User guides

Step-by-step walkthroughs for every page of Zenning — from your first sign-in to running a team of AI Employees.

37 guides across 10 topics

Creating your account

Get started in one click by adding Zenning to Slack — the way it is built to be used. Email, Google, and Apple are there as fallbacks, plus two-factor sign-in to keep your account secure.

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Getting started
Joining or accepting an invite
Join a teammate’s organisation through a domain link, an email invite, or a shared chat thread.
Getting started
The Home screen
Your daily starting point: a greeting, quick actions, suggested prompts, and your recent chat threads.
Getting started
The onboarding checklist
A guided checklist that helps new teams connect their first apps, invite teammates, and set up their first AI Employee.
Getting started
Finding your way around Zenning
A tour of the main sidebar, the workspace switcher, the user menu, and the keyboard shortcuts that save you time.
Slack
Zenning in Slack
Meet your Slack AI Employee — what it does, where to find it, and the two ways to talk to it.
Slack
Adding Zenning to your Slack
Install Zenning into your Slack workspace, authorise it, and tell it a little about your role so it can help from day one.
Slack
Choosing which channels Zenning joins
Decide where Zenning can see and help — join every public channel, or hand-pick the ones that matter.
Slack
Connecting your apps from Slack
Link the tools your team uses every day so Zenning can act across them — and earn bonus credits while you do.
Slack
Chatting with Zenning in Slack
Direct message Zenning or @mention it in a channel, and let it take action across your connected apps.
Slack
Slack use cases by team
Concrete examples of what to ask Zenning in Slack, and what it does, for different teams.
Workspaces
Workspaces overview
Understand the difference between personal and shared workspaces and how to switch between them.
Workspaces
Using a chat thread
Write messages, attach files, share threads with teammates, and pick up conversations coming in from WhatsApp.
Workspaces
Creating a workspace
Set up a new workspace in two steps: the basics (name, AI instructions, apps) and then access and permissions.
Workspaces
Workspace settings
Manage everything about a single workspace: its apps, who can message it from iMessage, WhatsApp, or Slack, AI instructions, members, and files.
AI Employees
AI Employees overview
Browse your AI Employees, see who is active right now, and manage drafts in progress.
AI Employees
Creating an AI Employee
A three-step flow: describe the role, build the workflow, review and publish. Or start from a template.
AI Employees
Managing an AI Employee
Trigger, edit, pause, or retire an employee from the detail page.
AI Employees
Tagging AI Employees
Group your AI Employees with org-wide tags so you can filter the list, share a vocabulary across teammates, and keep things tidy as you scale.
AI Employees
Viewing employee runs
See every time an AI Employee has worked, what they did, and approve or stop work in progress.
Apps
The App Directory
Browse every app Zenning supports, connect the ones you need, and request anything that is missing.
Apps
Connecting and managing apps
Manage the tools an app gives Zenning, the triggers it can listen for, and each individual connection.
Apps
Creating a custom app
Turn your own API into an app Zenning can use, with custom capabilities and fine-grained permissions.
Apps
Setting up Google Workspace access
For Google Workspace admins: add Zenning AI as a trusted app so your whole team can connect Gmail, Drive, Calendar, Docs, and more.
Knowledge
Searching across your company knowledge
Use Search to look across every connected app, folder, and web source your team has added.
Knowledge
Knowledge Chat
Turn a search into a full conversation — ask follow-ups, get summaries, and keep citations as you go.
Knowledge
Managing knowledge sources
Add and organise the folders, documents, web sources, and connected apps Zenning searches over.
Meetings
Meeting Note Taker overview
What the Meeting Note Taker is, how to connect your calendar, and how to turn the note taker on.
Meetings
Managing your meetings
Use the Overview, Upcoming, Previous, and Manage tabs to keep on top of every meeting the note taker is involved in.
Meetings
Recording an in-person meeting
Capture an in-person conversation straight from your device and get a transcript plus a summary afterwards.
Meetings
Reviewing a meeting
Read the summary, jump to a transcript moment, turn action items into tasks, and browse the timeline of events.
Sites
Sites overview
See every site your organisation has built, filter by access and visibility, and favourite the ones you use most.
Sites
Creating a site
A short flow where you describe the site, pick a template, add the apps it needs, and Zenning builds the first version.
Sites
Using the site builder
Edit your site’s layout, pages, and data — then publish to the world with one button.
Sites
Site settings
Every switch, setting, and monitoring view for a single site — from custom domain to logs.
Profile
Your profile settings
Manage your account details, password and two-factor sign-in, personal preferences, and AI memories.
Organisation
Organisation settings
A walkthrough of every tab on the Organisation Settings page — the admin control centre for your team.

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User guides

Creating your account

Guides by topic

Joining or accepting an invite

The Home screen

The onboarding checklist

Finding your way around Zenning

Zenning in Slack

Adding Zenning to your Slack

Choosing which channels Zenning joins

Connecting your apps from Slack

Chatting with Zenning in Slack

Slack use cases by team

Workspaces overview

Using a chat thread

Creating a workspace

Workspace settings

AI Employees overview

Creating an AI Employee

Managing an AI Employee

Tagging AI Employees

Viewing employee runs

The App Directory

Connecting and managing apps

Creating a custom app

Setting up Google Workspace access

Searching across your company knowledge

Knowledge Chat

Managing knowledge sources

Meeting Note Taker overview

Managing your meetings

Recording an in-person meeting

Reviewing a meeting

Sites overview

Creating a site

Using the site builder

Site settings

Your profile settings

Organisation settings

Get started from Slack

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