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+import { atom } from "jotai";
+import type { ChatArtifact } from "../model/artifact";
+
+/** Artifacts of the active thread, synced from the message stream by `useSyncChatArtifacts`. */
+export const chatArtifactsAtom = atom<ChatArtifact[]>([]);
+
+/** Whether the artifacts sidebar is open in the right panel. */
+export const artifactsPanelOpenAtom = atom(false);