Create a form and publish it.

Step one

Create a form

Sign in with your email address. Formwell sends a six-digit code to that address and nothing else: the code is what opens your forms, on this browser and on any other you sign in from.

Once you are in, press New form. A blank document opens with a title at the top and an intro line under it. Make the title the thing you are asking for — “Northwind project brief” rather than “Form 1” — because it is the first thing a visitor reads.

The intro takes a sentence or two: who you are, what happens after someone answers, how long it takes. It is the only place on the published page for that context, so use it.

• A new form starts as a draft. Nothing is visible to anyone until you publish it.
• Your forms are listed beside the editor, with the response count for each one.

Step two

Add questions

Type a question into the first block and it is already a question. The list under it sets the answer shape; Formwell reads the wording and picks one for you, and you can change it from the list at any time.

If you already have the questions written down, paste them into the drafting box under the document, one per line, and press “Add these as questions”. Each line becomes its own block with its heading, its answer type and its options carried across.

You can also describe the form in a sentence and press “Draft with AI”. You get question lines back in the same box: read them, change any line, and add them to the form when the wording is right.

• Move up and Move down put the blocks in the order a visitor reads them.
• A choice block carries the options you write; add one, rename one, remove the ones you would not act on.
• Mark only the answers you genuinely cannot work without as required.

Step three

Customize settings

Each block carries three small settings: the hint line under the question, the required mark, and — on a choice block — the list of options in the order they appear.

The hint line is where a condition belongs: “Two or three sentences”, “We reply within a day”, “Use the name on the contract”. If the hint is longer than the question, rewrite the question instead.

The panel beside the document shows the plan the form publishes under and how many responses it has taken so far, so you always know which state you are working in.

• Save changes keeps your wording without publishing it again.
• Nothing you type is lost if the connection drops — the questions stay on the page until a save goes through.

Step four

Publish and share

Press “Publish form”. The form gets one address, shown in the Share panel with a Copy link button beside it.

Send that link to the people who should answer. They need no account: they open the page, answer the questions, and press send once.

Answers arrive in the responses view as they are sent, newest first, each one a row against the questions it answers. You also get a note at your own address when a response lands.

• Editing a published form and pressing “Publish changes” updates the same link — you never have to send a second one.
• Every form you start stays in the list beside the editor, with its count.