AI Summarize

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Overview

AI capabilities in Front help teams increase productivity and efficiency when responding to customer inquiries. Use AI Summarize to quickly gather context on long conversations to help you plan your next steps and keep teams in sync.

Check out our Front Academy course on AI Compose and Summarize here to learn more about increasing productivity with AI features.


Prerequisites

  • To enable manual summaries: Toggle on the Summarize setting via the AI tab in company settings.

  • To enable both manual and automatic summaries: Toggle on the Summarize setting via the AI tab in company settings and select the shared inboxes you’d like to auto-summarize.


How it works

Front’s AI Summarize feature generates conversation summaries that automatically update, allowing all your teammates to see the same summaries and use them as shared resources.

The AI-provided summary is generated at the top of a conversation and includes both message and comment content, allowing teammates to quickly catch up on a customer inquiry.

Manually generate summaries

You can manually generate summaries for conversations by clicking the three-dot menu in the conversation header, then selecting Summarize.

Automatically generate summaries

You can enable auto-summarization for shared inboxes via the AI tab in company settings. An AI summary will automatically generate after a conversation contains four messages in the selected inboxes.

Expand or collapse summaries

Click the summary area to expand or collapse the text.

Copy and paste summaries

Click the copy icon to copy the summary contents and paste in a comment or outside of Front.

Use summaries in dynamic variables

Email conversations only: For advanced workflows, you can use a conversation's AI summary as a dynamic variable in rules and macros. The summary will be available in the dynamic variable if it was previously generated on the conversation.

This feature is available on the Scale plan or above.


FAQ

Does the summary automatically update?

Yes. The AI-provided summary automatically updates with every new message or new comment after the initial summary is generated. This means that the summary can change over time so it’s always up-to-date.

When will an automatic summary generate?

Once the Summarize setting is toggled on and inboxes are selected, automatic summaries will be generated in those inboxes once a conversation contains four messages. Summaries will only be generated for conversations that are created after the feature has been enabled.

Can I remove the AI-provided summary?

No. Once a summary is generated, it will stay in the conversation header. You can minimize and expand it as needed.

Does AI Summarize use content in attachments?

No. AI Summarize only uses written content in the conversation’s messages or comments.

Are there rate limits?

Yes. Each teammate account has a limit of 200 manually-triggered summaries per day.

How do I share feedback?

Check our ideas portal here to see if your idea or feedback already exists.

  • If it exists, you can upvote and/or comment on the idea to add additional details or describe the importance to your team’s workflows.

  • If it doesn't exist, you can submit a new idea by clicking Add a new idea and share details about your idea and/or the problem you're having.

Doing any of those actions will ensure your feedback is reviewed by our Product team. This will also subscribe you to any updates and progress made on those ideas.

If you're encountering a bug and need support, please reach out to our Support team.

What happens to my data? Which providers does Front use?

See this article for additional AI FAQs.


Pricing

This feature is available on the latest Growth plan or above.

If you are on a legacy plan and don't have access to these features, you can update to one of our latest plans in your Billing settings or contact your account manager. Users with high usage in a short period of time may encounter rate limits.