Trip Planning

Use the Planning Brief

The Planning Brief assembles a pre-trip intelligence summary from your trip data and your history — route metrics, execution status, recommendations, known risks, open commitments, contacts, documents, and previous lessons.

Use the Planning Brief

The Planning Brief is a pre-trip intelligence page that assembles everything you need to know before departing. It draws on the current trip's data and your history of previous trips to surface relevant preparation guidance.

When to Use It

Open the Planning Brief a day or two before departure to review your preparation status, check for open commitments, and read any relevant lessons from previous trips to the same locations.

What the Planning Brief Shows

Route Summary

If the trip has road travel stops and segments, a row of metrics shows the number of stops, number of drive segments, estimated total distance, and estimated total drive time.

Execution Status

If a playbook has been applied to the trip, the Execution Status section shows:

  • The playbook version applied
  • Steps completed out of total steps
  • Required steps that are not yet complete
  • Steps that are currently blocked

Links to the full Execution Dashboard are provided.

Recommendations

Operational recommendations generated from your trip data and history. Each recommendation has a priority (High, Medium, or Low), a type, a title, a detail, and a source. High-priority recommendations appear in red, medium in amber, and low in grey.

Known Risks

Risks identified from your history of previous trips to the same locations — for example, access issues or recurring problems at a specific site.

Preparation Checklist

A checklist of preparation items relevant to the trip's workspace type and your history. Items are prioritized as High, Medium, or Low.

Open Commitments

Action items from your other trips that are not yet closed. These are commitments you made on previous trips that you may need to address before or during this trip.

Contacts

Key contacts associated with this trip, with links to the full contacts list.

Documents to Review

Documents attached to the trip that may need review before departure.

Previous Lessons

Lessons from your knowledge base that are relevant to this trip's locations or route.

Recurring Issues

Issues that have appeared across multiple previous trips, filtered to medium and high severity.

Pending Actions

Open action items from this trip, with status indicators.

Navigation Links

Quick links at the bottom of the brief take you to Execution, Route, Checklist, and Knowledge Center.

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Last reviewed: July 20, 2025