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Writing a good prompt

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The AI builds from what you tell it. A good first prompt saves many rounds of changes.

The four things to say

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  1. What it is and who it is for. “A booking site for a small hair salon” is better than “a website”.
  2. The pages. List them: home, services, booking, contact.
  3. What it stores or does. “A booking form that saves name, phone, service and time”; “members can sign in and see their past bookings”.
  4. The look. A style, colours, or a site you like: “calm, lots of white space, dark green accents”.
Make a website for my salon.

Asking for changes

Section titled “Asking for changes”
  • One change at a time works best for big changes: “add a pricing page”, then “make the header sticky”.
  • Point at the thing. Turn on Edit and click the element, then press Ask AI — the AI changes exactly that part. See Point and edit.
  • Say what is wrong, not only what to do. “The booking button is hard to see on mobile — make it full width and orange”.
  • Show it. Paste a screenshot or a design image into the chat; models that read images will use it. See Images and files.
  • Talk it through first. Switch the chat to Discuss to plan a feature with the AI without changing any code, then switch back to Auto to build it.

Capabilities

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Under the prompt box on the dashboard you can tick Store and manage records or Collect form submissions. They tell the AI up front that your app needs a database or forms; they don’t change your prompt text.

When the AI stops

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If a request is too large, the AI may stop and ask you to continue — ask again in smaller steps. Long sessions also have a per-session credit limit.