How it works
A Playbook is an ordered list of plain-language rules, each one a short title and description. For example:Don’t flag pricing objections from procurement as high-risk.
Always flag when a deal has gone quiet for more than 10 days.There’s one Playbook per organisation, and it applies across every deal room your team works in.
Shaping signal generation
Every time REX generates signals for a deal, it reads your organisation’s Playbook first and uses it to decide what to raise and what to skip. This is how two organisations selling similarly can end up with meaningfully different signal feeds. One org’s Playbook might suppress noisy competitor-mention signals, while another’s prioritises them.Learning from dismissals
When someone on your team dismisses a signal and gives a reason, REX looks for a pattern. If a certain kind of signal keeps getting dismissed for the same reason, it proposes a new Playbook rule that would prevent similar low-value signals from being raised again. These proposals show up as suggested edits: a queue of add, update, and delete operations you can review, approve, or dismiss.Manual editing
You’re never limited to what REX suggests. The Playbook editor lets you add, edit, or remove rules directly at any time: write a new rule, tighten the wording on an existing one, or delete something that’s no longer relevant. Every change takes effect on the next signal-generation run.How different roles use this
Sales reps
Sales reps
You won’t typically edit the Playbook yourself, but it’s worth knowing it exists.
- If you notice REX consistently flagging (or missing) the same kind of thing across your deals, that’s a Playbook conversation to have with whoever manages it on your team.
- When you dismiss a signal, take a second to pick an accurate reason. That feedback is what feeds the suggested-edit loop and improves the signals everyone sees going forward.
Onboarding & CS teams
Onboarding & CS teams
The Playbook applies to every room, so use it to tune the signals you get on onboarding and account work, not just sales deals.
- If the default signal feed is too noisy or too quiet for the things you care about post-sale, such as a stalled setup step, an admin who’s gone quiet, or an unused feature, write a rule for it. The same Playbook governs every room type.
- A good rule to co-own with whoever runs sales: what counts as an adoption risk worth flagging during onboarding versus what’s normal ramp-up noise.
- Dismiss onboarding-specific signals with a real reason when they’re not useful. That feedback shapes future suggested edits the same way it does for sales signals.
Managers
Managers
- Use the Playbook to encode team-specific judgment calls once, instead of correcting the same kind of signal repeatedly across every rep’s deals.
- Review the suggested-edits queue periodically. It’s a useful pulse check on what kinds of signals your team is finding unhelpful, which can surface both Playbook gaps and training opportunities.
- If reps across your team are dismissing the same category of signal for the same reason, that’s a strong candidate for a Playbook rule rather than a one-off dismissal.
FAQ
Who can edit the Playbook?
Who can edit the Playbook?
Anyone with access to the Playbook settings can add, edit, or delete rules directly at any time.
Does the Playbook affect every deal, or just one?
Does the Playbook affect every deal, or just one?
It applies organisation-wide. Every deal room’s signal generation reads the same Playbook.
How do suggested edits get created?
How do suggested edits get created?
When your team dismisses signals with a reason, REX looks for patterns and proposes Playbook rules that would prevent similar low-value signals in the future.
Do suggested edits change the Playbook automatically?
Do suggested edits change the Playbook automatically?
No. Every suggested edit sits in a review queue until someone explicitly approves or dismisses it.
Does the Playbook control the recommended actions REX suggests, too?
Does the Playbook control the recommended actions REX suggests, too?
The Playbook’s primary job is shaping which signals get raised or suppressed. Recommended actions are generated per-signal based on what’s actually actionable in that moment.
What does a Playbook rule actually look like?
What does a Playbook rule actually look like?
Just a short title and a plain-language description, with no special syntax or configuration format required.