Ask AI Actions is a basic AI tool in Descript that helps you rewrite, summarize, or adjust text using short prompts. It works on selected script text or your full composition, though it’s best suited for small, focused tasks.
If you need broader, more flexible AI help, we recommend using Underlord instead.
Underlord is Descript’s next-generation AI co-editor. Underlord works across your entire script, supports multi-step edits, and responds faster and more intelligently than Ask AI Actions. Use Underlord for smarter, faster, full-project editing. Learn more about getting started with Underlord.
How to use Ask AI Actions
- Open a project in Descript.
- (Optional) Highlight the text you want to update.
- Click the AI Actions button in the right sidebar.
- Enter a prompt (e.g., "Rewrite this" or "Summarize this").
- Press Enter or click Ask.
Available actions
- Insert to script – Add the result to your timeline.
- Apply edits to script – Accept inline changes.
- Copy to clipboard – Use the result outside Descript.
- Copy edits to new composition – Start a new version.
- Follow up – Refine the result by entering another prompt.
Ask AI Actions responses are not saved. Refreshing or closing your project will remove them unless you copy or apply them first.
Language support
Ask AI Actions is supported in English. Results in other languages may be limited or inconsistent.
AI usage
Ask AI Actions counts toward your monthly AI usage limit. However, editing with Underlord is completely free to use through the end of June. Try Underlord for free and see how much more you can do.