From Idea to PineScript
Write your first useful Scribe Studio prompt with enough context to get clean Pine Script.
Your prompt is the spec. The more concrete it is, the less Scribe has to guess.
A vague prompt produces a vague script — usually a generic moving-average overlay with no inputs and no alerts. A concrete prompt produces a script you can actually paste into TradingView and trust.
Weak vs better prompt
Weak prompt: Make me a profitable strategy.
Better prompt: Create a strategy. Long when the 20 EMA crosses above the 50 EMA and RSI > 50. Exit on the reverse cross. 2 percent stop, 4 percent take profit. Add inputs for EMA lengths and RSI length. Use bar-close confirmation. Add alert conditions for entries and exits. Point out any repainting risks.
The weak version is missing the script type, the timeframe assumption, the risk parameters, the inputs, the alerts, and the safety contract. The better version names them explicitly — and gets a testable strategy back.
Prompt Anatomy
Most strong Scribe prompts cover the same nine components. You do not need every one in every prompt, but the more you supply, the less Scribe improvises.
Goal
What the script should help you see or test, in one sentence.
Script type
Choose whether you are building an indicator for visuals and alerts, or a strategy for entries, exits, and a Strategy Tester report.
Conditions
The exact entry, exit, or signal rules. Use the indicator names you actually want.
Timeframes
Chart timeframe assumptions and any higher-timeframe logic.
Visuals
Plots, colors, labels, arrows, fills, backgrounds, tables.
Inputs
Anything the user should be able to change without editing the code.
Alerts
Alert conditions, alert names, and webhook message format if needed.
Strategy rules
Entries, exits, stops, take profits, position sizing, filters.
Safety requirements
Bar-close confirmation, repainting review, no future-looking logic.
First Prompt Template
Copy this, fill the brackets, and send.
Create a Pine Script [indicator or strategy] for TradingView.
Goal:
[Describe what the script should help me see or test.]
Rules:
[List the exact conditions.]
Visuals:
[Describe plots, labels, colors, arrows, fills, or tables.]
Inputs:
[List settings I should be able to change.]
Alerts:
[Describe alert conditions or webhook needs.]
Safety:
Use bar-close confirmation where appropriate and point out any repainting risks.