# Generating your framework

How Sted writes the policies and procedures for the standards you adopt, where you start a run, what Preview includes, and how to undo a run.

Source: https://sted.digital/docs/product/generating-your-framework · Last reviewed 18 October 2026 · Strand Product

Sted writes your policies and procedures for the standards you adopt. Start a run from **Standards** with **Update and generate framework**, or from the next steps at the end of onboarding with **Apply all and generate framework**. A whole set takes about a minute, and each new document waits as Awaiting review.

## What this is

Generation turns your adopted standards and what Sted knows about your organisation into documents. Sted drafts each policy and procedure from its knowledge base and adapts it to you, for you to review. The drafts are produced by models running in London.

A run is safe to repeat. It amends the documents it wrote earlier and keeps any text your organisation has written. Where you have already reviewed or approved a document and the run changes what Sted recommends, Sted keeps your version and prepares a new draft beside it, with a review task for the owner.

## Where to find it

Open your organisation's name in the sidebar, then **Standards**. Standards opens once onboarding is finished. At the end of onboarding, the next steps card offers **Apply all and generate framework** and **Select standards individually**.

Past runs are under **Generation history** at the foot of **Summary**, in a collapsed **Generation runs** list. There is no generate button on the Summary.

## How it works

### Generate from Standards

1. Open **Standards**.
2. Select the standards you want, or remove ones you do not.
3. Select **Update and generate framework**.
4. Select **Update and generate** to confirm.

Sted saves your standards first and runs generation only when every change has saved. [Standards, what applies and what you adopt](/docs/product/standards) explains the choices.

### Generate at the end of onboarding

1. Select **Apply all and generate framework** on the next steps card.
2. Select **Apply and generate** to confirm.

Sted adopts every recommended standard you have not chosen yet, then writes the documents for all of them.

### While it runs

A banner says the framework is generating. When the run finishes, it shows what happened: how many documents were written, amended, unchanged or superseded. Select **Review what was generated** to open **Documents**, where each new one waits for [its review](/docs/product/reviewing-a-draft).

### Undo a run

1. Open **Summary** and expand **Generation runs** under **Generation history**.
2. Select **Revert** on the run.
3. Select **Revert** to confirm.

Reverting puts the documents the run wrote or amended back as they were. It is all or nothing: if anyone has changed those documents since, or a later run has touched them, Sted refuses the revert rather than undo part of it. Only a run that succeeded, fully or partly, can be reverted.

## Permissions

| Action | Administrator | Policy and Process Owner | Reviewer | Personnel |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start a generation run | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| See the generation history | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Revert a run | Yes | Yes | No | No |

Reviewers and Personnel do not see **Generation history** on the Summary, and they cannot change standards, so the generate buttons never appear for them.

## Limits and plan features

Each organisation can start 6 generation runs an hour, and each person 3.

On Preview you get one free generation of your whole framework. You can then open one generated document in full; the rest, and any further run, need a paid plan. Every paid plan includes generation: Just the Framework at £99 a month, Framework and Users at £299 and Full Management System at £499, all excluding VAT.

Generated documents are in British English.

## Related guides

- [Reviewing a new draft](/docs/product/reviewing-a-draft): what to do with each document a run writes.
- [Standards, what applies and what you adopt](/docs/product/standards): choosing the standards a run writes for.
- [When Sted updates its recommendations](/docs/product/recommendation-updates): what a later run does to documents you have already approved.
- [Plans and billing](/docs/product/plans-and-billing): what Preview includes and when a run needs a paid plan.
- [Adopting and rolling out policies](/docs/guides/policy-adoption-and-rollout): introducing the documents once they are approved.

## Frequently asked questions

Q: How long does it take Sted to generate my policies?
A: About a minute for a whole set. Sted shows a banner while the run works, then a count of the documents written, amended or left unchanged, with a link to review them.

Q: Will generating again overwrite the changes I made?
A: No. A new run amends the documents it wrote and keeps any text your organisation has written. Where you've already reviewed or approved a document, Sted prepares a new draft beside your version instead of changing it.

Q: Can I generate my framework for free?
A: Yes, once. Preview includes one free generation of your whole framework, and you can open one of the generated documents in full. Further runs, and the rest of the documents, need a paid plan.

Q: Why isn't there a generate button on the Summary?
A: Because generation follows a decision about standards. You start it from Standards after choosing them, or from the next steps at the end of onboarding. The Summary keeps the history of runs, where you can revert one.