# AI briefs

> An optional staff-only summary of a person's words before a conversation, written by an AI your church pays for with its own key, from what the person wrote and never from their scores.

For: Pastor, Admin, Owner
Canonical: https://emmauos.com/docs/ai-briefs

## What a brief is

On a person's page, pastors and up can ask for a **brief**: a short, plain summary of what the person wrote (what stirs them, what they are good at, what their life allows, who they want to serve) and two or 3 questions worth asking them. It is written by an AI model your church chooses, in your church's voice if you set one in Settings.

A brief is for the team only. The member never sees it, it is never emailed, and it is marked as AI-written wherever it appears.

## Bring your own key

EmmauOS doesn't include an AI service. In the **AI** step of Getting started, add a key from OpenRouter, OpenAI or Anthropic and choose a model. Your church pays that provider directly, usually pennies per brief. No key, no briefs; nothing else in EmmauOS depends on one.

## What is sent, and what is never sent

Sent: the person's first name, their lead band names, and what they wrote in the open questions, except the private one. Your church's voice note.

**Never sent**: scores, the *something I have walked through* answer, confirmations from other people, Spirit-gifts answers, email addresses, anything about a person who didn't share their result or who may be under 18. Nothing is sent for the demo church.

## Why briefs never see scores

A model given scores will rank them, and ranking is the one thing EmmauOS refuses to do. Briefs read words, because words are what a conversation is about.