Paste a brief

Copy the client email, your meeting notes, and one past sample. That's the brief.

The 30-second version

From Workrooms → New → Paste a brief, drop in 1–10 input blocks (up to 100 KB total). Tag each block with a kind. Set an optional goal and deliverables. Click Start workroom. The Planner reads the inputs and produces a task plan; the Composer writes the deliverable.

Why this matters

The single biggest predictor of output quality is the inputs. A workroom with no source material gets a generic LLM-default deliverable. A workroom with the original brief, meeting notes, and one sample produces something 80% finished on the first pass.

The paste flow is built so you don't have to re-format anything. Copy, paste, tag the kind. That's it.

How it works

1. Open the paste composer

From the workspace sidebar: Workrooms → New → Paste a brief. You'll see a multi-block composer with a goal field and deliverable chips.

[SCREENSHOT: paste workroom composer with empty blocks]

2. Drop in the source material

Add up to 10 blocks. Each block has a kind dropdown. Pick the right one:

• brief — the primary requirement document.
• email — client email or thread.
• meeting_notes — your or a colleague's notes.
• slack_thread — pasted Slack messages.
• transcript — call or meeting transcript.
• doc — a longer reference document.
• sample — a past deliverable to use as a voice/style reference.
• other — when nothing else fits.

The total content across blocks is capped at 100 KB. Per-file uploads are capped at 10 MB.

A worked example for Aurora Coffee — Q4 Proposal:

• Block 1, kind email: the client's original ask.
• Block 2, kind meeting_notes: your kickoff notes from the discovery call.
• Block 3, kind sample: last quarter's proposal you sent another café client.

3. Set the goal and deliverables

If you skip the goal, AtelyaOS infers one from the kinds present. Better to write it explicitly:

Write a 4-page Q4 marketing proposal for Aurora Coffee covering Instagram
content, YouTube Shorts, and a 30-day onboarding kit. Final delivery 30 May.

Add deliverable chips like Q4 proposal, Instagram content plan, Shorts brief. Each chip is a free-text label up to 200 characters.

4. (Optional) Set a per-workroom style override

If this one-off needs a different voice than your custom agent's default, expand Style override and write a one-liner ("More formal than usual; client is enterprise") or paste a quick reference sample.

5. Start the workroom

Click Start workroom. The state moves through planning → executing → composing → completed. Watch progress on the workroom detail page.

Common pitfalls

• One mega-block tagged other. Split into actual kinds. The Planner weights them differently — collapsing kinds throws away signal.
• Too much content. 100 KB is a lot, but pasting an entire backlog of every email you've ever exchanged with the client is noise. Curate.
• Sample blocks that are not voice references. A sample block should be representative of the voice you want. Don't paste a sample with "and please use this format" inside it — that confuses the Composer.
• Vague goal field. "Help with Aurora Coffee" produces a generic plan. Write the goal as if briefing a junior — concrete deliverable, concrete deadline.

What's next

• Review the plan — what to do once the Planner finishes.
• Briefs and plans — what's happening under the hood.
• Style Memory — set up voice once, use it everywhere.