Building
Getting what you actually wanted out of the conversation.
The part you will spend the most time in.
Describing what you need is the one skill worth learning; everything else here is mechanics. Watching a build explains what the steps mean and why you are not shown a log. Changing your mind covers interrupting, correcting and undoing. When a build fails is the page to open when one does. Showing it a file is often faster than describing something, and Choosing a design system decides what the result actually looks like.
Starting from what you have is worth reading before you create anything: a spreadsheet you already keep is the fastest route to a first version that fits.
When it asks you is the other direction: some decisions are genuinely yours, and those arrive as a screen to fill in rather than a message to answer.
Asking for settings is the one people are most surprised by: the conversation reaches the whole platform, not only the code, so if you do not know where a setting is you can simply ask for the outcome.
- Describing what you needHow to phrase a request so that what comes back is what you meant.
- Watching a buildWhat the steps mean, what is happening underneath, and why you are not shown a log.
- Changing your mindInterrupting a build, correcting a misunderstanding, and undoing something you asked for.
- When a build failsWhat a failure actually means, what to try, and when to ask us.
- Showing it a fileAttaching a screenshot, a spreadsheet or a document to the conversation — often faster than describing it.
- Choosing a design systemWhat a design system decides, how to pick one, and what changing it later does.
- Asking for settingsThe conversation reaches the whole platform — addresses, icons, redirects, users, integrations and shipping. If you do not know where a setting is, ask.
- When it asks youSome decisions arrive as a screen rather than a message — a table to correct, a list to choose from — and the build waits for your answer.
- Starting from what you haveA spreadsheet, a document, a picture or a page of your own site — attached, read, and built from.