---
title: "Artifacts panel"
description: "When the assistant produces a file — or when you open a citation — it appears in the artifacts panel on the right of the chat."
url: "https://sotaagents.ai/manual/using-sotaagents/artifacts-panel"
generated_by: "sotaagents-ldp"
docs_index: "https://sotaagents.ai/manual/llms.txt"
locale: "en"
---

# Artifacts panel

When the assistant produces a file — or when you open a citation — it appears in the **artifacts panel** on the right of the chat.

### What opens here

| Type | What you see |
| --- | --- |
| Generated documents | Word docs, spreadsheets, slides, and PDFs the assistant created — previewed with a download button. |
| Files & images | PDFs, images, video, audio, text, markdown, HTML, and CSV render directly in the panel. |
| Citation previews | The source document behind a citation, opened to the cited page. |
| Subagent transcripts | A named, read-only transcript of delegated work, including its task, streamed result, and final status. It remains available after history reload. |

1. #### Open an artifact

   Click a generated file, citation badge, or named subagent chip in a message. The panel opens on the right.

![A chat with the Launch Readiness Analyst subagent chip opened into its durable transcript in the artifacts panel](/manual/assets/product/chat-subagent-artifact-20260813.webp)
_Named subagent work stays compact in the main thread and opens as a durable transcript in the artifacts panel._

2. #### Read & navigate

   Scroll a document or subagent transcript, page through a PDF, zoom an image, or play media — depending on the artifact type.

### Skill and Office previews

Use the breadcrumb at the top of the skill viewer to choose a file in the skill.

![The skill viewer open with its file breadcrumb menu at the top of the panel](/manual/assets/product/chat-skill-viewer-breadcrumb-20260903.webp)
_Use the breadcrumb to move between skill files without losing preview space._

Downloaded files keep their original filename. Excel previews render embedded images, charts, and shapes. DOCX form previews preserve the form layout; filling changes the document body only, keeps headers, footers, and page geometry intact, and does not turn footnote markers into fields.

3. #### Download

   Use the download button to save the file to your computer.