Jenni will add your selection to AI Chat as a temporary source — just like Library docs or the web
Note: This is a quick way to ask targeted questions about specific parts of your writing — or have Jenni explain or revise it in context.
Manage Your Chats
Click the 🕒 icon in the top-right corner of your Jenni workspace to open your chat history. From here, you can:
Revisit past chats and pick up where you left off
Rename a chat by hovering and clicking the ✏️ icon
Delete a chat by clicking the 🗑️ icon
Start a new thread by clicking the ➕ button next to the clock icon
Use threads to organize your thinking—one thread for each research question, paper, or source set you're exploring.
Want Better Results?
See our Commonly-Used Jenni AI prompts to explore powerful ways to get more from AI Chat.
Watch It in Action
Want to see this feature in motion? Check out our tutorial on YouTube!