Idea Studio best practices

Idea Studio rewards a little discipline early. The habits below are the ones that make a difference once you start generating.

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Write summaries for the model, not for yourself

The summary field is what the AI reads whenever an idea is used as a reference. A summary that reads like a reminder to yourself gives the model nothing. You will reuse these summaries dozens of times. Ten minutes spent on them at the start saves far more than it costs.

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Start from a script, not from blank folders

If you already have an outline or screenplay, paste it into a Story idea first. Then right-click it and run Summarize all characters, Summarize all locations, and Summarize all props. You get a populated workspace in minutes, and the entries are consistent with each other because they came from one source.

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Use Enhanced mode when the material matters

Full auto is right for a first draft you expect to throw away. For work you intend to keep, Enhanced mode’s nine checkpoints let you catch a wrong reading of the material at stage two instead of discovering it after everything is generated.

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Set a cover image early

The cover image is what appears when the idea is used as a reference and on the card in the file tree. Generate one decent image per character and set it as the cover before you start producing shots — everything downstream stays more consistent.

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Fill in image prompts on characters and locations

The image prompt field is where you put the phrasing that reliably produces this character or place. Once it is right, you copy it into every generation instead of rewriting it from memory and drifting. Both the image prompt and video prompt fields have an AI generate button that drafts one from the summary. It is a good starting point to then tighten by hand.

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Keep types accurate

The type on an idea drives which AI shortcuts appear on it and which folder generated ideas file themselves into. An idea typed as “other” is one the system cannot help you with.

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Tag by production reality

Tags are free text, so use them for the axis your folders do not cover — episode, sequence, act, shoot day, or approval status. Folders handle what a thing is; tags handle where it belongs in the schedule.

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Put stable facts in workspace key-values

If a fact applies to the whole project rather than one idea — the series title, a fixed set of terminology, a client’s rules about what must never appear — put it in Settings → Key-value instead of repeating it in every summary.