# General edits

> The main builder — any change to your site described in words, from a one-line tweak to a full redesign.

Source: https://knowledge.estage.com/capabilities/general-edit/
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The workhorse. Whenever you describe a change and no specialized tool claims it, the
**general edit** capability builds it: new sections, rewrites, layout changes, styling,
content. It's what handles most of your messages.

## How to trigger it

Just describe the change — no special syntax:

- *"add a testimonials section with three quotes"*
- *"make the hero darker and the headline bigger"*
- *"rewrite the about text in a friendlier tone"*
- *"redesign the whole page from scratch"*

## What it does

Genesis reads your wording to size the job:

| You say | It treats it as |
| --- | --- |
| *"redesign from scratch"*, *"start over"* | A **rebuild** — replans and regenerates the page |
| *"add…"*, *"create…"*, *"another…"*, *"one more…"* | A **new section** — builds it alongside what exists |
| *"change…"*, *"replace…"*, *"swap…"*, *"make X red"* | An **in-place edit** — modifies what's there, nothing duplicated |
| *"cleaner"*, *"simpler"*, *"less padding"* | A **refinement** — polish, no structural change |

Verbs matter: *"add a pricing section"* creates a second one even if a similar section exists;
*"replace the pricing section"* swaps the existing one.

## Selection makes it surgical

[Select an element](/visual-editor/) first and your message applies to exactly that element —
*"remove it"*, *"make this stand out"* — with no guessing about what "it" means. Selected
edits also skip the planning phase, so they're faster.

## Images

Describe an image and Genesis **generates** it (*"use a photo of a mountain lake at dawn"*).
If you explicitly want empty slots instead, say *"with placeholders"* — that turns image
generation off for the whole request.

## Notes

- Big requests show progress phases (planning, building, verifying) in chat.
- Every turn is revertable — see [Undo](/capabilities/undo/).