Tutorial: Customize a Starter Workflow in PromptPlan

Goal

Start from a built-in workflow instead of building from scratch.

This tutorial uses the Article Repurposer starter workflow, but the same process works for the other starters too.

Step 1: Install the starter workflows

Open /workflows and click Install starter workflows.

This creates starter workflow copies in your own workspace.

Step 2: Open a starter workflow

Open Article Repurposer and review:

• the workflow inputs
• the ordered steps
• the run history area

Look for the overall pattern:

1. summarize
2. extract
3. generate
4. export

Step 3: Decide whether to edit, duplicate, or fork

Use:

• Edit if this is already your workspace copy and you want to evolve it directly
• Duplicate if you want a variation without touching the original
• Fork when you are adapting a workflow that came from another accessible source

Step 4: Make the workflow more specific

Change one thing in each category:

• add or tighten an input
• rewrite one prompt template
• pin one model only if a specific step needs it

Examples:

• change audience to match your real target reader
• add stricter formatting instructions to the export step
• make the LinkedIn step less generic and more opinionated

Step 5: Run and inspect

Run the workflow with a real source article.

Then inspect:

• whether the key points are too broad
• whether the social ideas feel repetitive
• whether the export step is packaging the outputs cleanly

Step 6: Rerun only the weak step

If one step is weak:

1. open that step
2. adjust the prompt template
3. click Rerun step

This is the fastest path to improvement because earlier good steps stay intact.

Step 7: Save your own versioning pattern

A practical naming pattern is:

• Article Repurposer
• Article Repurposer (Copy)
• Article Repurposer - B2B
• Article Repurposer - Founder voice

This makes it obvious which version serves which use case.

What good customization looks like

A good customized starter workflow is:

• more specific than the original
• still easy to inspect
• still linear
• tuned for one repeatable job

If the workflow becomes too general again, split the use cases into separate workflow copies.