Tips for Better Prompts

Be Specific About What You Want

The more detail you give the agent, the better the output. Include:

• Topic: What exactly should the content cover?
• Length: Short, medium, or long? Say it in your prompt, or adjust Episode Length from the episode editor's Settings after your first generation.
• Tone: Casual and conversational? Authoritative and data-driven? Humorous?
• Audience: Who is this for? Beginners, experts, a general audience?

Weak prompt:

Make an episode about AI.

Strong prompt:

Create a 10-minute episode about the future of remote work, focusing on recent trends in hybrid models and what they mean for small businesses. Keep the tone conversational and accessible.

Two sentences with clear direction will always outperform a vague one-liner.

Reference Your Sources

Attaching sources (URLs, PDFs, files) is only half the job: tell the agent how to use them. Otherwise it may not emphasize the parts you care about.

• "Use the attached report as the primary basis for this episode"
• "Pull the key statistics from the linked article and build the discussion around them"
• "Compare the findings in these two sources"

Iterate Before You Publish

Credits are only consumed when you publish or download an episode, or render a clip, so iterate as much as you need beforehand:

1. Start with a broad prompt to get a first draft, the agent generates a full script and audio straight away, no outline approval step.
2. Listen to the generated audio and request specific edits.
3. Regenerate individual segments as many times as you want until it sounds right.

Ask for Targeted Edits

The agent edits surgically. It modifies only the relevant section without rewriting the entire piece.

Effective revision prompts:

• "Make the opening more attention-grabbing: start with a surprising statistic"
• "Add a section about hybrid work models after the second chapter"
• "Make the closing shorter and more action-oriented"
• "The tone is too formal in the intro: make it punchier"
• "Add more back-and-forth between the hosts in section three"

Use Host Personalities

Your hosts have personalities and backstories that shape how they speak. Lean into this:

• "Have [Host A] challenge [Host B]'s perspective on this point"
• "Make the conversation feel like a debate, not a lecture"
• "Let [Host A] bring in a personal anecdote to illustrate the point"

The agent writes dialogue that reflects each host's personality, with one host pushing back while the other explains. This creates natural, engaging conversations rather than two people taking turns reading paragraphs.

Structure Your Complex Prompts

For longer or multi-faceted content, break your prompt into clear sections:

Create an episode covering three topics:

1. The rise of AI coding assistants
2. How they're changing developer workflows
3. Predictions for the next two years

Open with a hook about how much code is now AI-generated. Close with practical advice for developers.