Change Review: review AI edits
Letting the AI Coach rewrite a whole chapter is great — but how do you check it got things right? That's what Change Review is for: when the AI edits, your draft isn't overwritten directly. It goes into a review mode where you approve passage by passage.

Why Change Review exists
"Have the Coach rewrite this chapter" is one of Slima's most powerful operations — and also the riskiest. The AI might:
- Edit out a line you deliberately kept
- Smooth the prose but break a setup
- Over-polish until your voice is gone
If the AI wrote straight into your file, you'd have to catch all of this after the fact. Change Review flips it: you see what the AI changed before anything lands in your draft, then approve / reject piece by piece.
Two AI edit modes
| Mode | What happens | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| Suggestion mode (default) | AI replies in the Coach chat, leaves your draft alone | Small fixes, asking for opinions |
| Direct edit + Change Review | AI rewrites the file but enters Review for your approval | Bigger rewrites, trusting the direction |
Toggle this on the AI Coach panel header — "Direct edit" switch.
Entering Change Review
In direct-edit mode, when you trigger an operation that modifies the draft (e.g. "Smooth out this chapter"), Slima will:
- Auto-create a version called "Before AI rewrote [chapter]" (always restorable)
- Let the AI complete its rewrite
- Switch the editor into Change Review mode
The Change Review UI
Top banner: "Reviewing AI changes" + "Accept all" / "Reject all" / "Leave" buttons.
The editor shows per-passage diffs:
- Green background = passages added or rewritten by the AI
- Red background + strikethrough = passages removed by the AI
- Each block has a ✓ "Accept" and ✗ "Reject" on the right
Reviewing passage by passage
For each change:
- Accept ✓ → keep the AI's version of this passage
- Reject ✗ → revert this passage to what you had
- Edit → tap into the block and edit it yourself (mix your version with the AI's)
When you're done, "Complete review". Rejected passages do not land in the draft.
Accept all / reject all
If the AI's overall direction looks good, "Accept all" saves time.
If the direction is wrong, "Reject all" reverts the whole chapter.
"Reject all" returns you to the state before Change Review started. You can also leave Review and restore from the version panel using the "Before AI rewrote X" auto-version.
Multi-file Change Review
If the AI edited several files (e.g. "Switch the whole book from first to third person"), Change Review walks you through them one file at a time — the file tree marks which files still need reviewing.
Related
- Create a manual version and name it
- Restore the whole book or a single file
- Deeper into the Coach: Writing Studio / AI Coach
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