How to send a long brief in parts and control when it starts
Tell Vizard Agent you are sending several blocks, that it should store them and execute nothing, and exactly what to reply. It holds each one, confirms receipt, and starts only when you release it. You can release one phase at a time, asking for the plan before anything is rendered.
What do you type into Vizard Agent?
Put the protocol in the first message, before any content. The instruction has to arrive before the thing it governs, or the first block is already being worked on by the time you explain that it should not have been. Number the blocks so Vizard Agent knows when you are done, and name a short reply so it cannot start work inside its answer.
Prompt
What does Vizard Agent actually do?
A detailed brief does not fit in one message, and one long message is both the brief and the start signal. Separating the two lets you approve a plan before the expensive part, and lets acceptance criteria be written down before the work starts, so the review is a checklist rather than an argument. In the session behind this article it:
- Acknowledged each of four blocks for a job with a long-form master, a vertical cut and a trailer, and executed nothing.
- Ran only the first phase when the material arrived, and returned a plan for the next phase instead of a render.
- Built the master once the plan was approved, rendered the trailer, and checked frames from the trailer and the vertical cut.
- Checked the overlays, verified a badge did not touch the speaker's face, and rebuilt the badge without its black background.
- Ran the user's QA checklist, supplied in block four before any footage existed, against the final render: music against speech, zoom stability, captions at three points and the logo at native resolution.
- Calculated the chapters against the render's own timings, verified three by hand and corrected one, then published every deliverable.
When does this not work well?
The protocol is overhead, and it only pays for itself on a job big enough to carry it, not on a thirty-second reel. Long briefs also disagree with themselves, coordinates need the framing they were measured in, and a brief with no room left has no room to be good. To change the plan mid-run, release a new block rather than editing an old one.
Common questions
Will it really wait? Yes, if you say so plainly. Vizard Agent acknowledges and holds.
Can I include a QA checklist? Yes. Vizard Agent runs it against the final render and reports.
What if two blocks conflict? Vizard Agent asks rather than picking. Long briefs contradict themselves often.