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Pipeline: Research, Outline, Draft Without Running the Playbook Yourself

Build mode is for ordered handoffs: research, then outline, then draft, then a synthesized result. You inspect the plan. You are not the clipboard.

By the flAim team

A pipeline is ordered handoffs: research, then outline, then draft, then a synthesized result. Build mode exists so you are not the clipboard between those jobs.

This is the flagship Build story. Chat is still better when you want to steer: @ a research agent, then @ an outline agent that already saw the research, then send to both — or fan out three research takes before you commit.

What one prompt should include

Audience, length, must-use sources or “no unsourced claims,” and what done looks like. Put the durable parts in shared notes. The Smart Bar prompt should point at those notes, not restate a 40-line brief every time.

The chain

StepAgent jobYour job
ResearchFill notes with claims + sourcesKill unverified lines before they become outline fuel
OutlineStructure from the notes, not from vibesConfirm the skeleton. This is the cheapest place to disagree
DraftWrite only from the outline + notesRead it as an editor, not as a fan of fluent paragraphs
SynthesizeflAim pulls a stronger combined resultInspect the plan and the thread. Accept or rerun a step

What we will not claim

The orchestrator builds a reasonable plan and routes the tedious handoffs. It does not magically pick the perfect agent every time. If research is sloppy, Build will draft sloppy faster. That is still better than paying the copy-paste tax, and still worse than skipping verification.

Credits: Build runs cost more than a short Chat. See what 100 credits actually buys. For a living document you will edit for weeks, prefer the writing studio.

Run one Build chain on a real brief

Pipeline template: research, outline, and draft agents. One prompt. Inspect the plan.

Related: Chat vs Build · Copy-paste tax · Writing studio

We're building this in the open and we read everything. If you try it and something's clumsy, tell us. We'd rather hear it from you than not hear it.