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Chapter 3 — Lvl 1-2 Variants

Once a workflow has shipped (it's at V1), you'll often want a variation of it — same structure, different dialogue. Same composition, different wardrobe. These are Lvl 1 and Lvl 2 variants: low-risk, auto-approved.

What you'll learn

  • What a variant is and why we make them
  • The four variant levels at a glance (you'll do Lvl 1 and 2 in this chapter; Lvl 3-4 come in Chapter 5)
  • How to ask Claude to make a Lvl 1 dialogue swap
  • How to ask Claude to make a Lvl 2 wardrobe / styling change
  • How surgical edits differ from a variant (a one-line fix doesn't need a full variant)
  • How to translate a workflow to another language
  • How to adapt an existing script (someone else's hook, your structure)
  • The version-naming rules for Lvl 1 and Lvl 2 (decimal bumps, auto-approved)
  • Where the new files end up and what the version registry looks like

Before this chapter

Read Chapter 2 — Generate a Workflow. You need to have run a workflow before creating variants of one.

Sections

  1. Variants and versioning — concept intro + the 4 levels + version system
  2. Lvl 1: dialogue swap — the lightest variant
  3. Lvl 2: wardrobe / styling change — Lvl 1 + visual tweaks
  4. Surgical edits — targeted single-point fixes (lighter than a variant)
  5. Translating a workflow — Script Writer Mode 2
  6. Adapting an existing script — Script Writer Mode 1

When you're ready

→ Next: Chapter 4 — Quality, Testing & Prompt Tuning. Before tackling Lvl 3-4 variants (which need testing), learn how to judge a generation, what AI tells to watch for, and how the prompt-tuning skill works.