AI Assisted Reviews helps you write your self review by surfacing real evidence from your work and generating draft answers you can edit. Two phases are available for self reviews: Reflect and Write.
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Before you begin
- Your organization must be enrolled in the AI Assisted Reviews beta.
- An HR Admin must have enabled AI Assisted Reviews for the current review cycle.
- You must be a participant with a self review assigned in an active cycle.
Phase 1: Reflect — Review your Moments
Before any writing begins, you review the evidence the context layer has assembled from your review period.
- Select Reviews in the left navigation.
- Open the active review cycle.
- Select your self review to begin.
- You land in the Reflect phase with Moments organized by four themes: Strengths and impact, Goal progress, Growth edges, and How they work.
- Step through each theme tab:
- Review each Moment — these are sourced evidence from your check-ins, objectives, 1:1 notes, High Fives, and connected work tools.
- Exclude any Moment that does not belong in this review.
- Add notes using the rich text editor to capture your own observations about a theme.
- Upload files to include documents, transcripts, or other materials as context.
- When you have reviewed all themes, click Draft review to move to the Write phase.
Note: Moments you exclude are not used when the AI drafts your answers. Only Moments you keep and notes you add become part of the evidence pool.
Phase 2: Write — Edit your AI-drafted answers
After clicking Draft review, the AI generates draft answers for all review questions grounded in the Moments and notes you assembled.
- You land on the first review question with a draft answer already in the editor.
- Read the draft and edit it in your own voice. Every answer is fully editable.
- Below each answer, the Moments used to generate that response are visible — so you can see what the draft is grounded in.
- Use the Review Assistant panel on the right side of the screen:
- The Suggestions tab shows a live quality evaluation across four dimensions: Actionability, Specificity, Balance, and Tone consistency. Issues appear with explanations as you write.
- The Bias row flags patterns like gendered language, personality-trait assessments, or halo/horn effects. Bias is tracked separately from writing quality.
- The Chat tab is a thinking partner scoped to the current question. Use it to draft from sources, refine prose, check for bias, or ask for feedback.
- Move through all review questions.
- When all required questions are complete, submit your self review.
Note: The Check and Discuss phases are not available for self reviews. After completing the Write phase, you submit directly.
Quick prompts in the Chat assistant
The Chat assistant includes quick-select prompts for common tasks:
- Draft this from my sources — generate a fresh answer from your Moments
- Make it more specific — add concrete details and examples
- Check for bias — evaluate the current answer for bias patterns
- Soften the tone — adjust language to be less direct
- What's missing? — identify gaps in the current answer
Tips for a stronger self review
- Don't accept the draft as-is. The AI provides a starting point. Your voice and judgment make it yours.
- Check Suggestions before submitting. The quality dimensions flag real issues — vague language, missing specificity, tone mismatches.
- Use Moments as evidence anchors. When claiming an accomplishment, check that a Moment backs it up.