Writer Mode
Writer Mode helps turn rough initiative context into a structured working brief.
Use it when you know the problem, customer request, product bet, or engineering project, but the initiative brief is not ready yet. For spec-driven development, Writer Mode helps create the source brief before people or agents start building.
Where Writer Mode is available
Writer Mode is available for initiatives. It is not available for bugs.
You can start Writer Mode while creating an initiative. If an existing initiative has an active writing session, the detail header shows Continue writing so you can resume the same 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, the interface can show reply buttons so you can choose instead of typing.
Your answers update one working draft. The draft includes the initiative 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
Use Finish draft when the title and description are ready to become the initiative brief.
Finishing the draft finalizes the writing session and saves the current draft back to the initiative. After that, the initiative continues through the normal planning flow with status, teams, assignees, taxonomy, roadmap hierarchy, comments, and related work.
Dashboard and Slack
The same writing session can continue across the dashboard and Slack. Use this when the brief starts in one place but needs more input from another conversation.
Keep the final initiative brief concise enough to scan. Put the decision, problem, proposal, and risk near the top, then move supporting detail into the description or linked Documents.
Writer Mode supports Create your first initiative and the broader Roadmap flow.