I already have AI write reports for me. Why use Plain?

AI chat produces an answer. Plain turns that answer into a durable work artifact: structured for reading, explicit about sources and assumptions, editable in place, versioned, and ready to share with a client or team.

Can Claude Code / Cursor connect to Plain?

Yes. Plain ships an MCP server. Add it in Claude Code / Cursor and your AI can call Plain directly to generate / edit deck / doc / sheet. Built for agent workflows that need document generation.

How do projects relate to files?

A project is a context container — one client, one topic, one launch. The deck / doc / sheet inside share brand / asset / chat history. You don't dig through folders; you work inside the project. Archive project = one-click archive everything, history restorable.

Free gives you 50 credits per month. Pro $20/mo includes 1,200 credits, Max $100/mo includes 7,500 credits, and Team $25/seat/mo includes 1,500 credits per seat. Need more? Top up any amount; top-up credits never expire. See the Pricing page for current details.

Can I collaborate with my team?

Yes. Multiple editors in the same project, with comments and rollback. Share links for read-only access by non-users. Team plan priced per seat.

Is there a desktop app?

Yes. Tauri-based desktop for macOS / Windows. Shares the same UI / data with web but supports offline editing and local archive.

Plain.

Try it

Turn AI agent output into a living Artifact.

Bring output from ChatGPT, Claude, Codex, or Cursor. Inplain turns it into an editable Deck, Doc, Sheet, or live link that people and agents can continue.

WEB WORKSPACEBuild one freeCreate directly in the browser

AGENT / CLIClaude Code · Cursor · Codex

inplain.app/s/weekly-growth

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The artifact layer for AI work

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Try it live · no signup

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Demo · 5 free / day · Full power in the workspace

INTRO · NO. 02

See Plain in two minutes.

Deck, doc, and sheet — all shipped as shareable web pages. Markdown is the source, a link is the product. Watch the full loop in the video: one prompt in, one link out.

Play intro video — 1080p · subtitled · Watch on YouTube

FROM CONTEXT TO ARTIFACT

Your AI did the thinking. Plain makes it shareable.

01SOURCE

Bring the context

# 季度复盘
## Q2 看了三件事

02PATCH

Revise with evidence

[{"op":"replace",
 "path":"/title",
 "value":"Q3 计划"}]

03OUTPUT

Publish the artifact

inplain.app/s/abc123

START WITH CLEAN EVIDENCE

Need to collect pages, PDFs, threads, or AI conversations first? Web2MD turns them into clean Markdown your agent can work with.

Collect sources with Web2MD →

Chats produce answers. Plain produces work people can read, trust, and act on.

ONE ARTIFACT · THREE VIEWS

One body of work. The right view for the moment.

Plain keeps one source of truth, then presents it as a Report, Slides, or a Dashboard according to what the audience needs.

No. 01

Slides

Decision view · Persuasion

Turn the Report into a paced argument for a meeting without creating a second, drifting copy.

How you know it worksDecisions changed

Use it when a room needs a decision, not as the default container for every thought.

No. 02

Report

Canonical view · Explanation

A designed, self-contained work artifact with summary, evidence, findings, recommendations, and sources.

How you know it worksKnowledge transferred

Facts, sources, assumptions, and revisions stay visible instead of disappearing inside a chat.

No. 03

Dashboard

Evidence view · Computation

=IF(B2<0.6,flag)

Expose the numbers behind the Report with KPIs, tables, charts, and the question each metric answers.

How you know it worksInsight discovered

A chart without context is decoration. Every metric should support a finding or decision.

The Report is the source of truth. Slides and dashboards are views, not separate copies.

ARTIFACT → LINK

A Report isn't a chat answer. It's live work.

File.pptx · .docx · .xlsx

×Re-sent every edit
×Version chaos (v2-final-final)
×Breaks on the wrong app
×Locked in one format

Linkinplain.app/s/…

✓Always the latest version
✓Edit once, link updates
✓Opens anywhere
✓See who viewed it

A useful AI answer should not disappear in chat history. Publish it as work people can return to.

Try it nowFree · no signup to preview

Drop a file in — get a shareable linkmd · csv · html · pdf · pptx · docx

Why switch

AI gives you an answer. Plain gives you the artifact.

	Plain.	AI chat	Office + email
What you get	A publishable report	An answer in a chat	A file to circulate
Chats, files & data in one artifact		Varies
Facts, sources & assumptions stay visible		Varies
Inline AI revisions with version history		Conversation history	Manual edits
Share, comment & remix		Varies	Email threads
Office export when required		Varies	Native

FAQ · NO. 09

Frequently asked

I already have AI write reports for me. Why use Plain?: AI chat produces an answer. Plain turns that answer into a durable work artifact: structured for reading, explicit about sources and assumptions, editable in place, versioned, and ready to share with a client or team.
Can Claude Code / Cursor connect to Plain?: Yes. Plain ships an MCP server. Add it in Claude Code / Cursor and your AI can call Plain directly to generate / edit deck / doc / sheet. Built for agent workflows that need document generation.
How do projects relate to files?: A project is a context container — one client, one topic, one launch. The deck / doc / sheet inside share brand / asset / chat history. You don't dig through folders; you work inside the project. Archive project = one-click archive everything, history restorable.
How is this priced?: Free gives you 50 credits per month. Pro $20/mo includes 1,200 credits, Max $100/mo includes 7,500 credits, and Team $25/seat/mo includes 1,500 credits per seat. Need more? Top up any amount; top-up credits never expire. See the Pricing page for current details.
Can I collaborate with my team?: Yes. Multiple editors in the same project, with comments and rollback. Share links for read-only access by non-users. Team plan priced per seat.
Is there a desktop app?: Yes. Tauri-based desktop for macOS / Windows. Shares the same UI / data with web but supports offline editing and local archive.