Workshop

Workshop is a Notion-like writing and ideation editor with a persistent AI collaborator. The AI behaves like a margin editor: scoped, quiet, contextual, and respectful of author intent.

The goal is to explore true human-AI collaboration for creative work, especially writing, thinking, and iteration.

Video Demo

Features

• Selection-Aware AI Collaborator - Highlight text and ask AI for critique or synthesis
• Persistent Project Brain - Maintain structured context (goals, constraints, glossary, decisions)
• Patch Suggestions - AI proposes rewrites that you can accept or reject
• Comment Threads - Collaborate with AI through margin comments
• Tiptap Editor - Rich text editing with keyboard shortcuts
• Local Storage - All data persisted locally in your browser

Prerequisites

• Node.js (v14 or higher)
• Anthropic API key

Setup

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/SaiNel7/workshop.git
cd workshop

Install dependencies:

npm install

Create a .env.local file in the root directory:

ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=your_anthropic_api_key_here
AI_MODEL=claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929

Running the Application

Start the development server:

npm run dev

Open your browser and navigate to http://localhost:3000

Usage

1. Create a document - Click "New document" in the sidebar
2. Write content - Start typing in the editor
3. Ask AI - Highlight text and click "Ask AI" to open a comment thread
4. Choose mode:
   • Critique - Get feedback and suggestions (concise responses)
   • Synthesize - Get rewrite proposals with accept/reject options
5. Manage comments - View all comments in the right sidebar
6. Accept/Reject patches - Review AI suggestions and apply or dismiss them

Building for Production

npm run build
npm start

Design Philosophy

1. AI is non-intrusive - AI never acts unless explicitly invoked
2. AI works locally, not globally - Focuses on selected text and nearby context
3. AI collaborates via comments - Responses live in comment threads
4. Authorship stays with the human - All AI edits are Accept/Reject
5. Memory is explicit - Project Brain updates only with user confirmation

v2 Roadmap

• Image integration in editor
• External sources attachable in project brain
• Include neighboring writer's notes (comment threads) in context
• Implement cleaner undo/redo for patch suggestions
• Export to .doc or .pdf
• Data privacy features
• Security and authentication
• Word editor extra functionality: word/char count
• Specialize for more niche use cases
• Write better emails (email composition assistant)
• For PMs: ingest feature specs and legacy documentation to help write PRDs