Columns

Two kinds of columns

Manual columns — no AI prompt. You type the values yourself. Use these for your primary identifiers (company name, person name, URL) and any data you're supplying directly.

AI columns — have a prompt. Content is generated for each cell in these columns when you process the grid. You can always edit AI-generated values manually afterward.

Adding a column

Click the + button at the far right of the column header row to add a new column. It appears at the end of the grid. You can drag it to any position afterward.

Column settings

Click any column header to open its settings panel on the right side of the screen. You can also right-click a column header for a context menu with Configure (opens settings), Rerun column (regenerate all cells in that column), and Delete column.

Name

The column's label. Keep it short and descriptive — it appears in the header and in @mention dropdowns when writing prompts for other columns.

AI prompt

The instruction for this column. Write in plain English, as if you're briefing a human researcher:

• "Find the company's founding year. Return a 4-digit year only."
• "Write a 2-sentence description of what this company does."
• "Find the CEO's full name."
• "Is this company based in Europe? Answer Yes or No."
• "List the top 3 things this company is known for, as bullet points."

Tips for better prompts:

• Be specific about scope: "as of 2024," "in one sentence," "a 4-digit year"
• Specify the format you want in the prompt itself as a reinforcement of the format type setting
• For nuanced tasks, give context: "This is a B2B SaaS company. Find its main customer segment."

Leave the AI Prompt field empty if you're filling in this column yourself.

Format type

Controls how output is structured. Choosing the right format keeps your data clean and consistent. See Format Types for all 11 types with examples and guidance.

Web browsing

When turned on, it searches the web and reads relevant pages before generating an answer for each cell. Use this for columns that need current or public information — pricing, news, staff count, LinkedIn URLs, recent announcements.

Turn it off (the default) for columns that work from data already in the grid or from attached documents. Web browsing is slower and more resource-intensive, so only enable it where it genuinely adds value.

@Mentioning other columns

Inside any AI prompt, type @ to open a dropdown that shows all available columns and uploaded documents. Select a column name to insert an @mention:

Based on @Company Name and @Industry, write a personalized outreach message.

During cell processing, the @Column Name placeholder is replaced with the actual value from that row. This lets you chain columns together — the output of one column becomes the input for another. When columns depend on each other, the processing order matters: the app runs the referenced column first. You can control this in Grid Settings → Column processing order (Auto, Manual, or None). See AI Processing for details.

Example chain

1. Column A: Company Name (manual — you type the names)
2. Column B: Industry — prompt: "What industry is @Company Name in? One word."
3. Column C: Tagline — prompt: "Write a 5-word tagline for @Company Name, a @Industry company."

Column C draws on both A and B automatically for each row.

@Mentioning documents

The same @ dropdown also shows your grid-level documents. Type @Document Name to reference a specific uploaded file, or @All Documents to reference everything uploaded to the grid.

Reordering columns

Click and drag a column header left or right to move it to a different position. The order affects how columns appear in the grid and in @mention dropdowns. The processing order (which columns run first when you click Process) is set separately in Grid Settings → Column processing order — see AI Processing for details.

Deleting a column

Open the column settings and click Delete Column. This permanently removes the column and all of its cell data. There is no undo.

Column templates

You can save a column's configuration (name, AI prompt, format type, web browsing setting) as a template and apply it to other columns. Open the column settings and click Save as Template to save, or Apply Template to use a saved template. See Templates for more on managing your template library.