2 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/client/documents/DocumentTypes.ts b/src/client/documents/DocumentTypes.ts
index 8f95068db..cb1625381 100644
--- a/src/client/documents/DocumentTypes.ts
+++ b/src/client/documents/DocumentTypes.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ export enum DocumentType {
     DATAVIZ = 'dataviz',
     LOADING = 'loading',
     SIMULATION = 'simulation', // physics simulation
+    MESSAGE = 'message', // chat message
 
     // special purpose wrappers that either take no data or are compositions of lower level types
     LINK = 'link',
diff --git a/src/client/documents/Documents.ts b/src/client/documents/Documents.ts
index a67e6b4f6..ea5eca804 100644
--- a/src/client/documents/Documents.ts
+++ b/src/client/documents/Documents.ts
@@ -791,6 +791,11 @@ export namespace Docs {
         export function RTFDocument(field: RichTextField, options: DocumentOptions = {}, fieldKey: string = 'text') {
             return InstanceFromProto(Prototypes.get(DocumentType.RTF), field, options, undefined, fieldKey);
         }
+
+        export function MessageDocument(field: string, options: DocumentOptions = {}, fieldKey: string = 'data') {
+            return InstanceFromProto(Prototypes.get(DocumentType.MESSAGE), field, options, undefined, fieldKey);
+        }
+
         export function TextDocument(text: string, options: DocumentOptions = {}, fieldKey: string = 'text') {
             const rtf = {
                 doc: {