essay-brief

An essay brief captures the core intent of your writing through a guided question flow, producing a single source of truth document that aligns all downstream content creation steps like outlining and drafting. It ensures your planning stays consistent.

To create a writing brief, run the structured essay question flow on your existing notes. This extracts your core intent and outputs a standardized essay-brief.md file, which acts as a reusable reference for all subsequent writing and drafting phases.

Yes, you can use this essay planning tool during your initial planning phase before any outline exists. It requires only your raw notes to guide a structured question flow that establishes the foundational brief for your downstream outline generation.

The best way to maintain consistency is generating a single source of truth essay-brief.md file. Downstream steps like draft, revise, and polish reference this brief, enabling fast handoffs between planning and execution with a consistent format.

While designed for initial planning, the generated essay brief applies to downstream steps like review and polish. By referencing the established essay-brief.md, you can align revisions and ensure the final draft matches your originally captured core intent.

The structured question flow focuses strictly on capturing essay intent to produce a reusable brief, meaning it does not generate the actual draft content or outline structure itself. You must apply this brief separately to downstream execution steps.