Using AI features in the beehiiv post editor

beehiiv offers an expansive suite of AI tools to help take your newsletter to the next level and streamline your workflow. The AI features are built directly into beehiiv’s post editor, making it a dynamic and powerful one-stop-shop for your creative needs. 

First, we’ll give you some quick tips to get you started. Then, we’ll share a video walkthrough and explore the customization options for your AI-generated creations.

Quick tips to get you started

• Each account has its own usage request tally displayed in the top right corner of your AI prompt box, which resets on the 1st of each month.
• Enterprise plan users have a 250 request limit per month for the AI tools.
• Scale and Max plan users have a limit of 100 requests per month. 
• The AI spell check feature only works for English-language content.
• Translating your content into another language will not change the default text language for your publication’s auto-generated text. 
  • Please refer to this article for more information about changing your default language for your publication.
• The translation feature of the AI writing tool currently supports the following languages: 
  • English
  • Spanish
  • French 
  • German
  • Italian
  • Portuguese
  • Portuguese (Brazilian)
• You can customize the text generated with the AI Writer tool using the following options:
  • Shorten: Trims down the text.
  • Extend: Adds more text.
  • Simplify: Rephrases the text.

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Watch and learn: AI Tools 

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How to access the AI Tools 

1. From the left panel Dashboard, go to Start Writing, or open one of your saved posts.
   
   
   
   
   
   
2. Type / to access the post editor. You’ll see options for AI Writer and AI Image at the bottom of the options block.
   
   
   
   
   
   
3. Alternatively, you can type /AI to bring up the two AI tool options.
   
   
   

 

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How to generate an image using the AI Image tool

1. From the AI Image tool, type a description for the image you’d like to create in the window labeled Prompt.
   
   

 

2. Select the Image Style you would like from the dropdown options. Choose from: Photorealistic, Digital art, Comic book, Neon punk, Isometric, Line art, or 3D modal.
   
   
   
   
   
   
3. Click Generate Image to see the results. A loading screen will appear letting you know it's Generating cool new stuff.
   
   
   
   
   
   
4. Your results will generate in a few seconds. If you are happy with your results, click Insert to drop into your post or Discard to delete it. You can also click Regenerate to generate a new image.
   
   
   

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How to complete a sentence using the AI Writing tool

1. Highlight the sentence you would like to complete in your post and click the AI icon on the right side of the toolbar.
   
   
   
   
    
2. Select Complete Sentence in the dropdown menu. A loading screen will appear letting you know it's Generating cool new stuff.
   
   
   
   
   
   
3. This will generate a finished sentence which you can customize using the options that will appear above your new paragraph. When you have completed your customization, click the check mark icon to finish.
   
   
   

 

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How to generate new text using the AI Writing tool

1. From the AI Writer tool, enter your prompt, including the topic and any other specifications.
   
   
   
   
   
   
2. If desired, specify the Text length by clicking Settings > Text options. Under length, you can specify how many paragraphs, words, or characters you want your text to be. Click Reset to return to default options.
   
   
   
   
   
   
3. Under Text options, you can also toggle on the Generate heading option.
   
   
   
   
   
   
4. If you wish, you can change the tone of the text by selecting tone of voice from the dropdown menu.
   
   
   
   
   
   
5. Hit Generate text to see a preview. From here, you have the choice to Discard, Regenerate, or Insert it into your post.
   
   
   

 

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How to spell check text in the AI Writing tool 

1. Highlight the text you’d like to spellcheck in your post and hit the AI icon in the toolbar.
   
   
   
   
   
   
2. Select Fix spelling & grammar from the dropdown menu.
   
   
   
   
   
   
3. This will automatically correct the text in the editor.

 

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How to translate your text into another language using the AI Writing tool 

1. Highlight the text you would like to translate to a different language and click the AI icon.
   
   
   
   
   
   
2. Click Translate from the dropdown menu.
   
   
   
   
   
   
3. Select the language you would like to translate the text to.
   
   
   
   
   
   Tech Note: Translating text in a post will not change the global default language for your publication. Please refer to this article for more information on how to change your default language.

    

4. This will automatically translate the highlighted text into the language of your choosing. 

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