Multiple Actions in a Sequence (First A, Then B, Finally C)

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Hello, Im trying to squeeze a few different tasks into my Pickaxe, :cowboy_hat_face:

I want to;

  1. Request a simple short story (from ChatGPT)
  2. Request generation of a related image (Native image generation/dalle-e action/Activepieces webhook)
  3. Render into a PDF

I know im asking alot from my pickaxe, but does anyone have any advice for multitasking bots like this?

Is better to do all of this externally (Make/Zapier/Activepieces) and then return a more polished result to Pickaxe?

What have you done to make you Pickaxe productive without confusing it? Or a more skillful question might be: how can I simply it? :sweat_smile:

Thanks so much

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Hi @fluent_friends,

It depends on how you want the pdf to look like. If you are just happy with HTML rendered as PDF, you can create a pickaxe form asking for the theme of the story. Then connect two actions: Dalle and PDF (if you use the standard image generation option, you might get an error when trying to create the pdf @admin_mike)

The result is something like this:

image
image729Ă—377 43.3 KB

image
image719Ă—723 71.4 KB

If you want more complex PDF’s with dynamic field check this post:

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@ab2308 Hey, thanks so much for your detailed reply, you’ve given me alot to consider and try. Im going to dive back into it tomorrow.

And I am absolutely wanting to explore dynamic fields for PDF. I never even considered sending them a finalised email rather than trying to deliver it all back to the pickaxe. I was trying to complete the loop…This takes away a big challenge and opens up possibilities.

But my main problem has been that my pickaxe gets very confused when I add more than one action or event for it to process. Providing instruction on the sequence of these events isn’t working too well for me. So im just wondering about best practices.

In theory it should all work, but AI is a little more unpredictable, at least for me.

Thanks so much!

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Hi there Tom from MySpace!

This sorta new territory, so there’s not established best practices. Leaning on Make.com is definitely smart. You have more control there in some ways.

You could also lean on Pickaxe. Here’s my tips for how you would do this in Pickaxe.

  • In your prompt, use a structure that explicitly lays out a step-by-step process.
  • Write really clear, step by step instructions in the prompt.
  • Explain in each step, very explicitly, which action you want it to call and how.
  • In the prompt, use the action’s name. For example, you’d say “Step 3: Use the Generate DALL·E 3 Image action to make an image related to the story”.

Hopefully that helps!

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Hey Mike, yes it looks like you havnt logged into your myspace account for over 12 months, everything ok?. :sweat_smile:

Anyway… yes that’s very helpful… I have a tendency to try and reason and argue with the AI and make tiny changes towards an outcome, but I think my prompting needs a complete structure overhaul. Thanks for your advice!

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Feel free to shoot your tool over to support@pickaxeproject.com and I can take a look at the prompt.

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