Story
When my ask is short and I don't know what else to say, I want the AI to suggest a fuller ask that I can see and undo, so I get a better result without losing my own words.
Mei, who runs a small cake shop in Penang, making a window poster on her tablet.
- 01 Setting
Mei types a short ask: "Poster for my cake shop".
- 02 Trigger
She doesn't know what else to say, so she taps Enhance.
- 03 Without it
The tool rewrites her ask in secret. The poster comes back neon, at night, and she can't see why.
- 04 With it
The fuller ask appears in her box, with the added words marked and an Undo.
- 05 Outcome
She keeps the strawberry cakes and the morning light. The poster works first time.
Live demo
This demo follows a script, so it plays the same every time - there is no real AI behind it. Change a setting to see the same moment play out differently.
What happens, step by step
| State | The person sees | The AI is | When | Screen reader |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her own words in the box, with Enhance and Generate below. | Idle. | 0 s | - |
| 2 | "Improving your prompt" in the box. Nothing is generated yet. | Rewrites the ask. | on tap, about 1 s | “Improving your prompt” |
| 3 | The fuller ask replaces hers in the box. Added words are underlined. "Enhanced · 2 additions" and Undo sit below. | Idle - waits for her. | - | “Prompt enhanced. 2 additions” |
| 4 | She edits it, keeps it, or taps Undo and sees "Back to your words". | Idle. | on tap | “"Back to your prompt" after Undo” |
| 5 | She taps Generate. The ask on screen is the ask that is used. | Generates. | on tap | “Generating an image” |
| 6 | The poster, with a line saying what it was made from: "Made from the enhanced prompt". | Idle. | when done | “Image ready” |
On each device
- phone
- Enhance sits in the tool row of the box. The rewrite fills the box and grows it. Undo sits right under the text, by the thumb.
- tablet
- As on the phone. In landscape there is room to show the original above the rewrite.
- desktop
- As on the phone, with room for a "Show original" link beside Undo, so people can compare before they choose.
When to use it
- Short asks give weak results and people don't know what to add - common for images and video.
- A fuller ask works better, and seeing it teaches people to write better asks.
- People can check the rewrite quickly, before anything runs or costs credits.
- The AI needs a few exact values. Ask for them with fields instead of guessing them. Use Structured prompt instead.
- The exact words matter, like a quote, a name or a line of code. A rewrite can break them.
- People want to change the result, not the ask - shorter, warmer, more formal. Use Adjust length and tone instead.
The parts of the pattern
- AEnhance1 button in the box. It runs only when tapped, never in secret.
- BMarked additionsThe words the AI added are underlined, so people see what changed and what stayed.
- CWhat changed, and Undo"Enhanced · 2 additions" in 1 line. Undo brings back her exact words.
- DGenerateStill her tap. The rewrite never runs by itself.
Do and Avoid
A bright poster for my cake shop: 3 strawberry cakes, soft morning light
Enhanced · 2 additions · Undo
Generate
Poster for my cake shop
Enhance: always on
Result: neon sign, night street
Hers: Poster for my cake shop
Rewrite: poster for my cake shop, space at the top for the shop name
Hers: Poster for my cake shop
Rewrite: poster for my cake shop, 50% off all cakes this week
Writing and accessibility
- Name the button for what it does: "Enhance" or "Improve prompt". Not "Magic".
- Say what changed in 1 line: "Enhanced · 2 additions".
- Keep the person's words and their order. Add detail, but never new facts like prices, names or dates.
- Use the same plain name for the way back every time: "Undo" or "Show original".
- Announce "Improving your prompt" when it starts and "Prompt enhanced. 2 additions" when it ends.
- Mark added words with an underline as well as colour, and tell screen readers they are added text.
- Keep focus in the prompt box after the rewrite, so people can read and edit it with the keyboard.
- Undo is a real button, and the usual undo keys work too.
Seen in real products
- Adobe FireflyWeb · Nov 2026Prompt enhancement is on by default. After generating, "Show enhanced" shows the fuller prompt, which can be edited, and "Show original" shows the words as typed.Adobe Help: Enhance prompts to generate images (updated Aug 2026) ↗
- IdeogramWeb · Nov 2026Magic Prompt rewrites the prompt for more variety and detail, and can translate it into English. It starts on; people turn it off to keep their exact wording.Ideogram Docs: Magic prompt ↗
- Anthropic ConsoleWeb · Oct 2024The prompt improver rewrites a developer's prompt with clearer structure and examples. People then test it and give feedback to refine it.Claude blog: Prompt improver (14 Oct 2024) ↗
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