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AI instructions

Write standing guidance the AI assistant follows automatically whenever it touches this Collection's entries — in chat and in scheduled runs.

Every Collection has an AI instructions tab, next to Description. Whatever you write there becomes standing guidance the AI assistant automatically follows whenever it creates, edits, or summarizes entries in that Collection — whether you're chatting with it live or it's running on a schedule.

Where to find it

Open a Collection and go to its AI instructions tab (?tab=instructions on the Collection page). It's a simplified block editor — text, headings, lists, checklists, quotes, code blocks, and dividers. No images, tables, or embeds; instructions are plain text the assistant reads, not a document you publish.

It saves automatically as you type — there's no save button and nothing to remember to click.

What to write

Think of it as a standing note to the assistant, scoped to this one Collection. A few examples:

  • On an Interesting posts Collection: "Always add a brief summary of the post and key learnings."
  • On a Meal Collection: "Estimate calories and protein from the description if I don't give exact numbers, and flag it as an estimate."
  • On a Meeting Collection: "Keep the note to two sentences — what was decided, what's next."

The assistant applies these instructions every time it works with entries in that Collection, without you having to repeat them in every message.

When your message and the instructions disagree

Your chat message always wins. AI instructions are a default, not a hard rule — if you tell the assistant something different in the moment ("actually don't summarize this one"), that one-off request takes priority.

Keep it short

A few short paragraphs is plenty. Very long instructions slow the assistant's responses slightly, since they're read on every relevant turn — favor a handful of clear, specific rules over an exhaustive brief.

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