Generate → Write → Restore → Clear — MerchantDrafts Docs

Why These Actions Feel Similar

All four actions happen in the same review area, but they do different jobs.

Generate Content

Generate Content asks MerchantDrafts to create a fresh output package for the current product.

It runs AI generation.
On the first generation, text fields are typically auto-applied into the current editor session.
It updates the review panels so you can inspect content before saving the post.
It does not publish or permanently save the product by itself.

Write to Product

Write to Product is a re-apply action.

Use it after you edited or refined the generated output and want those current generated values pushed into the product editor fields again.
It writes the selected generated fields back into the current product editing surface.
It still does not save the product to the database until you click WordPress Update or Publish.

Restore

Restore is the one-step reversal for the latest apply.

It reverts the most recent apply snapshot.
Think of it as "undo the last write/apply".
It is narrower than Clear.
It is useful when the last re-apply was wrong and you want the immediately previous editor values back.

Clear

Clear resets the current MerchantDrafts session state.

It removes the current generated review data from the MerchantDrafts panels.
It clears ad-copy and Google Merchant Center review state tied to the current generated session.
It clears lifestyle draft input state for the current session.
It restores the product editor to the pre-generation session baseline when that baseline exists.

Think of Clear as "drop this current MerchantDrafts working session and go back to the baseline state".

The Safe Mental Model

Generate Content = create fresh output
Write to Product = push the current generated version into editor fields again
Restore = undo the latest apply
Clear = wipe the current MerchantDrafts session and return to the pre-generation baseline when available

Important Limitation

None of these buttons replaces the normal WordPress save step.

Your changes are only persisted after Update or Publish.