# Brief to draft

> Hand your assistant a brief, as a file or from Adobe Workfront, and get a governed first draft in the right library.

Source: https://stensul.com/developers/recipes/brief-to-draft/ · Last reviewed 2026-09-28

## You need

- Stensul connected to your AI host ([quickstarts](https://stensul.com/developers/quickstart/claude/)).
- For Workfront: the [Adobe Workfront MCP server](https://experienceleague.adobe.com/en/docs/workfront/using/basics/workfront-mcp-server/configure-workfront-mcp-server) connected to the **same** host.

## From a file

Attach the brief (a .docx or PDF works well) and prompt:

```text
Build a Stensul email from the attached brief. Use the <library name> library.
Follow the brief's audience, message, call to action and tone. Use the brief's
copy where it gives exact wording. Show me a preview and list anything you
couldn't fit.
```

Uploading usually keeps formatting such as bold better than pasting the text.

## From Adobe Workfront

```text
Get the email brief from the Workfront project "<project name>", field
"<field name>". Build a Stensul draft from it in the <library name> library,
then show me a preview.
```

What to know:

- **The brief must be in Workfront fields.** The assistant reads field values, not documents attached to a task. For an attached brief, download it and use the file route.
- **Name the project and field.** The assistant won't search Workfront on its own. If a project has several briefs, you get a list to pick from.

## What the assistant does

1. Reads the brief.
2. Picks a library (or uses the one you named) and an approved template or email to start from.
3. Reads that starting point's structure and guardrails.
4. Builds the draft in one call: copy, buttons, images, alt text, subject line and preheader where the library allows them.
5. Reports what it applied, what Stensul declined, and the edit link.

## Where it stops today

- It builds from templates your team approved. A layout that doesn't exist yet has to be created in Stensul first.
- Character limits are enforced; line lengths aren't. Long copy can still overflow a one-line slot, so look at the preview.
- It doesn't send. Review and send from Stensul.

## Tip: name things so assistants can find them

The more descriptive your library, template and email names, the better the assistant matches them to a brief.