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# Lars - AI Assistant

> Your AI-powered assistant for customer success automation

# Meet Lars

Lars is Stanna's AI assistant that helps you manage customer success more effectively. Ask questions in plain English to analyze client health, identify risks, and get actionable recommendations.

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## Key Features

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  <Card title="Natural Language Interface" icon="messages">
    Ask questions in plain English. Lars understands context and provides conversational, actionable responses
  </Card>

  <Card title="Intelligent Actions" icon="bolt">
    Creates tasks, sends notifications, updates records, and generates insights automatically
  </Card>

  <Card title="Proactive Risk Detection" icon="triangle-exclamation">
    Identifies at-risk clients before they churn by analyzing sentiment, engagement, and interaction patterns
  </Card>

  <Card title="Full Context Awareness" icon="brain">
    Accesses complete client history including interactions, sentiment, health scores, and business metrics
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## What You Can Ask Lars

Lars can help with a wide range of customer success tasks:

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  <Accordion title="Client Analysis" icon="magnifying-glass-chart">
    * "Which clients are at risk this month?"
    * "Show me sentiment trends for TechFlow Inc"
    * "What's the health score for DataCorp?"
    * "Who hasn't been contacted in the last 2 weeks?"
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Task Automation" icon="list-check">
    * "Create a follow-up task for all at-risk clients"
    * "Schedule check-ins for clients with declining sentiment"
    * "Remind me to contact TechFlow next week"
    * "Add a note to the CloudTech account"
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Insights & Reports" icon="chart-line">
    * "Summarize last week's client interactions"
    * "What are the common themes in negative feedback?"
    * "Show me MRR at risk this quarter"
    * "Which clients have improved the most?"
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Strategic Recommendations" icon="lightbulb">
    * "What should I prioritize today?"
    * "How can I improve engagement with at-risk clients?"
    * "Which clients are expansion opportunities?"
    * "What patterns do my churned clients have?"
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>

## How Lars Works

Lars uses advanced AI to understand your needs and provide intelligent assistance:

### 1. Natural Language Processing

* **Understands context**: Recognizes what you're asking even with casual language
* **Intent detection**: Identifies whether you want analysis, actions, or insights
* **Multi-turn conversations**: Remembers previous messages in your conversation
* **Smart clarification**: Asks follow-up questions when needed

### 2. Real-Time Data Analysis

* **Client health scoring**: Analyzes current and historical health metrics
* **Sentiment analysis**: Reviews communication patterns and trends
* **Engagement tracking**: Monitors interaction frequency and quality
* **Risk prediction**: Identifies patterns that indicate churn risk

### 3. Intelligent Recommendations

Lars doesn't just show data—it provides actionable insights:

* **Prioritized actions**: Suggests what to work on first
* **Context-aware advice**: Recommendations based on your full client history
* **Pattern recognition**: Identifies trends across your portfolio
* **Success strategies**: Suggests approaches that worked for similar clients

### 4. Automated Actions

With your approval, Lars can:

* ✅ Create and assign tasks
* ✅ Send email notifications
* ✅ Update client records
* ✅ Generate reports
* ✅ Schedule follow-ups
* ✅ Add notes and attributions

## How to Use Lars

### Access Lars

Find the chat widget in the bottom-right corner of any page in Stanna. Click the sparkle icon to open or press `⌘L` (Cmd+L).

### Ask Questions

Type your question in plain English:

* "Which clients are at risk this month?"
* "Show me sentiment trends for TechFlow Inc"
* "Create follow-up tasks for clients I haven't contacted in 2 weeks"
* "What should I prioritize today?"

### Review Suggestions

Lars provides actionable recommendations with each response. Review suggested actions before executing them.

### Execute Actions

Click "Execute" on any suggested action. Actions are categorized by risk level:

* **Low Risk**: Generate reports, create tasks (can auto-execute)
* **Medium Risk**: Update scores, schedule meetings (requires approval)
* **High Risk**: Send emails, modify client data (requires confirmation)

## Configuration

Configure Lars behavior in Settings:

* **Auto-execute low-risk actions**: Enable for faster workflow
* **Response style**: Choose brief, detailed, or technical responses
* **Risk threshold**: Set sensitivity for risk detection

## Best Practices

### Writing Effective Queries

<Tip>
  Be specific and conversational. Lars understands natural language, so ask questions like you would to a colleague.
</Tip>

**Effective Examples:**

* "Which clients are at risk this month and why?"
* "Create tasks to follow up with clients I haven't contacted in 2 weeks"
* "Show me sentiment trends for my Enterprise clients"
* "What should I focus on today based on health scores?"

**Less Effective Examples:**

* "Help" (too vague)
* "Clients" (no clear intent)
* "Do something" (no specific action)

### Getting the Most from Lars

<Steps>
  <Step title="Start with Simple Queries">
    Begin with straightforward questions like "Show at-risk clients" to get familiar with Lars
  </Step>

  <Step title="Provide Context">
    Add details like timeframes, client names, or specific metrics for more precise results
  </Step>

  <Step title="Review Suggestions">
    Always review Lars's recommendations before approving automated actions
  </Step>

  <Step title="Give Feedback">
    Use thumbs up/down reactions to help Lars learn and improve responses over time
  </Step>
</Steps>

### Privacy and Security

<Warning>
  Lars processes data securely within your workspace. No client information is shared with external AI services or third parties.
</Warning>

* **Workspace isolation**: Only accesses data within your workspace
* **Permission-based**: Respects user roles and permissions
* **Audit logging**: All actions are logged for compliance
* **Data encryption**: Data is encrypted in transit and at rest

## Common Use Cases

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  <Card title="Monday Morning Triage" icon="coffee">
    "What clients need my attention this week?" Lars provides a prioritized list with context
  </Card>

  <Card title="Pre-Renewal Check-in" icon="calendar">
    "Show me all renewals in the next 30 days and their health scores" Get a comprehensive renewal report
  </Card>

  <Card title="Risk Intervention" icon="shield-halved">
    "Create urgent follow-up tasks for all clients with health below 35" Automate your risk response
  </Card>

  <Card title="Performance Review" icon="chart-pie">
    "Summarize my portfolio health changes this month" Get executive-ready insights
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Troubleshooting

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  <Accordion title="Lars isn't responding or loading">
    **Quick fixes:**

    * Refresh your browser
    * Check your internet connection
    * Clear browser cache and reload
    * Try the keyboard shortcut `⌘/` to reopen

    **If still not working:**
    Contact support through Settings or email [support@gostanna.com](mailto:support@gostanna.com) with details about when the issue started
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Responses seem inaccurate or incomplete">
    **Improve response quality:**

    * Be more specific in your questions
    * Include timeframes (e.g., "last 30 days")
    * Mention specific clients by name
    * Break complex questions into smaller parts

    **Example of better phrasing:**
    Instead of: "Show clients"
    Try: "Show me clients with health scores below 40 in the last week"
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Actions aren't executing">
    **Check these common causes:**

    * Did you approve the action? (Look for the "Execute" button)
    * Do you have permission for this action type?
    * Is the client/workspace relationship valid?

    **Review action status:**
    Click on any suggested action to see its current state and any error messages
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Lars doesn't understand my question">
    **Try rephrasing:**

    * Use simpler, more direct language
    * Break compound questions into separate queries
    * Provide more context about what you need

    **Example:**
    Instead of: "What's going on with my stuff?"
    Try: "Which of my clients have declining health scores?"
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>

## Next Steps

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  <Card title="Best Practices" icon="star" href="/ai-tools/ai-agent-best-practices">
    Tips for getting the most out of Lars
  </Card>

  <Card title="Client Management" icon="users" href="/features/client-management">
    Learn about client management features
  </Card>
</CardGroup>
