Top Five Ways Tech Writers Harness the Power of AI Co-Pilots

Discover how AI co-pilots handle the grunt work so you can focus on tasks that matter

You know that sinking feeling when someone tells you AI is coming for your job? Relax. AI isn’t here to replace you. It’s here to make sure you stop spending your days alphabetizing table columns and re-wrapping DITA tags like some Dickensian orphan hunched over a laptop.

So, in the spirit of self-preservation (and maybe self-respect), let’s talk about the top five ways tech writers can put AI co-pilots to work—before a younger, shinier, AI-savvier writer takes your seat.

These top five examples are drawn directly from real-world users of the Heretto CCMS co-pilot, Etto.

What are AI-powered co-pilots, anyway?

Tools like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini are stand-alone general-purpose AI assistants. They live outside your workflow, which means using them often involves copying and pasting content back and forth—an extra step that slows things down, introduces errors, and breaks your focus. These tools can answer questions, summarize documents, and help generate content. But they’re not copilots.