Replying from inside the thread instead of a blank chat box

Most AI writing help starts with an empty box. You paste in the message, explain who the person is, explain what happened last week, and then ask for a reply. By the time you've typed all that, you could have written the reply yourself.

The thread already has that context. Who said what, what was promised, how the other person writes. A reply that ignores it reads generic, even when the grammar is perfect.

That's the idea behind Grais, an AI communication assistant that drafts from the open thread. It's a Chrome extension. It reads the conversation you have open in the browser and drafts a reply you can check and edit before sending. Nothing goes out on its own.

Where it helps most

• Long threads where you've lost track of what you already agreed to.
• Messages in a second language, where the tone is harder to judge.
• Replies you keep putting off because you're not sure how they'll land.

It won't help much with a two-line "sounds good, see you then". For those, just type it.