Generating Your First Draft

Generating Your First Draft

Drafts are always created from within a platform page, not from the Sources page. Here's how the full flow works.

Step 1: Choose Your Platform

In the sidebar under Distribute, click the platform you want to create content for, such as LinkedIn. Then click "Create New" in the sub-navigation that appears.

Step 2: Add a Creative Direction (Optional)

At the top of the Create New page you'll see an optional Creative Direction Note field. Use this to give the AI a specific angle or focus. For example, "Focus on the counterintuitive lesson from this video" or "Write for an audience of early-stage founders". Leaving it blank is fine. The AI will work from your sources and any platform instructions you've set.

Step 3: Select Your Sources

Below the direction note is the source selector. Check one or more sources that are in a "Ready" state. These are the videos the AI will draw from to write your draft.

Step 4: Manage Knowledge Base Entries

If you've set up any Knowledge Base entries for this platform, they'll appear as toggleable tags on the page. They're active by default. You can deactivate individual entries for this generation if you don't want them influencing this particular draft, which is useful when an entry is less relevant to the sources you've selected.

Step 5: Generate

You have two options:

• Get Creative Directions: The AI reads your sources and suggests 3 different angles or creative directions to explore. You then pick one (or more) and generate a draft from it. This costs a small number of credits upfront but often produces better-focused output.
• Generate Draft: Skips the direction step and generates a draft immediately from your sources and any direction note you entered. Faster, and works well when you already know what you want.

After Generation

Your draft opens in the editor automatically. From there you can read, edit, and refine it, or use the Draft Copilot to make AI-assisted changes before copying it to your platform of choice.