Forward the brief.
Shape the draft.
Approve when ready.
Email Dendra the messy context. It returns a structured Google Doc, then keeps refining it as your planner replies with questions, corrections or new material.
Subject
Fwd: Sample site, pre-assessment request
Client notes attached
Council letter included
Please identify planning pathway
Pre-assessment, sample site
Planning pathway
Effects issues
Missing information
“What changes if the activity status is discretionary?”
Consent pathway and effects section revised for review.
Email-first. Iterative by design.
Start with a forwarded brief, then keep refining the work through replies, comments and updated context.
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Forward the context
Send the site details, client email, council letter, meeting notes or draft fragments to Dendra.
- 02
Dendra prepares the draft
Dendra reads the context, organises the work and prepares a structured Google Doc for planner review.
- 03
Ask, correct, add context
Reply with follow-up questions, missing information, council feedback or planner corrections. Dendra uses the new context to revise the working draft.
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Planner approves
The planner reviews the final version, edits where needed and decides what, if anything, is sent.
Working documents your planners can keep refining.
Every output is delivered as a Google Doc, ready for questions, corrections, review and approval.
Pre-assessments
A structured first view of the planning issues, missing information and likely next steps, ready to refine as more context arrives.
Planner briefs
A concise summary of the file, the request and the decisions the planner needs to make, updated as the thread develops.
Response letters
Draft response text for client or council correspondence, prepared for planner review and revision.
Options memos
A clear comparison of possible planning pathways, with space for the planner to test and refine the recommendation.
Draft consent-report sections
Structured report sections that help planners move from context to reviewable prose, then improve the wording through follow-up prompts.
Cover letters
Clean supporting letters for planning workflows, ready for human editing, iteration and approval.
What Dendra does not do.
Saying what we are not is part of building trust in a category that often overclaims.
Dendra can revise drafts from your replies, but the planner remains responsible for the final judgement, wording and external send.
It does not send for you
Dendra does not email clients or councils. The planner decides what leaves the firm.
It does not replace judgement
Dendra drafts the document. The planner owns the professional advice.
It does not manage your projects
Dendra is not a CRM, Kanban board or council portal.
It does not lodge applications
Council submission and lodgement workflows remain with the planner.
By referral. Human-reviewed onboarding.
Dendra is being calibrated with a small number of sole-trader and small-firm planning teams. Access is by referral, onboarding is human-reviewed, and every output stays inside planner review.
Dendra is a ShiftCurve product built with practising NZ planners. We build practical workflow tools where professional judgement stays in control and software works inside the tools teams already use.
ShiftCurve Limited, Auckland, New Zealand.
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