Tips for better results

1. Let your Brand Brain do the work

The most common mistake new users make is over-prompting.

You don't need to describe your brand colors, aesthetic, or style in every message - that's what your Brand Brain is for.

If you find yourself writing long, detailed messages just to get something that looks like you, that's a signal your Brand Brain needs more to work with, not your message. This is why AI content often takes time to refine.

Go to Brand Hub, open Talk to Your Brand, and add more context. A new example, a style reference, a clearer description of your visual identity. The more complete your Brand Brain, the less work every message has to do.

2. Describe the output, not the brand

Focus your chats on what you want to create, not what your brand looks like.

A good prompt tells SecretSauce what the asset is, where it's going, and any relevant details about the scene or mood. It doesn't need to include your fonts, colors, or aesthetic - those come from your Brand Brain automatically.

Think of it like briefing a creative director who already knows your brand inside out. You tell them what you need, not who you are.

3. Batch create whenever you can

SecretSauce is built for volume, especially for solopreneurs who want AI tools that actually save time instead of creating more work.

If you need multiple variations of something - different formats, different settings, different copy - ask for all of them at once rather than one at a time.

You'll get more to work with, spend less time going back and forth, and often land on something better than your original idea.

This is especially useful for paid social, where you need to test multiple creatives at once.

4. Use @ to reference your assets

The @ symbol is one of the most powerful things in SecretSauce.

Once you've added products, avatars, and other brand elements to your Brand Hub, tagging them in a chat tells SecretSauce exactly what you're working with.

The more assets you build in Brand Hub, the faster and more accurate everything gets.

If you find yourself describing the same product or persona repeatedly, that's a sign it should be an asset.

4. Know which mode you're in

SecretSauce has two modes that control how much it does on its own: Review and Yolo.

If outputs feel like they're going in the wrong direction before you've had a chance to steer them, you might be in a mode that's moving faster than you're comfortable with.

If you're spending too much time approving every small step, you might want to give SecretSauce more autonomy.

5. Keep teaching it

SecretSauce gets better the more you use it.

Every time you update your Brand Brain, add a new product, or create a new avatar, you're giving it more to work with. Think of it less like a tool you set up once and more like a creative partner that gets sharper over time.

If something comes out wrong, the answer is almost always to teach it rather than fight it. This is how you train AI on your brand voice.

6. Fork when you want to explore without losing what you have

When you're deep into a concept and want to take it in a different direction - a different audience, a different format, a different market - don't start a new chat and rebuild your context from scratch.

Fork the prompt instead.

1. Hover over the message
2. Tap the refresh icon that appears
3. Tap Fork
4. Go to the new tab that opens

This is also useful when you want to compare two creative approaches before committing to one. Run both in parallel, see what lands, and keep whichever works.

7. Edit the prompt, not the whole chat

If something went wrong early in a conversation, you don't need to start over. Go back to the message where things went off track, edit it, and everything downstream regenerates automatically from that point.

The further back the mistake, the more time this saves you.

1. Hover over the message
2. Tap the refresh icon that appears
3. Tap Revert
4. Go to the new tab that opens