The OctiAI prompt generator, and how to write a clearer AI brief
OctiAI began as a prompt generator. The idea was to take a first thought and give AI enough direction to produce something useful. The next workspace is designed to carry the goal, context, and decisions into revisions as the work develops.
Availability: The existing builder is in service recovery, and AI generation is temporarily unavailable. The public site offers worked illustrations, a prompt library, and early-access information for what comes next.
Start with the decision the AI needs to make
Suppose a client asks to add something outside the project scope. “Write a polite refusal” gives an AI a tone, but leaves it to guess what you are refusing, which commitments must hold, and what room there is for a future yes.
Draft a short email declining the additional deliverable for this phase. Acknowledge why the client wants it. Confirm that the original delivery date and scope still stand. Leave the door open to pricing it separately after this phase. Don’t promise a new date or quote a price. Keep the email warm and under 120 words.
The brief makes the boundary and the relationship explicit. You can review the draft by checking whether it protects both.
Give the next revision the latest context
If the client later agrees to revisit the request on Friday, preserve the original scope boundary and add the new decision: “We can discuss the add-on Friday. We still haven’t agreed to deliver it or quote a price.” Carry that decision into the next brief so a new session does not treat a discussion as a commitment.
For another kind of task, use the same questions. What result do you need? What has already been decided? What is outside scope? How will you know the answer is useful?