What Are Playbooks?
Playbooks are reusable prompt templates that standardize common investigation patterns across your team. Instead of writing the same instructions every time, create a playbook once and invoke it with a single action โ ensuring consistent, high-quality interactions with the AI Player.Creating a Playbook
There are two ways to create a playbook:From Organization Settings
Navigate to Organization Settings โ Playbooks to manage your playbook library. Each playbook includes:| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Title | A short name for the playbook (unique within your organization) |
| Description | A brief explanation of when and why to use this playbook |
| Prompt | The full prompt template that will be sent to the AI Player |
| Category | Organize by type: Documentation, Engineering, Investigation, Quality Assurance (QA), Support, or Triage |
| Tags | Custom labels for filtering and search |
From an AI Player Conversation
You can also create a playbook from an AI Player conversation:- Hover over any assistant message to reveal the playbook icon (library icon)
- Choose From this message to base the playbook on that specific response, or From full chat to capture the overall conversation pattern
- The AI Player generates a playbook definition and displays it as a card in the chat
- Review the generated title, description, prompt, and category, then click Save to open the playbook creation form pre-filled with the generated content
Using Playbooks
There are two ways to use a playbook when starting or continuing a Player conversation:Slash Command
Slash Command
- Type
/in the chat input to open the playbook overlay - Browse or search for the playbook you want
- Use โโ to navigate and Enter to select
- The playbook prompt is inserted into your message โ add your own context on top
Playbook Library Button
Playbook Library Button
Workflow Stage Instructions
Workflow Stage Instructions
- Type
/in the stage Instructions field when creating or editing a workflow stage - Browse or search for the playbook you want
- Select a playbook to insert its prompt into the stage instructions
- This is useful for standardizing agent behavior across stages using proven prompt templates โ see Configuring Workflows
Managing Playbooks
From Organization Settings โ Playbooks, you can:- Create new playbooks with the create panel
- Edit existing playbooks โ update the title, description, prompt, category, or tags
- Fork a playbook to create a variant without modifying the original
- Delete playbooks you created (or any playbook if you have owner permissions)
- Search across titles, descriptions, tags, and creator names