AI chat gets most requests right, but not every single time. When a result isn’t what you expected, it’s rarely worth starting over from scratch – a small adjustment usually gets you there.
Common reasons a result misses
- The prompt was vague. “Make it better” leaves a lot open to interpretation. See Write prompts that get the screen you want.
- The prompt asked for conflicting things. Requests that pull in two directions at once – for example, describing a layout and then asking for something that contradicts it – tend to produce a compromise instead of either.
How to recover
1. Undo, then try again
If the result isn’t usable at all, undo it and re-prompt with more detail. See Undo an AI change you don’t want.
2. Or just describe the correction
If the result is close, a short follow-up prompt describing exactly what’s wrong is usually faster than starting over – “the button is too small” or “wrong image” works fine.
3. Or switch to manual editing for fine detail
For small, precise adjustments – exact spacing, a specific pixel-level tweak – hand-editing is often faster and more reliable than describing it in words. See Edit screens and components by hand.