Writer Mode
Writer Mode turns rough work notes into a structured brief before planning, handoff, or agent work, when the description is not yet ready for someone else to act on.
Writer Mode requires a paid plan.
Where Writer Mode is available
Writer Mode is available for active initiatives, bugs, and todos. Completed tasks and triage items do not open Writer Mode.
You can start Writer Mode while creating an initiative. Select Write in the sidebar (see Create an initiative or bug), choose Writer in the create dialog, then describe the work.
For existing initiatives, bugs, and todos, open the detail page or the task more menu and select Enter writer mode. Writer Mode starts from the current title and description, then treats the session as a refinement of existing work instead of a new initiative draft.
How the draft works
Writer Mode asks follow-up questions about the problem, scope, constraints, proposal, and risks. When a question has clear options, it shows reply buttons.
Your answers update one working draft. The draft includes the title and description, and you can edit both directly while the session is open.
Draft changes are saved as revisions. The revision history shows saved versions and summaries of what changed. If the draft changes somewhere else before your local edit is saved, Writer Mode asks whether to use the latest version or keep your changes.
Finish draft
Select Finish draft when the title and description are ready to become the work brief.
This finalizes the writing session and saves the draft back to the initiative, bug, or todo.
Dashboard and Slack
The same writing session can continue across the dashboard and Slack.
Keep the final brief short enough to scan. Put the decision, problem, proposal, and risk near the top, and move supporting detail into linked Documents.