Overview

Single-Click Summaries are quick-access actions prominently displayed when you first open the Pieces Desktop App. These summaries generate instant, contextual insights from your workflow captured by the Long-Term Memory (LTM-2.7) Engine.

Each summary type adapts dynamically to your workflow, meaning the same summary type generates different results based on your current activities, captured memories, and work patterns. This makes Single-Click Summaries powerful tools for understanding your productivity, tracking progress, and identifying patterns in your work.

Generating Summaries

Generating a single-click summary lets you quickly extract insights from your workflow without writing prompts. Click any summary card on the homepage and after a few minutes, you'll see your summary in the Pieces Timeline.

You can queue multiple unique summaries at once, but wait for the current one to finish before starting another of the same type.

Viewing Queued Summaries

Track your summaries as they generate in the Pieces Timeline. When you generate a summary, it appears under the current day in Pieces Timeline with a "Queued" status. Summaries are organized by day, and you can expand or collapse each day to view its contents.

Click `Show Timeline` in the top left of the main view to expand Pieces Timeline if it's not already open. The current day section appears at the top of Pieces Timeline, below the `Filter Timeline` search bar. It shows the date (e.g., "Today, Jan 21st") with a count of items. Click on the current day section to expand it and view all summaries, timeline activities, and other events for that day. Queued summaries appear under the current day with a "Queued" status indicator. You can see which summaries are waiting to be processed and their position in the queue (e.g., "Queued (#3)", "Queued (#2)", "Next in queue"). Actively generating summaries display a loading indicator, while queued summaries show their position in the queue.

Pieces Timeline showing current day expanded with queued summaries visible, including "What's Top of Mind" showing "Queued (#3)", "Day Recap" showing "Queued (#2)", and "AI Habits" showing "Next in queue"

Canceling a Summary

Stop any running summary generation from the Pieces Timeline. Locate the summary you want to cancel under the current day in Pieces Timeline and click the red cancel button to stop it.

Click `Show Timeline` in the top left to expand the Pieces Timeline. Click on the current day section to expand it and view all summaries for that day. Locate the summary you want to cancel under the current day. It will show a "Queued" status indicator. Click the red cancel button on the right side of the summary item (hovering shows `Stop Generating`). This stops the generation process and removes it from your queue.

Completing and Viewing Summaries

Access your completed summaries and view the full results. When a summary finishes generating, it remains in the day section where it was queued. Click it to view detailed insights, related activities, and links to relevant documents or commits from your workflow.

When a summary finishes generating, it remains in the day section where it was queued. The summary will no longer show a "Queued" status. Click the completed summary in your Pieces Timeline to view the full results. Summaries include detailed insights, related activities, and links to relevant documents or commits from your workflow. Scroll through the expanded day section to view all summaries, both queued and completed, organized chronologically.

Completed summary view showing full results with insights, related activities, and links to relevant documents

Using Summary Types

Learn how to use specific summary types and customize them for your workflow.

Summary Types

Single-Click Summaries include preset summary types designed for common workflow needs. Each type generates insights tailored to your specific work patterns and captured activities.

Summary Type Description
What's Top of Mind Identifies recurring topics and priorities from your recent workflow, ranked by importance.
Morning Brief Provides everything you need to kickstart your day, compiled from your recent activities.
Standup Update Generates a three-part update: what you did, what's next, and blockers—perfect for team standups.
Day Recap Compiles an end-of-day summary of your accomplishments, completed tasks, and overall activity.
Time Breakdown Organizes your daily work into projects with in-depth time breakdowns, showing what you worked on per project throughout the day.
Week Recap Provides a comprehensive overview of your week at a glance, including key activities and patterns.
Custom Summary Generate summaries based on specific time ranges and topics you choose.
AI Habits Analyzes how you interact with AI tools, showing patterns in questions asked and topics queried.
Professional Persona Provides work style analysis and professional summary based on your workflow patterns.
Collaboration Patterns Identifies who you work with and how, revealing collaboration dynamics in your workflow.
Discover Access additional summary options and request new summary types through a popup interface.

What's Top of Mind

Identifies recurring topics and priorities from your recent workflow, ranked by importance. This summary helps you understand what's been occupying your attention and what matters most in your current work.

Standup Update

Generates a three-part update: what you did, what's next, and blockers—perfect for team standups. Use this summary to quickly prepare for team meetings and share your progress.

Day Recap

Compiles an end-of-day summary of your accomplishments, completed tasks, and overall activity. Review your day's work and track your productivity patterns.

Time Breakdown

Organizes your daily work into projects with in-depth time breakdowns, showing what you worked on per project throughout the day. This summary takes all the work you've done through the day, categorizes it by project, and provides detailed time tracking for each project and activity.

Week Recap

Provides a comprehensive overview of your week at a glance, including key activities and patterns. Get a high-level view of your weekly productivity and accomplishments.

Morning Brief

Provides everything you need to kickstart your day, compiled from your recent activities. Start your day informed about what you've been working on and what's coming up.

Professional Persona

Provides work style analysis and professional summary based on your workflow patterns. Understand your professional habits, strengths, and work patterns.

Collaboration Patterns

Identifies who you work with and how, revealing collaboration dynamics in your workflow. Discover your collaboration habits and team interaction patterns.

AI Habits

Analyzes how you interact with AI tools, showing patterns in questions asked and topics queried. Understand your AI usage patterns and how you leverage AI assistance in your workflow.

Using Custom Summary

Generate summaries tailored to specific time periods and topics that matter to you. Custom Summary gives you full control over what gets summarized—select time ranges from your Pieces Timeline events and optionally add a focus to narrow your summary further.

Click the **Custom Summary** card on the homepage. In the popup, choose a time range from the dropdown. Options include "Just now," "Within the last hour," "Today," or select custom dates. Click `Add Focus` and type in a topic, client, project, or specific area you want the summary to emphasize. This helps generate more targeted insights for particular aspects of your work. Click `Generate` to start creating your custom summary.

Using Discover

Access additional summary options and request new summary types through Discover. Click the Discover summary card to open a popup displaying available summary options—you'll see the standard summary types plus additional options you haven't encountered yet, expanding your choices for generating insights.

Discover popup showing available summary options including Request a Summary

Requesting a New Summary Type

Suggest new summary types to help shape future Single-Click Summary options. From the Discover popup, select Request a Summary to open a form where you can describe what you need.

Click the `Discover` summary card on the homepage. In the Discover popup, select `Request a Summary`. Type an artifact name (up to 50 characters) describing the summary type you want. Enter a description (up to 500 characters) explaining what this artifact should do and how it would help you. Click `Submit Request` to send your suggestion to the Pieces team.

Request a Summary popup with Artifact Name and Description fields, and Submit Request button

Managing Your Summaries

Track, view, and manage your generated summaries through the Pieces Timeline. All generated summaries appear in your Pieces Timeline, organized chronologically by day. When you generate a summary, it appears under the current day with a "Queued" status. Once complete, summaries remain in the day section where they were created, and you can browse, search, and access them anytime.

Click `Show Timeline` in the top left to expand the Pieces Timeline. Click on the current day section (e.g., "Today, Jan 21st") to expand it and view all summaries and activities for that day. Queued summaries appear under the current day with a "Queued" status indicator, showing their position in the processing queue (e.g., "Queued (#3)", "Next in queue"). Once summaries finish generating, they remain in the day section. Scroll through the expanded day section to view all summaries, both queued and completed. Click any summary in your Pieces Timeline to view the full results, including detailed insights, related activities, and links to relevant documents or commits. Click the `caret icon` (dropdown arrow) at the top of the day divider to collapse the section and hide its contents.

If Single-Click Summaries isn't what you're looking for, check out the Timeline—your next-best stop for learning about how Pieces stores memories.