Response styles

Your prompt says what you want. A response style says how you want it written: how long, in what structure, in what tone, and what to leave out. Write the style once, and every reply you ask for in that style comes back in the same shape, whichever model answers.

app.stickyprompts.com 1 Style in use 2 A number in every bullet 3 One next step

Above, the custom style Board-ready (1) turned a paragraph of raw figures into a leadership update: one sentence with the answer, five bullets that each carry a number (2), and a single recommended next step (3). The prompt only gave the facts; the style did the formatting.

The built-in styles

Every account has two built-in styles. New accounts start with Prompty.

Style	In the style picker	Its instructions
Prompty	“Prompty” gives concise, to-the-point answers.	“Return the answer only. Do not comment.”
Chatty	“Chatty” provides more conversational and detailed responses.	“Always ask a follow-up question.”

Built-in styles can’t be edited. To change one, copy it into a style of your own (see below).

Choose a style in a chat

1. Open the style picker

   In the composer, select Style (1). A list headed RESPONSE STYLE opens, with the current style’s name on the right and a search box, Search styles…, for when the list gets long. Styles are grouped into MY STYLES (2), your own; WORKSPACE (3), the ones shared with everyone in the workspace; and BUILT-IN, Prompty and Chatty. Each shows its description, and the current style has a filled radio button (4).

   app.stickyprompts.com 1 Open the picker 2 Your own styles 3 Shared with the workspace 4 Current style

2. Pick a style

   Select a style. StickyPrompts confirms with “Response Style changed”, and the replies that follow use it. To write a new one without leaving the chat, the picker has + Create new response style at the bottom.

3. Change it whenever you like

   The chat header shows the style in use, next to the model. You can switch style in the middle of a chat: the new style applies to the replies after the change, not to the ones already written.

A style works with any model. Keep Board-ready and switch from Claude Opus 5.5 to GPT-6 Sol, and you still get the same shape of answer. See Choosing a model.

Create your own style

1. Open Settings > Response Styles

   Open settings from the user menu at the bottom of the left sidebar and choose Response Styles. The page reads “Manage how the AI shapes its replies. Create custom styles for your account.”

2. Select Create response style

   The Create response style dialog asks for three things, and who can use the style.

   app.stickyprompts.com 1 What you'll pick 2 How to write 3 Shown in the picker 4 Who can use it

   • Name (1): short and recognisable, for example Friendly expert or Board-ready.
   • Instructions (2): how the AI should respond - tone, structure, vocabulary, formatting preferences and things to avoid.
   • Description (3): a short summary of what the style is for. It appears under the style’s name in the composer’s picker and in your list of styles.
   • Visibility (4): Only me keeps the style private to your account. Whole workspace shares it: every workspace member can use it.
3. Select Create

   StickyPrompts confirms with “Response style created - Pick it from the style menu in any chat.” A private style appears under MY STYLES in the picker; a shared one under WORKSPACE, for everyone in the workspace.

These are the instructions behind Board-ready from the example at the top of this page:

Lead with the answer in one sentence. Then no more than five bullet
points, each with a number in it. British spelling. No jargon, no
exclamation marks, no emojis. Finish with one recommended next step.

Its description is “Short, numbers-first answers for leadership updates.”

Start from a built-in style

Each built-in style has a copy icon, Copy to new style. It opens Copy response style with the built-in’s name and instructions already filled in. Rename it, adjust the instructions, add a description and select Copy to save it as your own. This is the quickest way to get “Prompty, but in British English” or “Chatty, but never more than 150 words”.

Edit or delete a style

app.stickyprompts.com/settings#response-styles 1 Add a style 2 Edit or delete 3 Shared style 4 Copy a built-in

Settings > Response Styles lists your styles in three sections: MY STYLES, WORKSPACE STYLES, whose styles carry a WORKSPACE badge (3), and BUILT-IN. Custom styles show two icons (2): the pencil, Edit style, opens Edit response style, where you change the name, instructions or description and select Save; the bin, Delete style, removes it. Built-in styles only have the copy icon (4).

Where your style comes from

• New chats start with your Preferred AI style. Set it in Preferences, for example to make Board-ready your everyday default.
• Saved prompts can carry their own response style. When you start a chat from that prompt, its style is applied. See Prompt library.
• The public demo (logged out) offers Prompty only.

Personal and workspace styles

• Personal styles (Visibility Only me) are private to your account. They appear under MY STYLES, in your composer only.
• Workspace styles (Visibility Whole workspace) are shared: every workspace member can pick them from WORKSPACE in the style picker. Workspace admins can also add and manage them on the Workspace page, under AI Behaviour. See AI behaviour.

The demo workspace shares Customer reply (“Replies to customers, signed by the Northwind team.”), so every reply to a customer has the same shape and sign-off, whoever writes it:

Answer the customer's question in the first sentence. Then at most
three short paragraphs. Friendly and plain, no internal jargon or
ticket codes. If we got something wrong, say sorry once. Sign off as
"The Northwind team".

A style shapes how the answer is written. To give the AI facts about you, your company or a client, use snippets: you can switch several on alongside your style.

Writing styles that work

• Be specific and testable. “Keep it short” is vague; “no more than five bullet points” is not. Word limits, a fixed structure, spelling conventions and a list of things to avoid all give the model something it can follow every time.
• Put the what in the prompt and the how in the style. The facts, the audience and the task belong in your message. The shape, length and voice belong in the style, so one style serves hundreds of different prompts.
• Say what to leave out. Lines like “no emojis”, “no exclamation marks” or “don’t repeat the question” often do more than a paragraph of positive advice.
• Test it on a real request. Run one of your usual prompts with the new style, read the answer as your reader would, then tighten the instructions.

A style can also set a voice or persona rather than a format. Some ideas:

Style	Instructions might say
Brand voice	Write as Northwind: warm, direct, confident. Short sentences. Use “we”, never “the company”.
Friendly expert	Explain like a patient senior colleague. Answer first, then one example. No jargon without a one-line explanation.
Plain English for customers	Write for a customer with no technical background. Everyday words, short paragraphs, one clear next step.

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