> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.cogram.com/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.cogram.com/settings/custom-insights.md).

# Custom Insights

Custom Insights let you control your meeting notes’ length, tone, format, or language, draft follow-up emails, or automate other post-meeting outputs.\
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To get started, open the avatar menu at the bottom of the left sidebar and go to [Account Settings > Meetings > Custom Insights](https://app.cogram.com/dashboard/settings/account-settings/meetings#custom-insights). Create a new insight, or use one of the existing templates.

To change how your existing insights are written (tone, length, or language), see [Insight Preferences](/settings/insight-preferences.md) instead.

A Custom Insight needs to have a title and a prompt. A prompt tells Cogram what to do with your meeting: its transcript, details, or other insights like the summary.

Write a prompt and add **Elements**. Elements are dynamic placeholders for key information from your meeting that Cogram processes to create your insight. For example, for Cogram to write a meeting summary we provide it with the <mark style="color:blue;">`{{meeting title}}`</mark> and meeting <mark style="color:blue;">`{{transcript}}`</mark>. When a meeting completes, Cogram replaces these placeholders with the relevant information from the meeting, and then generates your Custom Insight.\
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After writing your prompt, save and activate your Custom Insight. Cogram then generates it for every future meeting it attends. It won't run on meetings that already ended, and you can deactivate it any time to stop.

**Below are four example Custom Insights for different use cases, with their example outputs. Copy one of them, head to Custom Insights, click "New Custom Insight" and paste the copied prompt. Then save and activate the insight.**

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When your next meeting ends, you can view the Custom Insight by opening the meeting and selecting it in the meeting sidebar, under the **Custom** group.

{% content-ref url="/pages/iwPo3bfQcZ35jSQKTTam" %}
[Summary and Next Steps](/settings/custom-insights/summary-and-next-steps.md)
{% endcontent-ref %}

{% content-ref url="/pages/mReEezUMRuIjDGFSraON" %}
[Follow-Up Email](/settings/custom-insights/follow-up-email.md)
{% endcontent-ref %}

{% content-ref url="/pages/PLg6tmLUYMcPhzkaS18J" %}
[Board Meeting Minutes](/settings/custom-insights/board-meeting-minutes.md)
{% endcontent-ref %}

{% content-ref url="/pages/RZa5T8S81wkocDGPRvPY" %}
[Summary Translation](/settings/custom-insights/summary-translation.md)
{% endcontent-ref %}


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