LMCanvas: Object-Oriented Interaction to Personalize Large Language Model-Powered Writing Environments

Understand

Large language models (LLMs) can enhance writing by automating or supporting specific tasks in writers' workflows (e.g., paraphrasing, creating analogies).

• Leveraging this capability, a collection of interfaces have been developed that provide LLM-powered tools for specific writing tasks.
• However, these interfaces provide limited support for writers to create personal tools for their own unique tasks, and may not comprehensively fulfill a writer's needs -- requiring them to continuously switch between interfaces during writing.
• In this work, we envision LMCanvas, an interface that enables writers to create their own LLM-powered writing tools and arrange their personal writing environment by interacting with "blocks" in a canvas.