AI Customization
Customizing AI Behavior
Axon uses built-in prompts to drive artifact analysis and synthesis. You can shape the output for each project by choosing an analysis framework and adding optional additional instructions.
How It Works
Every project starts with Axon's built-in prompts, which handle the core structure of summaries and findings. You can customize behavior at two levels:
- Analysis Framework — Select a framework (e.g. SWOT, PESTLE, Thematic Analysis) to apply a specific analytical lens. The framework shapes which findings are extracted, how they are categorized, and how synthesis is structured.
- Additional Instructions — Add free-text instructions that are appended to the built-in prompt. Use these to focus the AI on specific themes, adjust tone, or emphasize particular risk types relevant to your project.
Both levels are optional. If neither is set, Axon uses its built-in defaults.
Summary Additional Instructions
Appended to the summary prompt when an artifact is ingested. Use this to adjust structure, tone, or focus — for example, "Lead with the executive implication before the detail."
Findings Additional Instructions
Appended to the findings prompt during ingestion. Use this to steer which risks or themes get surfaced — for example, "Prioritize supply chain and regulatory findings."
Scope & Purpose
Describing your project's scope and purpose gives the AI essential context that influences every stage — ingestion, synthesis, and chat. These are the most impactful fields to fill in.
Analysis Framework
Selects a structured analytical lens for the project. Frameworks take effect at both ingestion and synthesis. See the Frameworks guide for details on each option.
Where to Set Additional Instructions
- Project level — Open Project Settings for the active project. Instructions here apply only to that project.
- Account level — Open Settings › Account. Instructions here apply across all your projects unless overridden at the project level.
Clearing Instructions
- Use Clear Additional Instructions in Project Settings to remove project-level instructions.
- Clearing instructions reverts the project to the built-in prompt behavior (plus any framework, if selected).
- Already-processed artifacts are not affected — reprocess them if you want the change applied retroactively.
Example
Scenario
A project tracking pharmaceutical regulation uses the PESTLE framework to categorize findings by macro-environmental force. The findings additional instructions are set to "Emphasize Legal and Political findings, and flag any FDA or EMA references explicitly." The AI applies both the PESTLE lens and the custom focus on every artifact ingested.