AddThisFeature

Quick Create

Create a common record from anywhere without leaving what you're doing.

moderate User Experience

What it adds

A compact creation surface, reachable from anywhere in the app, holding only the fields a record genuinely requires.

What your agent is told to do

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    Pick the record types users create most and include only their required fields. If the short form needs eight fields, that record does not belong here.

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    Filter the list of creatable types by the current user's permissions, evaluated on the server. A hidden menu item is not authorisation.

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    Prefill defaults from the current context — the workspace, project, or record being viewed — and never from a workspace the user has since left. Stale context leaks data across boundaries.

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    When validation needs a field the short form does not have, expand to the full form with everything the user already typed still in place. Losing their input is the fastest way to make them stop using this.

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    Return focus to whatever triggered the creation, and refresh the affected list in place rather than reloading the page.

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    Do not build a keyboard-driven command launcher here. Invocation by keystroke is owned by Command Palette; register this as an action there rather than building a second one.

Edge cases it handles

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  • Closing mid-entry must either warn or preserve a draft — silent discard of typed content is unacceptable.
  • A double submit must not create two records; disable and guard server-side with an idempotency key.
  • Creating from a filtered list may produce a record that does not match the filter — say so rather than appearing to create nothing.
  • A record type the user could create when the surface opened may be revoked before they submit; handle the rejection cleanly.
  • On mobile the surface must not be covered by the on-screen keyboard.
  • The created record must be reachable immediately — link to it, do not just close.

Definition of done

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  • The surface is reachable from every main screen.
  • Only record types the user may create are offered, enforced server-side.
  • Defaults come from live context and never from a stale or foreign workspace.
  • Escalating to the full form preserves all entered data.
  • The underlying list updates and focus returns to the trigger on success.
  • Duplicate submissions cannot create duplicate records.
  • The feature matches the existing design system.
  • No existing functionality is broken.

Related features

How it works

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    Copy the link

    Grab the Markdown instruction URL for this feature.

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    Give it to your AI

    Paste it into Claude Code, Cursor, v0, Lovable — whatever you build with.

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    It inspects, then implements

    Your agent reads your existing app first, then adds the feature to fit it.

Works with your stack

These instructions are written to adapt. They tell the agent to detect your framework, match your existing design system, and reuse what you already have — rather than assuming a particular stack.

Need it tighter than that? Customize the feature and tell it exactly what you're running.