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Things to remember as you start creating your own instructions.

Best practices & resources

Things to remember as you start creating your own instructions.

You've learned how skills and rules work, seen how to create and manage them in Webflow, and watched an agent put them to use. Now, let's review some best practices as you get started with your own instructions.

Before, during, and after using Agent Instructions

Before you start

  • Start with one repeated problem or decision you want the agent to handle better. That's usually a good candidate for an instruction.
  • If your site already has components and variables, reference them directly instead of describing them in text.
  • Not sure where to begin? Autogenerate a skill from your site, then add any team context or decisions the site can't show on its own.

While you're working

  • At the start of a relevant session, ask the agent to read your Agent Instructions: "Before we start, please read my Agent Instructions for this site."
  • When the agent makes a choice you wouldn't have made, treat it as feedback. If it keeps happening, add or refine an instruction.
  • Make those updates while the context is still fresh.

After a build or project handoff

  • For a single handoff, export your instructions as a ZIP file for your teammate or client.
  • Managing several sites for the same team or client? Consider moving shared guidance into a Shared Library.
  • Update your instructions when your design system, content structure, or brand standards change. Stale guidance can mislead an agent just like outdated documentation can mislead a new teammate.

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Intro

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Background & preview 3:00

Background & preview

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Skills and rules

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Plan your Agent Instructions 4:30

Plan your Agent Instructions

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Create & manage Agent Instructions 4:49

Create & manage Agent Instructions

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Working with your agent

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Agent Instructions in action 3:39

Agent Instructions in action

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Write instructions that work 4:30

Write instructions that work

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Share your instructions

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Share instructions with Libraries 3:30

Share instructions with Libraries

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Wrap-up

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Best practices & resources 2:00

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