Section Prompts
Heading-level instructions that guide Autocomplete and AI Editing inside a specific section.
FAQ ↓Section Prompts let you attach writing notes to individual headings. Jenni uses those notes when Autocomplete or AI Editing runs inside the matching section, so suggestions follow the section’s purpose, argument, tone, and constraints.
When to Use Section Prompts
Use Section Prompts when different parts of the same document need different guidance:
- Tell the literature review which debate or gap to focus on
- Ask the methods section to keep a specific structure
- Set a tone for the discussion section
- Remind Jenni to use or avoid specific terms, claims, or sources
Section Prompts work with headings. If your document has no headings, add headings first.
Opening Section Prompts
Desktop
Click Prompts near the top-left of the editor. The panel lists your document headings. Click a heading to open its prompt field.
Mobile
When no text is selected, tap the Prompts button in the floating toolbar. Section Prompts open as a drawer.
Adding Guidance to a Section
- Open Prompts.
- Choose a heading.
- Add notes for that section, such as the argument, tone, constraints, or points to cover.
- Return to the editor and write inside that section.
Jenni saves the prompt with the heading. Prompts on parent headings also apply to nested subsections, so broad guidance can sit on an H1 or H2 while narrower instructions sit on child headings.
How Jenni Uses Section Prompts
Section Prompts guide:
- Autocomplete: Suggestions use prompts from the current heading and parent headings, ordered from broadest to narrowest.
- AI Editing: When selected text is inside a prompted section, the edit request includes that section guidance.
Section Prompts do not replace your custom AI Edit instruction. They add section context behind the scenes while your visible instruction still tells Jenni what transformation to perform.
Generating from a Section
In the Section Prompts panel, open a heading and click Generate. Jenni moves the cursor into that section and requests an Autocomplete suggestion using the section prompt.
If the section already has text, Jenni generates at the end of the section’s current paragraph. If the section is empty, Jenni creates a paragraph inside that heading before generating. On mobile, the drawer closes after generation starts.
Best Practices
- Use headings that describe the real structure of the paper.
- Keep prompts short: one to three sentences is usually enough.
- Put broad instructions on parent headings and specific instructions on child headings.
- Include constraints directly, such as “do not introduce new sources” or “focus on limitations of the sample.”
- Update prompts when the section’s purpose changes.
Troubleshooting
The Prompts button is not visible. Make sure the document is not empty. On mobile, the button appears when no text is selected.
No headings appear in the panel. Add headings to the document. Section Prompts attach to headings only.
Autocomplete is not following the prompt. Place your cursor inside the section that has the prompt, or click Generate from that section in the panel. Parent heading prompts apply to nested sections, but prompts from unrelated sections do not.
AI Editing is not following the prompt. Select text inside the prompted section before running AI Edit. Section Prompts are included as context, but your AI Edit command still controls the specific edit.