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Release: Australia · Updated: 2026-03-12 · Official documentation · View source

Summarize a Sidebar discussion by using Now Assist for HRSD

Generate a summary of the Sidebar discussions between agents, requesters, and subject matter experts by using the chat summarization skill in the Now Assist for HR Service Delivery (HRSD) application.

Before you begin

Configure Now Assist for HR Service Delivery (HRSD).

Role required: sn_hr_core.case_writer

About this task

You can do these actions by using Sidebar discussion summarization:

  • Summarize the Sidebar discussion at any point during the discussion using the /Summarize quick action.
  • Share the Sidebar discussion to the work notes.
  • Provide feedback for the summary.

Note: The Sidebar discussion summarization skill can be found in the HRSD tab under the Employee group in Now Assist Admin.

Important: This generative AI skill is turned on by default. The skill will be automatically available to appropriate role users for the application. For more information, see Now Assist skills, agents, and agentic workflows on by default.

You can make a copy of this skill to configure it to meet your business needs. For more information, see Make a copy of a Now Assist skill.

Procedure

  1. Navigate to Workspaces > Agent Workspace for HRSD and open an HR case that supports Sidebar discussion and summarization.

  2. Choose an existing discussion, or start a new discussion.

    Start a new discussion by doing these actions:

    1. Select Discuss.

    2. In the Start a Sidebar discussion modal, add participants.

    3. Select Start Discussion.

  3. Generate a summary of the Sidebar discussion during the conversation either by using the Summarize quick action (enter /Summarize in the Active sidebar discussion window), or by selecting the quick action icon

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Quick action icon..
  1. After summarizing the Sidebar discussion, you can add it to the case work notes, and provide feedback about it.
OptionProcedure
Save the summary information by adding it to the case work notes
  1. Select Share as Work notes.
  2. In the Share Case summary as Work notes dialog box, edit the summary.
  3. Select Save to Work notes.
Provide feedback for the summaryIf you'd like to provide feedback, select either the helpful icon \(
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Helpful icon.\) or the not helpful icon \[Omitted image "icon-not-helpful.png"\] Alt text: Not helpful icon.\).This feedback improves the generative AI model and can help to improve the future versions of this skill. The system gathers the feedback on each generated summary and stores it in the generative AI logs \(sys\_generative\_ai\_log\_list.do\).

Parent Topic:Use Now Assist for HR Service Delivery (HRSD) in Agent Workspace

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