How to summarize and ask questions about your content in Dropbox Dash

Dropbox Dash Chat lets you ask about your team’s content using natural language. It pulls from your indexed files to give you accurate, context-aware answers in real time. You can use it to:

• Summarize long documents
• Identify key action items or decisions
• Clarify technical or complex information
• Summarize, upload, search, and interact with images

Not using Dropbox Dash yet? Ask, understand, and write with the Chat app.

How to use Chat

• Attach sources: Click   (add) to attach a file.
• Chat controls: Click  (slider) and select from the following options:
  • Web search: Enable or disable web search by using the checkbox.
  • Model: Select the AI model you want to use, or leave it on “Best” to select the best option for your task.
    • Click More models for a full list of available models.
    • Notes:
      • When set to Auto, Dropbox chooses the best model for your task, and this same model will be saved for all chat sessions unless you change it. 
      • Some models are only visible to certain users.
      • Model availability may change over time.
  • Connect apps: Connect third-party apps to Dash.
  • Dictate: Click  (mic) to speak your query.

Learn more about searching and exploring your content with Dash.

How to ask questions on any web page

When you install the Dropbox Dash browser extension for Chrome, you can ask questions about any web page you're viewing. It opens in a side panel, where you can get helpful answers, summaries, and content suggestions based on the page's content. To do this:

1. Open the web page you’d like to ask questions about or explore.
2. Click the Dropbox Dash icon to the right of the browser address bar.
   • If you don’t see the Dropbox Dash icon, click the extensions icon (puzzle piece), then select Dropbox Dash.
3. Enter your question in the text bar labeled Chat or ask a question…
4. Click  (send) to generate your answer.

Dash Chat generates answers based on the content of the page you’re viewing. You can ask follow-up questions and refine the answers by typing instructions in the text bar.

How to use the preset action buttons

The Dash Chrome extension includes preset buttons that make it easier to quickly get answers from the page you're viewing.

To use the action buttons:

1. Open the web page you’d like to ask questions about or explore.
2. Click the Dropbox Dash icon to the right of the browser address bar.
   • If you don’t see the Dropbox Dash icon, click the extensions icon (puzzle piece), then select Dropbox Dash.
3. Choose any of the following action buttons:
   • Summarize & Highlights: Get a concise summary of the page along with key points or major takeaways listed in bullet form.
   • Next Steps: Identify all action items, assigned roles, and any deadlines mentioned in the content.
   • Quick Draft: Turn content into a short internal email (with subject and body) and a 280-character version for chat or social updates.
   • Spelling and grammar: Review the text for spelling, grammar, and clarity, and return a clean, professional version.

How to add a custom action button

You can also create your own button to run a custom prompt on any web page. This lets you customize Dash Chat to your specific needs—whether it's summarizing reports, extracting key data, or generating content based on the page you're viewing.

To create a custom action button:

1. Open the web page you’d like to ask questions about or explore.
2. Click the Dropbox Dash icon to the right of the browser address bar.
   • If you don’t see the Dropbox Dash icon, click the extensions icon (puzzle piece), then select Dropbox Dash.
3. In the Dash Chat panel, click  Add button.
4. Click  Add button in the upper top right.
5. Select an icon and enter the button name.
6. (Optional) To limit the button to a specific page, enter the address in the URL field.
7. Toggle Any page like this on if you want the the button to appear on similar pages.
8. In the Prompt field, enter the instructions for what you want the button to do.
9. Set the permissions:
   • Select Only me to keep it private.
   • Select Publish to company to share it with your organization.
10. Click Save.