How do I create a Playbook with Quill?
The fastest way to start a Playbook is to describe what you need and let Quill build it. Type a brief into Quill inside the Playbook editor and it scaffolds a structured, multi-section Playbook around your description. This tutorial covers how to write an effective prompt and what Quill builds from it.
Key takeaways
- Effective Quill prompts include four elements: what content you want, your source material, the output format, and the export destination.
- Quill generates labeled sections with titles, objectives, and outputs, giving you a clear structure before you start writing.
- Every Playbook section follows a consistent pattern: source inputs, process content, export the result.
- Name your export destination in the prompt; Quill can target your CMS, a Grid, or another system directly.
- You can edit, reorder, and refine any section Quill generates; the scaffold is a starting point, not a locked structure.
Tutorial overview
A well-written brief to Quill is faster than building a Playbook from scratch. Quill lives inside the Playbook editor and reads your plain-language description, then scaffolds a full Playbook complete with labeled sections, clear objectives, and defined outputs.
This tutorial walks you through how to write effective prompts for Quill. You'll learn how to specify your sources, describe the transformations you need, and define where your finished content should go. Quill uses those details to generate organized sections broken into three types: source and input, processing, and export and output.
Be specific about data sources and export destinations. That precision is what separates a Quill-generated Playbook that's ready to run from one that needs heavy editing. By the end, you'll know how to go from a blank Playbook to a structured, ready-to-run workflow in a single prompt.
Practice
Create a New Blank Playbook
Click the New button on the AirOps Home page to open the Playbook creation options, then select Blank Playbook to start a new Playbook with no pre-built structure. It is the best choice when building a custom Playbook from scratch with full creative control.
Type a detailed description in Quill and click Send
The input field in Quill accepts a natural language description of the Playbook you want to build. Clicking Send prompts Quill to read workspace context and generate the Playbook structure automatically.
Wait for Quill to Build, Then Review the Playbook
Quill reads workspace context including Brand Kits and existing content before building the Playbook. The generation process takes a few moments and produces a fully structured Playbook based on your description. Once complete, review all generated steps and section summaries to verify the structure before running or publishing.