Advanced Use

A more in depth guide to using all of Deepwriter's features.

This Guide will walk you through all of the advanced features in the Deepwriter generation app.

Step 1: Start a New Project

1. Log in to your Deepwriter dashboard at deepwriter.com/dashboard

2. Click "New Project" in the top right corner

3. Give your project a name

Choose a descriptive project name – you can create multiple generations within each project to iterate on your work.

Step 2: API Key (Optional)

This step is usually skipped. However, if you provide your own OpenRouter API key, your account will only be charged at ½ page credits. For most users, however, this can be skipped.

Step 3: Enter Your Prompt

This is where you tell Deepwriter what to write, output or solve.

The prompts can be as simple as one or two sentences such as:

Write a report on the latest trends in NVDA and related.
Make it 65 pages with lots of up-to-date data analysis.

Or they can be up to 30k characters of complex instructions, or anything in between. Unlike Chatting with LLMs, agentic systems like Deepwriter fill in all that you omit but would otherwise be expected to complete the project you are prompting for. Adding more detail simply gives you more control, but it is not necessary either.

While Deepwriter will fill in whatever you omit, you can specify an absurd level of control if you desire. For example:

Use oversized 10"x12" paper. White text on very dark
green paper. Write a manifesto on your grand new 
vision for Agile SaaS: SaaS that can be fast and 
agile enough to adapt to the speed of AI where slow
growth can't pivot fast enough when whole industries
change overnight. Around 20 pages and concise. 

It is recommended to specify the number of pages or a range so that the output isn't an unexpected length and you can make the best of your page credits.

Prompts can include:

• Desired pages/words per page.

• Simple of complex descriptions of projects.

• Target audience.

• Tone and style.

• Key points to cover.

• Formatting options.

• The genre or type of work (Deepwriter can handle any).

• Instructions about including tables, charts, diagrams, etc.

• Instructions on what data sources to seek and explore online.

• You can even provide URLs and tell Deepwriter how to cite them.

• Deepwriter is purely agentic. You can ask it for any output up to 250 pages.

Step 4: Enter Outline Details (Optional)

1. After entering your prompt, you may optionally enter up to 60k characters of outlining materials.

2. These outline details do not have to be in any particular format. It will use what you have.

Tip: Deepwriter outlines in a hierarchy with major sections (E.G. Main Sections, Chapters, Acts, Parts) and minor sections primarily. "Micro-Sections" are smaller than "minor sections" and are typically under 1 page in length.

Generations may take anywhere from 15 minutes to multiple hours depending on length. Turning off Web Search will speed up Generations, but lose the "Deep Research" capabilities.

At this stage you either generate the entire work in one shot as you did in the Quick Guide or you can guide the agents in Step-By-Step Mode.

Both will end in your submitting your work for Deepwriter to complete.

Once complete, you'll receive and email with the following links. These are also available in the History:

• A PDF version of your document

• The LaTeX source files

• An overview of the writing process in the Overview.pdf file

• A link to easily edit the LaTeX in Overleaf
• Options to share your work

• Vital stats about the models used, total tokens and more.