Brief Waxe for a great draft

Why the brief matters

Waxe can only price and structure what it knows about. A one-line request gives a reasonable starting point, but a few sentences of real context — what the work is, who it is for and what it is worth — turns the first draft from a head start into something you can almost send.

What to tell Waxe

You brief Waxe in plain language — there is no syntax to learn. Cover as many of these as you can; Waxe fills sensible gaps for the rest.

• The document type you want — for example a proposal, scope of work or invoice.
• The client or counterparty: who they are and what they care about.
• The work itself: deliverables, scope, and anything explicitly out of scope.
• Pricing inputs: rates, quantities, fixed fees or a budget to design around.
• Timeline, milestones or key dates.
• The tone and the design direction you want the document to carry.

Paste in what you already have

The fastest brief is often one you have already written. Point Waxe at the source material and let it pull the facts out, rather than retyping them.

• The client's brief or RFP.
• The email thread where the job was discussed.
• Your own meeting notes or a rough scope.
• A previous document for a similar job.

A strong brief in practice

1. 1

   Name the document and the client

   "A proposal for Meridian Architects to redesign their booking flow."

2. 2

   Sketch the work

   List the main deliverables and call out anything that is deliberately excluded.

3. 3

   Give the pricing inputs

   Provide your rate or a fixed fee, plus quantities or phases, so Waxe's maths matches your commercial model.

4. 4

   Set the constraints

   Add the timeline, key dates and the design direction you want.

5. 5

   Attach the source

   Paste the brief or email so Waxe works from the real facts, not guesses.

Common pitfalls

• Asking for "a proposal" with no client, scope or price — you will get a generic shape you then have to fill in by hand.
• Leaving pricing out and hoping Waxe guesses your rates.
• Pasting a wall of unrelated text — trim it to the part that matters.
• Forgetting to say what is out of scope, which is where disputes start.