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Artifacts is the library of documents and files produced in Slate — blog drafts from Cowork, reports from Recipes, workflow outputs, and documents you create by hand. Everything lands in one place where you can organize, edit, share, and publish it.

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Where to Find It

Go to Work → Artifacts in the sidebar.
Artifacts page showing folders and a grid of artifact cards with previews and statuses

The Artifacts library

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What an Artifact Is

An artifact is a stored document or file with a lifecycle status: Draft, In review, Approved, Scheduled, Published, or Archived. Each artifact records its source — Cowork, Recipe, Workflow, or Manual — and supports formats like Markdown, HTML, JSON, CSV, PDF, DOCX, and spreadsheets.

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Browsing

  • Folders organize artifacts; open the New menu to create a New folder or a New artifact (a blank markdown document).
  • Search with the Search artifacts box, filter by status, and switch between Grid view (live content previews) and List view.
  • In List view, select multiple artifacts to Move or Delete them together.

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Artifact Actions

Each artifact’s menu offers:

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Editing an Artifact

Open an artifact to edit it in place:
  1. Edit the document; Save / Discard appear when you have changes.
  2. Set the status from the header as it moves through review.
  3. Use Copy content, Download, or Share from the header. Share here copies a public link. See Public share links.
  4. Open the More menu (⋯) to Move to folder… or Revert latest. Revert latest restores the artifact’s previous revision.
  5. Click Open Cowork to slide in the agent alongside the document and ask for edits in chat.
  6. Discuss in the Discussion panel; resolved threads can be shown or hidden.
Image artifacts show an inline preview with a Download button. Other non-editable file artifacts (like PDFs) show a download card instead. DOCX files open in an inline viewer. Click Edit as document to convert one to an editable document — complex layouts may be simplified and the conversion can’t be undone. If an artifact came from a workflow or sheet, the header shows Open source workflow output or Open source sheet cell to jump to where it was generated. Click Share in an artifact’s header to copy a public link. Anyone with the link can view the artifact and comment on it without a Slate account. Clicking Share again copies the same link.
  • Visitors can’t edit the content.
  • The first time a visitor comments, Slate asks them to Enter your name so people can see who left the comment. Their browser remembers the name for that link.
  • Visitors can click Sign in to log in. Signed-in members of your workspace go straight to the artifact inside Slate.

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Where Artifacts Come From

  • Cowork — files the agent generates in a conversation appear in the preview panel and are saved as artifacts.
  • Recipes — run outputs defined as artifacts in the Recipe.
  • Workflows and Sheets — outputs exported as documents.
  • Manual — blank markdown artifacts you create here.

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What’s Next

  • Cowork — generate content with the Slate agent
  • Recipes — produce artifacts from repeatable procedures
  • Tasks — attach artifacts to the work they belong to