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Requesting a change without having to explain everything again

You'll come away knowing how to write a revision request that points to the exact change, without forcing the AI to redo what was already working.

By Yodai · Published on September 5, 2026 · Updated on October 12, 2026

4 min read

You asked the AI to change the color of your booking button. When you checked the site again, the button looked right, but the homepage text was different, the photo had switched spots, and the hours you'd fixed last week were wrong again. No one touched any of that on purpose. You didn't ask for it to be touched, either.

This happens when the revision you write doesn't just say what needs to change, but retells the whole business from scratch. And as soon as you retell it from scratch, the AI can go back and rethink things that were already decided.

Why things that already worked get redone

The first time you described your business, the AI made hundreds of small decisions: what comes first, which words to use, which photo illustrates which service, where the page breathes and where it doesn't. You don't see those decisions written down anywhere except in the website itself. They're just there, already made.

If your revision describes the business again, even just for context, the AI has no way of knowing that was context and not an instruction. It reads it as new material to work with, and wherever your new sentence brushes up against an old decision, the new sentence usually wins. That's not a glitch on its part: it's literally what you just asked for, without meaning to.

The phrasing that actually works

The trick is pointing, not explaining. Instead of "we're a neighborhood plant shop, change the hours to...", just name the exact part and say what changes in it. And if you add that everything else should stay as is, whatever you don't name is far less likely to move.

This works the same whether the change is a price, a photo, or a line on your homepage. Just the name of the part and the change you want, nothing else.

How to write your revision request
Where it says "Hours: Mon-Fri 9am to 7pm," change the hours to "Mon-Sat 10am to 8pm." Leave everything else the same.
Four steps to request a change without losing what already worked
  1. 1Find the exact spot
    Open your site and look for the piece by what it says, not where you think it is: "where it says Book Now," not "the second block."
  2. 2Say what changes there
    One sentence, the specific change. Don't retell what your business is about, it already knows that.
  3. 3End with "leave everything else the same"
    This line makes it clear you want a tweak, not a rebuild.
  4. 4One change, one request
    Send the revision, check the result, and if you have another change pending, send it separately.
The costly mistake: cramming three changes into one long sentence
"Change the color to green, add more text about our experience, and remove the testimonials section since we don't actually have any" sounds like one request, but it's really three, and the AI can mix up which goes with which or think the overall tone needs to change. The result is often a different website than the one you asked for. It's cheaper, time-wise, to send each change separately and check the result before the next one.
Point or retell
Pointing to the exact part
  • Mostly, what you name is what changes
  • Everything else is far less likely to move
  • A short revision is easy to check
Retelling the whole business
  • Good for starting a new version from scratch
  • The AI decides everything again, including what you already liked
  • Takes as long as the first time

Which one to pick: Point to the exact part almost every time. Only retell the whole business when you really want to scrap the current version and start over.

What you'll walk away with
  • You know how to find the exact part of your site by pointing to what it says, not where you think it is
  • You write your revision pointing to the change, without retelling the whole business
  • You end every request with "leave everything else the same"
  • You send one change at a time, not several mixed into a single sentence

Yodai builds the site from what you tell it, with a store, bookings or quote requests depending on what you do. See what the website for your business looks like.

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