One wrong detail can send an entire AI conversation off course.
OGAD (Off Grid AI Desktop) lets you edit an earlier message and generate again from that point. Correct the budget, audience or requirement while keeping the conversation before the edit. The later turns are replaced, so save any material from that later section that you still need.
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Correct the cause of the wrong answer
Suppose you asked for a three-day plan, then realized you only have two days. You can send a new follow-up, but editing the original request is useful when you want the subsequent answer rebuilt from the corrected premise.
Change the actual requirement rather than adding more instructions around the mistake:
Plan a two-day visit, with one indoor alternative each day. Keep travel between stops short. Do not include activities that require a third day.
This makes the new starting point clear. It does not guarantee the model will satisfy every constraint, so check the regenerated answer.
Know what the edit changes
The edit keeps the messages before the selected turn. It replaces that turn’s text, removes later conversation turns and runs the request again. It is not a new branch that preserves every later answer beside the old version.
If the later discussion contains useful notes, copy them somewhere safe before editing. Also remember that changing chat history does not undo an external action that a tool may already have performed.
Use a follow-up instead when you want to preserve the full visible discussion and simply add new information.
Edit and submit the corrected prompt
- Open the conversation in OGAD Chat.
- Find the earlier message you want to correct.
- Open its message actions and choose Edit.
- Change the text and review the complete revised request.
- Select Save & submit.
- Read the new answer and check the corrected requirement first.
Original attachments remain associated with the edited turn in the checked workflow. If the task actually needs a different source file, do not assume changing the words replaces that attachment.
This is part of the free local chat workflow. For offline generation, select a downloaded local model. A remote model or an online tool still has its own connection requirements.
Make a useful correction specific
| Problem in the original prompt | Better correction |
|---|---|
| Wrong audience | State who will read the answer and what they know |
| Wrong length | Give the required format and practical limit |
| Wrong input assumption | Replace it with the verified fact |
| Missing constraint | Add the constraint where it affects the task |
Keep the parts that worked. Rewriting everything at once makes it harder to tell whether the correction solved the actual problem.
After the new response, ask one focused follow-up if needed. For example: “Check this answer against the two-day limit and identify any remaining conflict.” The model’s check is useful, but you should still read the plan yourself.
Use the right recovery path
Editing helps with a wrong premise. It will not repair a missing model, an unreadable file or an unsupported image input. Fix those inputs first, then generate the answer again.
The behavior described here is in OGAD 0.0.51. The key consequence is that later turns are removed from this conversation path, so review what you want to retain before saving.
Try a correction whose effect is easy to see
Imagine a first prompt says, “Write a launch email. The product goes live on Tuesday.” You then learn that the launch date is not confirmed. A later instruction to “be more careful” leaves the original false date in the conversation. Edit the earlier message to say:
Write a launch announcement draft. The launch date is not confirmed. Use [launch date] as a visible placeholder. Do not imply that the product is already available.
Save any useful later text first, then use Save & submit. Check the new draft for three things: the placeholder is present, Tuesday is gone, and the wording does not imply an immediate launch.
If the draft still gives a date, stop polishing its style. Correct the factual failure first. A more elegant version of a wrong announcement is not ready to send.
When is a follow-up the better choice?
Use a follow-up for a new fact that became true later: “The launch is now confirmed for Thursday.” That keeps the historical discussion visible. Use an edit when the original input was wrong and you want the continuation rebuilt from the right starting point.
For two versions you want to compare, save the first version outside the section that the edit will replace. This workflow does not provide a permanent side-by-side branch. Also inspect retained attachments: changing “use the revised brief” in text does not itself upload a revised brief.
Fix one prompt at its source
Download OGAD, open a short local chat and try correcting an earlier requirement. Save useful later text first, then edit and submit. Build the next answer from the facts you intended to give.