diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index defcbf4..560f179 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -168,3 +168,11 @@ The allowed actions are:
 - `Respond` - If you send a text response back, it will be used to rewrite the email in some way, then interrupt again and wait for you to take an action.
 - `Ignore` - This will send back an `ignore` response, and the graph will end without taking any actions.
 - `Mark as resolved` - If you select this, it will resume the graph, but starting at the `__end__` node, causing the graph to end without taking any actions.
+
+## Writer Agent
+
+This is a dummy agent used to demonstrate how you can stream generative UI components as an artifact. It should be accessed via the `writer` graph ID. It should be accessed via the `agent` graph ID, which means you'll need to go through the Supervisor agent to access it. The following prompts will trigger the writer agent:
+
+- `Write me a short story about a <insert topic here>`
+
+This will render a generative UI component that contains the title and content of your short story. The generative UI component will be rendered in a side panel to the right of the chat and the contents of the story will be streamed to the UI as it is generated.
diff --git a/src/agent-uis/utils/use-artifact.tsx b/src/agent-uis/utils/use-artifact.tsx
index 8220407..2a1ed86 100644
--- a/src/agent-uis/utils/use-artifact.tsx
+++ b/src/agent-uis/utils/use-artifact.tsx
@@ -1,23 +1,24 @@
-import { Message } from "@langchain/langgraph-sdk";
-import { useStreamContext, UIMessage } from "@langchain/langgraph-sdk/react-ui";
-
-// eslint-disable-next-line react-refresh/only-export-components
-const NoopPreview = () => null;
-
-// eslint-disable-next-line react-refresh/only-export-components
-const NoopSetOpen = () => void 0;
-
-// eslint-disable-next-line react-refresh/only-export-components
-const NoopSetContext = () => void 0;
-
-const NoopContext = {};
-
+import { useMemo } from "react";
+import type { Message } from "@langchain/langgraph-sdk";
+import {
+  useStreamContext,
+  type UIMessage,
+} from "@langchain/langgraph-sdk/react-ui";
+
+/**
+ * Hook that obtains the artifact context provided by the `LoadExternalComponent`
+ * found in the `meta.artifact` field.
+ *
+ * @see https://github.com/langchain-ai/agent-chat-ui/blob/main/src/components/thread/messages/ai.tsx
+ */
 export function useArtifact<TContext = Record<string, unknown>>() {
   type Component = (props: {
     children: React.ReactNode;
     title?: React.ReactNode;
   }) => React.ReactNode;
+
   type Context = TContext | undefined;
+
   type Bag = {
     open: boolean;
     setOpen: (value: boolean | ((prev: boolean) => boolean)) => void;
@@ -28,17 +29,23 @@ export function useArtifact<TContext = Record<string, unknown>>() {
 
   const thread = useStreamContext<
     { messages: Message[]; ui: UIMessage[] },
-    { MetaType: { artifact: { content: Component } & Bag } }
+    { MetaType: { artifact: [Component, Bag] } }
   >();
 
-  return [
-    thread.meta?.artifact?.content ?? NoopPreview,
-    {
-      open: thread.meta?.artifact?.open ?? false,
-      setOpen: thread.meta?.artifact?.setOpen ?? NoopSetOpen,
-
-      context: thread.meta?.artifact?.context ?? NoopContext,
-      setContext: thread.meta?.artifact?.setContext ?? NoopSetContext,
-    },
-  ] as [Component, Bag];
+  const noop = useMemo(
+    () =>
+      [
+        () => null,
+        {
+          open: false,
+          setOpen: () => void 0,
+
+          context: {} as TContext,
+          setContext: () => void 0,
+        },
+      ] as [Component, Bag],
+    [],
+  );
+
+  return thread.meta?.artifact ?? noop;
 }