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Step 1
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CLOSEDHOSTEDWRITING HELPDRAFTING TEXTGENERAL ASSISTANTEVERYDAY TASKS
RANKED #17 OF 267 ASSISTANTS · OVERALL #30 OF 6,566 · VIBE SCORE 7.0 · 1,319 VOICES
A text generation assistant built to help with everyday writing tasks and drafting.
HAPPY9.7
47 mentions
SAD5.3
11 mentions
VIBE TRAJECTORY
26 weeks · 977 voices
QUIETLY DEGRADING
Recent vibe and chatter are both sliding.
PREFER OPEN SOURCE? THE CROWD HAS PICKS
Step 1 is closed, so you rent it. These open-weight models can genuinely stand in for it. Download once, own forever.
- OPEN WEIGHTS6.7
DeepSeek R1DeepSeekTop open-weight reasoning model delivering frontier quality for everyday text tasks.🏆 NEAR-PEER QUALITY💻 STRONG AT CODE❤️ CROWD FAVORITE2.3k VOICESMATCH★★★ - OPEN WEIGHTS6
Command RCohereDependable open-weight model with strong conversational and multilingual abilities.🏆 NEAR-PEER QUALITY💸 COST EFFICIENT307 VOICESMATCH★★★ - OPEN WEIGHTS6.3
Phi 4 MiniMicrosoftCompact model that runs fast locally on modest hardware for everyday text needs.🪶 RUNS ON LESS⚡ FAST🔒 PRIVATE & OFFLINE212 VOICESMATCH★★★
WHAT THE INTERNET SAYS
Step 1 earns praise for its strong writing and wording abilities. However, users complain that it is expensive, prone to making things up, weak at coding, and overly prone to lecturing or refusing requests.
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PEOPLE LOVE
- Good at writing and wording things (5 mentions)
- Popular for coding help (3 mentions)
PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT
- Sometimes makes things up (5 mentions)
- People find it expensive (3 mentions)
- Refuses or lectures more than people like (2 mentions)
TOPIC BY TOPIC
- PriceMIXED FEELINGS
2 thumbs up · 3 thumbs down
- Getting facts rightA SORE SPOT
0 thumbs up · 5 thumbs down
- WritingPEOPLE LOVE THIS
5 thumbs up · 0 thumbs down
- Help with codeMOSTLY POSITIVE
3 thumbs up · 2 thumbs down
- Saying no too muchMIXED FEELINGS
2 thumbs up · 2 thumbs down
LOOKING FOR AN ALTERNATIVE?
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> SOURCES (12)
- REDDIT · 2025-03-22 · 2903 UPVOTESThree prompts to get ChatGPT to become an instant expert in anything.
Three prompts to get ChatGPT to become an instant expert in anything.
- REDDIT · 2024-12-07 · 2452 UPVOTESAccidentally discovered a prompt which gave me the rules ChatGPT was given.
Accidentally discovered a prompt which gave me the rules ChatGPT was given.
- REDDIT · 2025-08-06 · 2184 UPVOTESI reverse-engineered ChatGPT's "reasoning" and found the 1 prompt pattern that makes it 10x smarter
I reverse-engineered ChatGPT's "reasoning" and found the 1 prompt pattern that makes it 10x smarter
- REDDIT · 2024-02-09 · 1036 UPVOTES”AI shader” workflow
”AI shader” workflow
- REDDIT · 2024-02-26 · 795 UPVOTESWhy is there the imprint of a person visible at generation step 1?
Why is there the imprint of a person visible at generation step 1?
- REDDIT · 2025-10-15 · 579 UPVOTESI tested 1,000 ChatGPT prompts in 2025. Here's the exact formula that consistently beats everything else (with examples)
I tested 1,000 ChatGPT prompts in 2025. Here's the exact formula that consistently beats everything else (with examples)
- REDDIT · 2026-03-14 · 502 UPVOTESI built a Claude skill that writes perfect prompts and hit #1 twice on r/PromptEngineering. Here is the setup for the people who need a…
I built a Claude skill that writes perfect prompts and hit #1 twice on r/PromptEngineering. Here is the setup for the people who need a setup guide.
- REDDIT · 2023-09-29 · 423 UPVOTESHow to use IP-adapter controlnets for consistent faces
How to use IP-adapter controlnets for consistent faces
- REDDIT · 2026-08-16 · 371 UPVOTESThe dream is to reach 200GB VRAM
The dream is to reach 200GB VRAM
- REDDIT · 2025-07-30 · 298 UPVOTESAll in one WAN 2.2 model merges: 4-steps, 1 CFG, 1 model speeeeed (both T2V and I2V)
All in one WAN 2.2 model merges: 4-steps, 1 CFG, 1 model speeeeed (both T2V and I2V)
- REDDIT · 2023-11-27 · 287 UPVOTESDid I accidentally automate myself out of the job?
Did I accidentally automate myself out of the job?
- REDDIT · 2022-07-28 · 209 UPVOTESIt took me 1 day to create a program, using GPT-3, to create a highly convincing small army of bots to post on Reddit: Here's how I did it
It took me 1 day to create a program, using GPT-3, to create a highly convincing small army of bots to post on Reddit: Here's how I did it