Recipes and freeform instructions: how edits get applied
You ask for one paragraph to be tightened and the tool rewrites the whole article in a slightly different voice. Now you have to reread three thousand words to find out what else it changed. Every instruction is classified before anything is touched. Most edits are additive or scoped to a section. A full rewrite is the last resort, and you are told when one is about to happen.
Step 1: Select text to scope an edit, or use the Refine row for the whole document.
Select text to scope an edit, or use the Refine row for the whole document.
Step 2: Pick one of the popular recipe chips, or open More recipes for the full set.
Pick one of the popular recipe chips, or open More recipes for the full set.
Step 3: For anything else, type your instruction in plain words.
For anything else, type your instruction in plain words.
Step 4: Read the confirm card. It says in plain language what will change before it cha…
Read the confirm card. It says in plain language what will change before it changes.
Step 5: Apply or reject.
Apply or reject.
Good to know
Your instruction is taken literally. It is not rewritten into a nicer intent first, and it overrides the default voice and softening rules when they conflict. Instructions about sub-headings, tone or moving content route straight to a global rewrite, because those genuinely cannot be done in one paragraph. If an edit is routed wrongly, the confirm card gives you an escape hatch instead of forcing you to undo afterwards. The AI undo dropdown is labelled, so you can see which edit you are reverting.
What is the difference between a recipe and typing my own instruction?
Recipes are engineered prompts with guardrails built in. Freeform gives you exact control and sends your literal words.
Can I edit only one section?
Yes. Select it first and the edit is scoped to that selection.
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