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Instructions are standing rules the AI follows across your workspace — which channels to ignore, what a deliverable must include, who gets assigned what by default. Cogno applies them verbatim, at top priority, every time it triages events and every time it delivers work. Where Memory describes what is going on, Instructions tell Cogno how to behave.

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Write your Instructions

1

Open Settings → Instructions

Go to Settings → Instructions. The page shows the current instructions, a character counter, and the Last updated timestamp.
2

Write the rules

Write free-form text — short bullet rules work best. The placeholder shows the shape:
Use the Quick add chips to insert a starting line at the caret: Ignore channels, Deliverable preferences, or Assign defaults.
3

Save

Select Save. Cogno confirms with Saved. and updates the Last updated timestamp. Revert discards your draft and restores the last saved version.
Saves are revision-safe. If a teammate saved while you were editing, Cogno refuses to overwrite their version and asks you to reload the page and re-apply your edit — nothing is silently lost.

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What to put in

Instructions work best as a handful of clear, durable rules:
  • Event triage — channels or sources whose activity should never become tasks (“Ignore channels: #random”).
  • Deliverable quality — what a delivery must include before it lands in In Review (“UI deliveries need before/after screenshots”).
  • Assignment defaults — who owns which kind of work by default.
Keep transient facts and status out — that’s what Memory and the tasks themselves are for.

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Reference

  • Memory — the workspace summary Cogno reads on wake.
  • Work with Tasks — where Cogno’s suggestions, shaped by your Instructions, appear.
  • Concepts — how the pieces fit into one loop.