Create a campaign

Two ways to launch a bulk run in Open Free Max — the guided 3-step Assistant or the Advanced composer — plus editing a campaign later.

There are two ways to create a campaign, plus full editing afterwards. The first time you open an empty Plan tab, a short onboarding screen explains the idea and points you to the Start with the Assistant button — that’s the recommended path.

The Assistant (guided, 3 steps)

Best when you start from a brief file.

1. Brief — pick the project (working directory, optional: without one the brief’s folder is used) and your brief file. Four ways to get one:
   • Browse… to select an existing brief;
   • Download template for a starter you fill in — it comes in the IDE language (English, French or Spanish);
   • My templates — your personal library: pick a saved template and Use it (copied into the project, ready to adjust), edit it in place (pencil) or delete it. Save the current brief into the library with Save this brief as a template;
   • Generate the brief with AI — describe the repetitive job in plain words, pick the CLI, and an interactive session (on your subscription) writes a conforming brief; the path fills in automatically when the file is ready.
2. Verify the split — Plan parses the brief and shows the detected units (one per ## section), the config it read (CLI, agent/skill, output, done-mode), how many are already done, and the resolved output path per unit so you can confirm where results will land.
3. Agents — confirm how many agents to run in parallel (capped by the global pool). An Advanced settings panel lets you override the prompt, provider, agent, skill and output before launching. Create campaign.

The Advanced composer

Best when you don’t have a brief or want to define everything by hand. Two tabs:

• Prompt — campaign name, CLI (with its A/B driver level), agent, skill, and the full prompt template (large editor).
• Settings — project, source (glob / range / file / brief), output convention (folder, name, done-mode), priority, max sessions, max attempts. A Preview button counts the units before you commit.

Editing a campaign

Click any campaign card (outside its buttons) to re-open the Advanced popup pre-filled with everything — including the prompt — and Save your changes. This is how you inspect the exact prompt a campaign uses, or correct it.

Retry & re-read

Retry failed clears the quarantine so failed units are picked up again. For a brief-based campaign it also re-reads the brief, so edits to the brief’s prompt or output take effect on the rerun.

Two switches

• Pause a single campaign (its status → paused) without stopping the rest.
• Pause engine (engine strip) stops all scheduling; kill-switch (guardrails) stops auto-injection — independently.