> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://nmem.guoxudong.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Create a work brief

> Leave one concise source of truth that any connected AI can use to begin the task.

<div className="course-meta" aria-label="Lesson information">
  <span><Icon icon="book-open" /> AI Workflow · Lesson 1 / 5</span>
  <span><Icon icon="clock-3" /> \~5 min</span>
  <span><Icon icon="user-round" /> Intermediate</span>
</div>

Before two AI tools can continue the same work, they need a useful starting point. Create a short work brief that names the task, its constraints, and the next decision.

## What you'll accomplish

<Check>
  You'll save one work brief in Mem that gives a connected AI enough context to begin a specific task.
</Check>

## Watch how it's done

<iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/cTQKCl0BoKk?autoplay=0" title="Demo: create a work brief" allowfullscreen="true" />

## Your turn

Write the brief in Nowledge Mem with your own task. Each step describes the real app; to practise first, click **Start the simulation** and the popup window will show matching hints as you go.

<script src="/course-playground-guide.js?v=20" defer />

<div className="course-playground-workflow" data-course-playground-guide data-course-guide-scenario="save-ask" data-course-guide-current="1" data-course-playground-open="false" data-course-guide-replay-label="Practise again" data-course-guide-close-label="Close simulation" data-course-guide-mini-label="Playground" data-course-guide-hint-1="Write or fill your work brief here" data-course-guide-hint-2="Click Send to save the brief" data-course-guide-hint-3="Now ask Mem to find the brief" data-course-guide-hint-4="Click Send to ask" data-course-guide-hint-5="Answered — Mem found your brief" data-course-guide-fillable-1="Landing page work brief — Goal: prepare a six-section landing page for Atlas, a team planning product. Audience: operations leads at 20-100 person companies. Constraints: plain language, no unsupported claims, one clear call to action. Already decided: lead with less status chasing, then show the weekly planning flow. Next step: draft a six-section page outline." data-course-guide-fillable-3="What is the work brief for the Atlas landing page?" data-course-guide-fill-label="Fill the example" data-course-guide-done-message="Simulation complete — you can keep trying it in Nowledge Mem." data-course-guide-open-mem-label="Open Nowledge Mem" data-course-guide-confirm-label="Got it" data-course-guide-mem-url="https://mem.nowledge.co">
  <button type="button" className="course-playground-launch" data-course-guide-open aria-controls="course-playground-window-en" aria-expanded="false">
    <Icon icon="panel-right-open" /> <span data-course-guide-open-label>Start the simulation</span>
  </button>

  <Steps>
    <Step title="Choose one task that can move between tools">
      Pick work with a clear next step. For this course, use a product landing page rather than a large, open-ended project.
    </Step>

    <Step title="Write a brief in Timeline">
      <span className="course-playground-step-anchor" data-course-guide-source="1" aria-hidden="true" />

      <span className="course-playground-step-anchor" data-course-guide-source="2" aria-hidden="true" />

      Include the goal, constraints, decisions already made, and the immediate next step. Save this example as a memory, or adapt it to your task:

      ```text theme={null}
      Landing page work brief

      Goal: prepare a six-section landing page for Atlas, a team planning product.
      Audience: operations leads at 20–100 person companies.
      Constraints: plain language, no unsupported claims, and one clear call to action.
      Already decided: lead with less status chasing, then show the weekly planning flow.
      Next step: draft a six-section page outline.
      ```
    </Step>

    <Step title="Ask Mem to find it">
      <span className="course-playground-step-anchor" data-course-guide-source="3" aria-hidden="true" />

      <span className="course-playground-step-anchor" data-course-guide-source="4" aria-hidden="true" />

      In Timeline, ask:

      ```text theme={null}
      What is the work brief for the Atlas landing page?
      ```
    </Step>
  </Steps>

  <p className="course-playground-workflow-status" data-course-guide-ready>
    Start the simulation when you're ready. The Playground will open from the right.
  </p>

  <p className="course-playground-workflow-status course-playground-workflow-status-complete" data-course-guide-done role="status" hidden>
    Simulation complete. Now save your own work brief in Nowledge Mem and ask Mem to bring it back.
  </p>

  <div id="course-playground-window-en" className="course-playground-window" data-course-playground-window role="region" aria-label="Practise creating a work brief" aria-hidden="true">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="/playground.css" />

    <div data-mem-playground />

    <script src="/playground.js" defer />
  </div>
</div>

## What you should see

<Check>
  Mem finds the work brief and returns the task's goal, constraints, existing decision, and next step.
</Check>

## Why this matters

A work brief is not a transcript. It is the smallest durable context that lets a new session begin with the right boundaries. Keep it readable without the conversation that created it.

## Go deeper

Read [Memories](https://mem.nowledge.co/docs/memories) in the Nowledge Mem Docs for guidance on saving durable context.

## Next lesson

<Card title="Start with your first AI" horizontal href="/ai-workflow/start-with-your-first-ai">Use a connected AI to make the first useful pass from the work brief.</Card>
