When you ask the AI Assistant to generate a report, summary, or data overview, it can present the result as an artifact.
An artifact is a structured, formatted output that opens in a panel alongside your chat.
Instead of plain text, you get a structured layout: metric cards, project lists, status indicators, and grouped data in a format that's easy to share or export.
You can try it with prompts like:
Give me a portfolio overview for all active projects as an artifact.
Summarize open tasks and budget status for the Acme account. Show it as a formatted overview.
Create a status report for all projects due this month and present it as an artifact.
Which projects are over budget or behind schedule? Show it as a structured overview.
How Artifacts Are Generated
The AI Assistant generates an artifact when a structured layout would serve the response better than plain text — for example, when presenting a dashboard, a multi-section breakdown, a timeline, or a side-by-side comparison.
You can also request one directly — for example, "Present this as an artifact" or "Show this as a formatted overview."
Click the artifact to open it in full view and access export options. The artifact opens in a panel next to the chat, with a title bar showing the output name.
You can continue the conversation to refine it — ask the Assistant to update the layout, add a section, or focus on a specific project — and the assistant will generate a new, updated artifact.
📌 If you have Connectors set up, the AI Assistant can pull in live data from external tools when generating an artifact. For example, Slack updates from a project channel or open Notion pages linked to an account.
📌 Artifacts can include interactive filter buttons to narrow down the data shown — for example, filtering projects by type, status, or manager. Items like projects, budgets, or reports can also appear as clickable links that open the relevant record directly in Productive.
Exporting Artifacts
Use the icons in the artifact's title bar to export your output:
Save as PDF — saves the artifact as a PDF.
Download HTML — the full rendered file, which can be opened in any browser or embedded elsewhere.
📌 Artifacts are not saved in Productive. Each conversation generates a fresh output. Export an artefact if you want to keep it. You can also reopen artifacts from your chat history.
Consistent Artifacts With Skills
The structure of artifacts can vary each time, depending on how you phrase the request. If you need the same format repeatedly, use skills — reusable instruction sets that define how the AI behaves in Productive.
For example, you can write a Skill that says:
Always use a specific color scheme when generating artifacts.
Always show the project manager's name next to each project.
Always include a fixed set of metrics like budget used, open tasks, and project health.
Once the Skill is set up, you don't need to re-describe these preferences each time — the AI applies them automatically.
You can find and manage all your skills by clicking your avatar in the upper right, then going to Customize > Skills.
👉 For a full walkthrough, see How to Create and Manage Skills.
