> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.depost.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Improve a draft

> Rewrite, sharpen, shorten, or retune a draft without starting again.

Once you have a draft, most of the work is adjustment rather than rewriting. Say what's
wrong with it in the same thread and you keep everything the draft already got right.

## Fixing a specific thing

Each of these is a distinct request — naming the one you want beats "make it better". You
can type them, or open **Quick Actions** in the editor's chat panel and pick one:

<Frame>
  <img src="https://statics.depost.ai/docs/chat/improve-quick-actions.png?v=2" alt="The Quick Actions panel listing Rewrite this post, Make it sharper, Improve the hook and Improve the CTA" />
</Frame>

The panel scrolls, so the four visible here are the start of the list rather than all of
it:

| Ask for                    | What changes                                 |
| -------------------------- | -------------------------------------------- |
| **Rewrite**                | The whole thing, keeping the core message    |
| **Improve the hook**       | The opening line only                        |
| **Improve the CTA**        | The ending only                              |
| **Improve readability**    | Easier to skim; sentence and paragraph shape |
| **Improve structure**      | The order and flow of the argument           |
| **Make it shorter**        | Cut without losing the point                 |
| **Humanize**               | Less machine-like, more natural              |
| **Sharpen**                | Tighter and clearer, same meaning            |
| **Add proof and examples** | Evidence and specifics                       |

## Changing who it's for, or how it sounds

| Ask for                            | What changes                              |
| ---------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------- |
| **Apply my brand voice**           | Rewritten to match how you write          |
| **Apply my best-performing style** | Shaped like the posts that worked for you |
| **Retarget**                       | Adapted for a different audience          |
| **Change the tone**                | Same message, different register          |
| **Mention my product**             | Your offer woven in without a hard sell   |
| **Make it less salesy**            | Dials the pitch down, keeps the goal      |

<Tip>
  Ask for one change at a time. "Make it shorter and punchier and add proof and mention the
  product" produces a draft that does none of them well, and you can't tell which
  instruction caused what.
</Tip>

## One-click actions

When a chat is attached to a post, these appear as buttons above the message box, so you
don't have to type the instruction. Same actions, fewer keystrokes.

## Knowing when to stop

Each pass moves the draft, but not always forward. Two or three rounds is usually where it
peaks; past that you tend to sand off the specifics that made it yours.

If you're several passes in and it's worse, go back to an earlier version rather than
asking for another rewrite. The [editor](/posts/edit) keeps revisions.

<Warning>
  **Humanize** and **apply my brand voice** are not the same request. The first makes text
  read less like a machine; the second makes it read like *you*. If output is fluent but
  anonymous, the second is the one you want — and if that doesn't help, the problem is your
  [brand voice setup](/chat/brand-voice), not the prompt.
</Warning>

## Related

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Create a post" icon="pencil" href="/chat/create-post">
    Where the draft comes from.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Give chat the right context" icon="layers" href="/chat/context">
    Why fewer sources help when improving.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Edit a post" icon="pencil" href="/posts/edit">
    Revisions, and finishing the draft.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Repurpose" icon="repeat" href="/chat/repurpose">
    When it's right but wants another format.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>
