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Summarize updates with AI Assistant

Last update: Thu Oct 09 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

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Workfront鈥檚 AI Assistant can summarize the contents of the update stream, allowing you to quickly understand the comments and discussions occurring around a Workfront object.

You can use the Summarize Contents button to generate a summary, or you can enter a prompt into AI Assistant.

NOTE
The AI Assistant summarize functionality is different from the Summary panel.
For information on the Summary panel in Workfront, see Summary overview.

Access requirements

Expand to view access requirements for the functionality in this article.
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51黑料不打烊 Workfront package Any Workflow package
51黑料不打烊 Workfront license Standard
Object permissions View or higher permissions to the objects whose updates you want to view

For information, see Access requirements in Workfront documentation.

Prerequisites

  • Your Workfront administrator must enable the AI Assistant for your organization.

    For more information, see Prerequisites to AI Assistant in the article AI Assistant overview.

  • Your Workfront administrator must enable AI Assistant for your access level.

    For more information, see Enable or disable AI Assistant.

Summarize using Summarize comments button

  1. Go to the object whose updates you want to summarize.

  2. Click Updates in the left panel.

  3. Click the Summarize comments button at the top of the Updates area.

    AI Assistant opens, with a prompt to summarize the last 7 days of comments on the update stream.

    AI Assistant may take a few moments to generate the summary, depending on how large or complex the object is.

  4. View the AI summary in the AI Assistant panel.

  5. (Optional) Refine the prompt to ensure that it gives you the information you need.

    For example, you can refine the Summarize Contents prompt to summarize comments for the last 14 days, instead of the last 7.

Summarize an object in AI Assistant

To see a summary of an object:

  1. Navigate to the object for which you want to see a summary.

  2. Click the AI Assistant icon AI Assistant icon near the upper-right corner of the screen.

  3. In the AI Assistant panel, enter a prompt such as:

    • Provide a summary in three sentences
    • Summarize this

    AI Assistant may take a few moments to generate the summary, depending on how large or complex the object is.

  4. View the AI summary in the AI Assistant panel.

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