Instructions

Step-by-step procedures your team actually follows

Not another document that gets filed and forgotten. An instruction is a process broken into individual steps - written by AI in minutes, learned before the shift, tested before the work, and executed with photo evidence at every step that matters.

AI-native authoring

Describe the job. AI writes the steps.

The blank page is why most procedures never get written. Start from one sentence and AI asks what it needs to know, proposes a structure you can reorder, then writes each step for you to approve.

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Describe a processPaste content

Describe your process

Onboard a new line cook in a busy hotel kitchen. Cover day one - orientation, safety, hygiene, and shadowing.
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Question 2 of 4

2 / 4

What's the typical service style?

À la carteSet menuBuffetMixed serviceOther (let me type)
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Proposed structure - 5 steps

Drag to reorder · drop onto a step to merge · use to merge with neighbour · split · delete

1.Welcome and station tour
2.Knife safety and PPE check
3.Food hygiene briefing
4.Shadow one full service
5.Solo prep with senior chef
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Step 3 of 5 - Review

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Food hygiene briefing

Cover allergen handling, temperature controls, hand-washing protocol, and the food safety record book. New starters sign the daily log before their first prep task.

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SOP ready - 5 steps approved
1.Welcome and station tour
2.Knife safety and PPE check
3.Food hygiene briefing
4.Shadow one full service
5.Solo prep with senior chef

From a description

AI asks a few clarifying questions, proposes the step structure, and lets you drag, merge or delete steps before a word is written.

You approve every step

Each generated step is yours to approve, rewrite with AI, edit by hand or skip. Nothing publishes itself.

It suggests the visuals

AI marks where a screenshot or photo belongs, so the finished instruction is not a wall of text.

Ask it anything, laterNew

Every instruction keeps its own chat thread. Ask AI to tighten a step, explain a term, or draft the part you are stuck on.

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Step 1

Power on the machine

▶ 0:00 / 1:23YouTube

Watch from 0:00 to 1:23

Locate the main power switch on the right side of the machine. Ensure the area is clear before powering on...

Step 2

Run the calibration sequence

Watch from 1:24 to 3:05

AI Assistant
✓ Transcript extracted (47 lines)
✓ 5 steps generated
✓ Content written for all steps
✓ Video clips embedded with timestamps
Video to instruction

Already recorded it? That is your first draft.

Paste a YouTube link and the transcript is extracted automatically, no API key needed. For Loom, the app walks you through copying the transcript across. From there AI identifies the procedural steps, writes the content for each one, and embeds the relevant clip in the step it belongs to - trimmed to the right timestamps, so nobody scrubs through a 45-minute recording to find the bit they need.

Free includes 50 AI actions a month, shared across chat, step writing, video transcripts and quiz generation. Pro has no monthly cap. See pricing.

The lifecycle

From blank page to proof it happened.

Writing the procedure is the start, not the finish. Here is everything one instruction does after you publish it.

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Create

Describe the job or paste a video. AI drafts the steps and you approve them.

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Learn

Your team works through the published steps, with the video clip trimmed to each one.

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Test

A Knowledge Check confirms they understood it before they are allowed to start.

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Run

The guided runner walks them through the procedure one step at a time.

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Prove

Photo evidence and written notes are captured against the step that required them.

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Review

Every finished run leaves a report: each step, the evidence, the time, and who did it.

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Step 4 of 5

Check machine calibration

1:24 / 3:05 Clip

Watch from 1:24 to 3:05

Hold the calibration button for three seconds until the display reads CAL. Enter the reference weight, then wait for the green confirmation tone before releasing.

Do not skip the reference weight - an uncalibrated machine fails the next QC check.

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Learn

They learn it before they have to do it

Every step carries its own content - written instructions, images, callouts for the thing people always get wrong, and the video clip trimmed to that step alone. Your team moves through it at their own pace, on the phone in their pocket if that is where the work happens.

  • One step at a time, in the order the job is actually done
  • Video clips cued to the step, not a 45-minute recording
  • Callouts for hazards, and the mistakes that cost you last time
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Equipment Safety ChecklistKnowledge Check

Passed

3 of 3 correct

What must you confirm before testing the emergency stops?
Which PPE items are checked on every shift?
Put the five safety checks in the order they are done
Pass the check to start a run
Start Run
Test

Then prove they understood it

Add a Knowledge Check to any instruction and AI writes the questions from the content you already published. Set the pass threshold, and the check becomes the gate: team members have to pass it before they can start a run.

Questions span five types - comprehension, retention, application, safety and sequence - so a check tests whether someone can do the job, not whether they can remember the last sentence they read.

Knowledge Checks are on every plan. AI writing the questions draws on your monthly AI actions.

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← BackEquipment Safety ChecklistIn Progress
Step 3

Verify PPE availability

Check that all required Personal Protective Equipment is available and in good condition. Inspect for damage, expiry dates, and correct sizing.

Photo Evidence *

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ppe-check-01.jpg · 2.4 MB

Notes

Add your notes here...All PPE checked - hard hats (12), hi-vis (14), boots (10). Two hats need replacement.
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Run and prove

Reading a checklist is not the same as doing it

When it is time to work, the instruction becomes a run. The guided runner shows one step, waits for it to be done, and moves on. Team members pick runs up from My Tasks - continuing something in progress, starting something assigned, or browsing published instructions for an ad-hoc job.

Photo proof

Mark any step as requiring evidence. They upload from a phone camera or a file at the step that asked for it.

Written notes

Observations, measurements and counts, captured against the specific step that produced them.

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Free for up to 5 team members · Runs, photo proof and knowledge checks included

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Equipment Safety Checklist

Run report

Completed

Completed by

James Wilson

Finished

Today, 09:42

Time taken

11m 20s

Steps and evidence

Inspect all safety guards
Test emergency stop buttons
Verify PPE availability

All PPE checked - hard hats (12), hi-vis (14), boots (10). Two hats need replacement.

Check machine calibration
Log the batch number

Batch 4471-B.

Review

Every run leaves a record worth reading

A completed run generates a detailed report: each step, the evidence uploaded, the notes captured, the time taken, and who completed it. Managers can review what was done, when, and by whom - without standing over anyone.

Runs do not sit in isolation. They count toward collections and learning paths, and they feed the analytics dashboard - completion rates, quiz pass rates, and which procedures actually get done.

Per-member drill-down, content performance and CSV export are Pro features.

Also included

The unglamorous things that keep it working.

Rich editor with slash commands

Type / for headings, callouts, tables, images, video embeds and task lists. The same editor behind every piece of content you write.

AI Spotlight

Highlight any passage and the AI works on just that selection - shorten, expand, add detail or simplify. Free includes 15 Spotlight edits a month.

Preview before publishing

See exactly what your team will see, in a slide-over panel alongside the editor. No context switching, no guessing.

Version tracking

Every change is versioned. When someone completes training, the version they completed is recorded. Full audit trail.

Review dates

Set a review date of 3, 6 or 12 months. A "Review due" badge appears when it arrives. A Pro feature.

Autosave and duplicate

Autosave every 2 seconds, so nothing is ever lost. Duplicate an instruction to spin up a variant, or archive one you have retired.

Write one this afternoon. Run it tomorrow.

Describe a process, approve the steps AI drafts, and send it to your team with the proof built in.

Free for up to 5 team members · No credit card