Briefly

A complete product design for an AI workspace that turns scattered inputs into structured briefs.

Year
2025
Services
Web App
UX/UI Design
Design System
Industry
SaaS
Briefly dashboard on a desktop monitor showing the brief prompt, recent briefs with status and source counts, folder sidebar and remaining plan credits
Briefly Templates screen showing predefined brief layouts with section counts and Use template buttons
Briefly home screen showing the Upload documents, Create brief, Browse templates and Import from URL shortcuts
Briefly recent briefs list with the Q2 Marketing Campaign, Product Launch and Sales Enablement briefs and their last-updated times
Briefly Templates screen describing three predefined layouts that shape how a brief is structured
Briefly sidebar showing Briefs, Documents, Templates, AI Persona and Trash above the Marketing, Product, Sales, Strategy and Archive folders
Briefly dashboard showing completed and in-progress status tags beside each recent brief
Briefly Standard template card showing a five-section layout suited to most client briefs
Briefly Pro Plan panel showing 24 of 50 monthly brief credits used and the renewal date
Briefly home screen with brief counts shown beside the Marketing, Product, Sales, Strategy and Archive folders
Briefly template card with Preview and Use template actions
Briefly brief prompt with attachment icons for adding source files before generating a brief
Briefly recent briefs showing how many sources each brief was built from
Briefly Templates screen showing an eight-section brief layout option
Briefly dashboard with the AI model selector sitting beside the brief prompt
Briefly home screen listing the Market Research and Competitor Analysis briefs under recent work
The Briefly Templates library open in the workspace, with layout previews and section counts
The Briefly brief workspace open on a desktop monitor, with search, folders and recent briefs in one view

Turning Scattered Inputs Into Briefs Teams Can Act On

The Challenge

  1. Teams wrote every brief from scratch in docs, chat threads, and notes apps.

  2. No two briefs were structured the same way, so nothing was comparable.

  3. Source material lived in five places and rarely travelled with the brief.

  4. Generic AI output still had to be rewritten to sound like the team.

  5. Reviewers could not tell what had already been decided.

  6. Tone changed with whoever was writing — there was no shared voice.

  7. Finished briefs were hard to find again once the thread moved on.

  8. Credits, plans, and settings had to stay out of the writing flow.

The Solution

The core challenge was making a brief feel finished in minutes without taking the judgement away from the person writing it. We designed one guided flow — choose an input, pick a tone and layout, then refine the draft section by section — wrapped in a searchable library, reusable templates, and AI personas that keep every brief sounding like the team behind it.

50+

Screens designed

4-step

Input to finished brief

A–Z

End-to-end UX & UI

A design system built for clarity and speed

A single Inter type ramp, a restrained navy-and-grey palette with one purple accent, and a warm brand gradient held back for primary actions — plus reusable cards, tables, and modals so every screen was assembled rather than redrawn.

Briefly design system sheet showing the Inter and JetBrains Mono type ramp beside the purple, navy, gradient, soft purple and white colour palette

An overview screen that opens on the work

The home screen leads with one prompt — what would you like to brief today — then lists recent briefs with their status, source count, and last update, next to the credits left in the cycle. Folders, documents, and templates stay one click away in the sidebar.

Briefly home screen on a desktop monitor with the brief prompt, upload and template shortcuts, and recent briefs listed by status and source count

From raw input to a written brief

Upload a document, paste your notes, or import from a URL, then choose a tone and layout. Briefly drafts the brief section by section, showing each part as it lands so the process never feels like a black box.

Briefly new-brief flow at step one, choose input, with a file drop zone and uploaded PDF, XLSX and DOCX source files
Briefly step two, tone and template, with Creative and Corporate tone cards and Standard and Executive layout options
Briefly generating a brief section by section, showing drafting progress at section three of five with finished sections above

Every brief in one searchable library

Briefs sit in folders with status, owner, and source count visible at a glance, and an AI summary is one click away when someone only needs the short version.

Briefly brief library on a desktop monitor showing generated briefs as cards with folder tags, page counts and the AI Summarizer bar

Source files that stay with the brief

Every document a brief was built from stays attached, searchable, and filterable by type, so nobody digs through chat threads to find the original.

Briefly Documents screen listing exported briefs with PDF and DOCX filters, file sizes and export dates

Templates that decide the structure

Three layouts — standard, executive, and detailed — shape how Briefly organises the output, from a five-section client brief to an eight-section RFP with appendices.

Briefly Templates screen comparing the Standard, Executive and detailed brief layouts with their section counts

Personas that set the voice

Agency creative, corporate professional, or technical RFP: each persona changes how the AI writes, so briefs sound like the team instead of a generic model.

Briefly AI Persona screen listing the Agency Creative, Corporate Professional and Technical RFP writing personas

Deletes that are safe to make

Deleted briefs and documents wait 30 days in Trash with a live countdown and one-click restore, so tidying up never costs anyone their work.

Briefly Trash screen showing deleted briefs and documents with days-left countdowns and one-click restore

Plans and credits that stay out of the way

Fifty brief credits a month with usage tracked across the cycle, and billing details kept in the same shell as the rest of the product.

Briefly Plan and Billing screen showing the Pro plan, credits used this cycle and the saved payment method
Briefly Change plan screen comparing the Free and Pro tiers with monthly and annual pricing and included features
Briefly Profile screen with profile photo upload, name and email fields and account security settings