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Improve a prompt

Have what you wrote rewritten into a clearer brief before you send it, at the depth you choose.

Checked on Desktop 0.1.19

A newer version is out (Desktop 0.1.25): some details may differ.

When you know what you want but wrote it in a hurry, TALOS can rewrite it into a clearer brief before it goes. You see the proposal next to your text and decide whether to keep it.

  1. Write the message as it comes.
  2. Open Improve the prompt from the composer.
  3. Choose the depth, and if you like the model that does it — it can differ from the conversation’s.
  4. Read the proposal next to the original; keep it or discard it.
Depth What it does
Lean Same length. Clarifies the goal and the expected result, adds no sections.
Balanced A clear brief: goal, expected result, the constraints you already wrote, two or three checks. The default.
Extended A full brief: scope, format of the answer, constraints, edge cases and acceptance criteria.

For a long piece of work, Extended pays off: acceptance criteria written first are what later tells you whether the work is done.

  • It sends nothing by itself. Sending stays your gesture.
  • It does not know what you want. It orders and completes what you wrote: a constraint you did not write is not invented. When your text is already right and only needs clarity, use Lean.
  • It costs a call to the model. It is real work, not local formatting.
  • The proposal is longer but not clearer — go down to Lean: rewriting a good text a lot makes it worse.
  • Nothing arrives — like any call to the model, it needs a configured access. See Connect a provider.

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