When it comes to communicating and sending messages to the chatbox inside Horizons, there are some specific communication practices which can generate better results with your tool 🚀
Avoid sending large prompt messages to Horizons requesting multiple changes at once, as this stops the tool from the best performance.
1. Keep prompts focused and concise
Avoid sending large, multi-part prompts that request several changes at once. This can reduce Horizons’s accuracy and efficiency.
Instead, start with a clear, high-level first message describing what you want to create.
Then, iterate step-by-step — send follow-up messages for one specific action or improvement at a time.
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The first message is more high-level and includes what exactly you want to create. It should be around 2 to 5 sentences. Example: “Create a landing page for a fitness app with a hero section and signup form.”
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The second, third, and next messages should be for iterating your web application by one action at a time. Example: “Add a pricing section with three tiers”
Limiting each prompt to 2–5 actionable sentences helps Horizons perform optimally.
2. Use direct, actionable feedback
Don’t communicate with the Horizons chatbox as you would communicate with someone from our support or via usual text messages, avoid messages such as “I don’t like the result” or “It’s giving errors” and instead request a specific action “Fix this [specific situation]”.
Example: “Center the signup button in the hero section.”
This helps Horizons understand your intent and produce the correct adjustments.
3. Leverage visuals and AI-generated text
- Horizons performs even better when prompts are generated or refined with the help of Kodee or using AI generated text, like Gemini or ChatGPT).
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You can also speak to Horizons and upload images—for example, provide a sketch of your app or a screenshot of something to fix.
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If you face challenges, take a screenshot of the situation you face and send it in Horizons chat asking for a fix so that the AI itself would fix the issue
4. Use “Revert to this message” when errors appear
In general, if you face errors, the best practice to fix errors is to click on “Revert to this message” button to the message in prior to the one you started facing errors 💡
The more times you requested Horizons to fix the errors, the more it may have created additional errors inside the tool. That’s why the best practice is to revert to the initial message before the error stated to happen.
5. Keep learning
For a full walkthrough of effective prompting techniques, watch the tutorial video linked below.
By applying these practices, you’ll create your web applications faster and with fewer issues — and make the most out of Hostinger Horizons 🚀