A Glossary Of Basic Assistant Commands

NOAN assistant trigger glossary: your guide to smart commands.

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A Glossary Of Basic Assistant Commands

Here’s a quick-reference glossary of basic terms to help you get the most out of NOAN’s assistant. These are the core phrases and trigger terms that activate the assistant’s tooling—covering everything from contact management to fact updates, task creation, and more. Use these as your “basic language” for talking to the assistant: clear, direct instructions will ensure your requests are understood and the right tools are activated. This guide is designed to make your interactions with NOAN efficient, intuitive, and productive. There's a lot more you can do but this will get you started.

NOAN Assistant Tooling Trigger Glossary

1. Contact & Network Management

  • Add a contact:  “Add [Name] as a contact.”

  • “Create a contact for [Name] with email [email].”

  • add a private contact...

  • “Tag [Name] as [TagName].”

  • “Add a memo to [Name]: [Memo content].”

  • “Set [Name] as [Role] at [Company].”

  • “Show all contacts with [TagName].”

  • “List contacts interested in [topic].”

  • Look at my network and analyze my memos fo[topic]

2. Task Management

  • Create a task:  “Create a task to [action].”

  • “Add a task: [Task description].”

  • “Show my open tasks.”

  • “List all tasks for this week.”

  • “Mark [Task Name] as complete.”

  • “Complete the task: [Task description].”

3. Notes & Knowledge Blocks

  • Create a note:  “Add a note: [Note content].”

  • Add a private note

  • “Show my recent notes.”

  • “List notes about [topic].”

4. Tag Management

  • Create a tag:  “Create a tag called [TagName] for [asset/contact/note/task].”

  • “Update the tag [TagName] to [new name/description].”

  • “Tag [asset/contact/note/task] as [TagName].”

5. Email Integration

  • Summarize emails:  “Summarize emails in my inbox from...”

  • “Show emails from [Name/Company].”

  • “Find emails about [topic].”

  • “List emails from [date].”

6. Document & File Search

  • Recall a document:  “Find documents about [topic].”

  • “Search for [keyword] in uploaded files.

  • Summarize ”

7. Web Search & Fact-Checking

  • Live web search:  “Search the web for [query].”

  • “What’s the latest on [topic]?”

  • “Fact check this: [statement].”

  • “Is this claim accurate?”

8. NOAN Help & Tutorials

  • Access help:  “How do I [action] in NOAN?”

  • “Show me help for [feature].”

9. Memory Management

  • Create a memory:  “Add a memory that I prefer [preference].”

  • “Add a memory that whenever I say... always do [instruction]”

  • “Show my current memories.”

  • “Forget my instruction to [previous memory].”

10. Fact (Knowledge Block) Management

  • Update a fact/block:  “Update the [fact/block] to: [new content].”

  • “Change the [fact/block] about [subject] to say: [new details].”

  • “Add to [block name] the following: [content].”

  • List available facts/blocks:  “Show all facts/blocks.”

  • “List my knowledge blocks.”

11. Chat & Conversation Management

  • Retrieve previous chats:  “Show my last conversation about [topic].”

  • “Summarize my previous chat on...”

Use these phrases as your toolkit for clear, actionable conversations with the NOAN assistant. If you need more examples or want to explore advanced workflows, just ask!

Written by

Neal Mann

Co-founder

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