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Release: Australia · Updated: 2026-05-26 · Official documentation · View source

Generate a playbook summary

Generate an AI-generated summary of the stages, activities, triggers, and inputs of a playbook from the Workflow Studio canvas.

Before you begin

Verify that the Now Assist for Creator plugin is installed and the Playbook Summarization skill is active.

Note: Skills are available in Admin > Now Assist Admin > Now Assist Skills > Creator. If you don't see Creator under Now Assist Skills, the plugin is not installed.

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Now assist for creator skills page.

For information about installing Now Assist for Creator, see

The playbook must have at least one stage and activity before a summary can be generated.

Role required: pd_author

Procedure

  1. Navigate to All > Process Automation > Workflow Studio.

  2. Open the playbook for which you want to generate the summary.

  3. From the More Actions menu (

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\), select **Summarize**.
  1. On the Playbook Summary panel, select Summarize playbook.

  2. Select a summary format: Standard, Short, or Elaborate.

    The summary is generated and displayed in the panel. The first paragraph provides a brief overview of the playbook, followed by a description of each stage.

What to do next

After generating a summary, you can perform the following actions:

  • To refine the summary, use the Refine options to elaborate, shorten, or change the tone, or enter a custom instruction in the open prompt field.
  • To regenerate the summary after playbook changes, select Refresh. If the playbook structure has changed since the last summary was generated, a warning appears prompting you to refresh.
  • To copy the summary to the playbook description field, select Set as description, then select Save and close.

Parent Topic:Playbook summarization

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Playbook summarization