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When Chief produces a downloadable artifact, such as a document, you can use the response’s download control to save it as a file. You can also download a single table on its own for your spreadsheet. Regular question-and-answer responses without an artifact do not show the answer-level Download button.

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Download an answer

The Download as control on an answer with PDF, DOC, Text and Markdown formats
  1. For an answer that produced a downloadable artifact, hover over the answer and click the Download button.
  2. The control expands and shows Download as: with format buttons.
  3. Click the format you want: PDF, DOC, Text, or Markdown.
ℹ️ Good to Know: An XLS button appears in the download row only when the answer contains a table. If the answer has no table, you’ll see PDF, DOC, Text, and Markdown only.

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Download a single table

When an answer includes a table, that table has its own download control (Download table as:) so you can export just the data — handy for dropping numbers straight into a spreadsheet without the surrounding text.

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Download a whole thread

To save the full conversation as one file, open the side panel’s Navigate this Task tab and click the download-arrow icon in the row of icons at the bottom, next to the copy icon. Choose a format from the same Download as: row you use for a single answer.

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FAQ

PDF export needs an active session and runs through a conversion service, so it can occasionally fail. If the PDF button shows “Failed,” try again, or download as DOC or Markdown instead — those generate locally and don’t depend on the service.
The XLS option only appears when the downloadable artifact contains a table. Artifacts without a table offer PDF, DOC, Text, and Markdown.
Text strips formatting to plain prose. Markdown keeps the structure (headings, bold, lists, tables) as Markdown syntax, which is ideal for pasting into another Markdown-aware tool.