# Attach a brief

> Give a room its own short questionnaire. Pick a published question flow and your client can answer it from their portal.

Source: https://docs.moodiri.com/spaces/attach-a-brief

## Why use it

Knowing how a client lives in a room shapes every selection, but those questions tend
to get lost in long emails or a first-meeting notebook. A brief puts the same short
questionnaire in front of your client for each room and keeps their answers with that
room, ready when you start sourcing.

## When to use it

- **Rooms with specific needs.** A nursery, a home office or a kitchen used for
  entertaining.
- **Remote clients.** Let them answer in their own time instead of on a call.
- **Repeat questions.** Reuse one flow, such as a bedroom brief, across every bedroom.

For questions about the whole project, use a project intake instead. See
[Intake and brief question flows](https://docs.moodiri.com/client-portal/intake-and-brief-question-flows).

## Before you start

- You need at least one published question flow. See
  [Create a question flow](https://docs.moodiri.com/client-portal/create-a-question-flow).
- The space must not already have a brief. Detach the current one first if you want to
  swap it.

## Steps

![Kitchen brief tab with the Project intake flow, described as a few questions to shape the right starting point, and its Attach button.](https://docs.moodiri.com/shots/spaces--attach-a-brief-1600.webp)
Same screen with numbered callouts: https://docs.moodiri.com/shots/spaces--attach-a-brief-annotated.webp
Callout 1: Attach
1. In **Question flows**, check that the flow you want, such as **Project intake**, shows **Published**.
2. Open the space's **Brief** page. A room without one shows **No brief attached**.
3. Under **Pick a published flow**, find the flow that fits the room.
4. Choose **Attach** next to the flow. The brief is attached at once and shows **Awaiting**.

## What happens next

- The brief shows **Awaiting** until your client starts, then **In progress**, then
  **Submitted**.
- Your client answers the brief from their portal. See
  [Answer a space brief](https://docs.moodiri.com/for-clients/answer-a-space-brief).
- Once submitted, the answers show on the space's brief page, read-only.

## Limits

- Only published question flows can be attached. Publish a draft flow first.
- One brief per space at a time. To swap it, detach the current brief, then attach another.
- Submitted briefs can't be detached or changed, so the answers stay as your client gave them.

## Questions

### Why isn't my flow in the list?

Only published flows can be attached. Publish the flow first, then come back to the brief page.

### Can I attach the same flow to several rooms?

Yes. Each space gets its own brief, and your client answers each one separately.