# Intake and brief question flows

> Question flows are short, branching questionnaires your clients answer in the portal, such as a brief for each room.

Source: https://docs.moodiri.com/client-portal/intake-and-brief-question-flows

![Question flows page listing the published Project intake flow, version 2, with a New flow button at the top right.](https://docs.moodiri.com/shots/client-portal--intake-and-brief-question-flows-1600.webp)
Same screen with numbered callouts: https://docs.moodiri.com/shots/client-portal--intake-and-brief-question-flows-annotated.webp
Callout 1: Question flows
Callout 2: New flow


A question flow is a set of questions your client answers in the portal, in order, with branches that
skip what does not apply. Use one as a brief for a room: how the space is used, who uses it, what has
to stay, the budget. The answers arrive with the space, not scattered across emails.

To open your flows, open a space, choose its **Brief** tab, and choose **Create your first flow** (shown
while you have no published flows). The **Question flows** page lists every flow with its status and
version. Choose **+ New flow** to start one, or a flow's name to open it.

## How it works

- **Build** a flow in the builder: add questions, choose their types, and connect them with branches.
  See [Create a question flow](https://docs.moodiri.com/client-portal/create-a-question-flow).
- **Publish** it when it is ready. Publishing locks the questions.
- **Attach** a published flow to a space's **Brief** tab. Your client answers it in the portal. See
  [Publish and attach a question flow](https://docs.moodiri.com/client-portal/publish-and-attach-a-question-flow).
- **Read the answers** on the space's [brief](https://docs.moodiri.com/spaces/space-brief) as they come in.

## Statuses

- **Draft**: still being built. Only drafts can be changed.
- **Published**: ready to attach to spaces. The questions are read only.
- **Archived**: no longer in use.

## Project intake

Every project also has a client intake that your client answers in the portal. It is set up for each
project automatically; you do not attach flows to projects. See [Project intake](https://docs.moodiri.com/for-clients/project-intake)
for what your client sees.

## Limits

- New flows start as *Untitled flow*, in draft.
- Only published flows can be attached to a space.
- Publishing makes a flow's questions read only.

## Questions

### Do I have to build the project intake myself?

No. Each project gets its own client intake automatically. Flows you build are for space briefs.

### Can I edit a flow after publishing it?

No. Publishing locks the questions, so answers always match the questions the client saw. To change a published flow, create a new one.