# How Smart Nudges and AI writing help work

> Smart Nudges suggest colleagues to recognize, based on work your company's tools have recorded. The Recognition Guide and Rewrite with AI help you write the message. You always choose what's sent.

- Product: Recognition › Recognize colleagues

- Where: Vantage Circle web app
- Last checked: 15 Oct 2026
- Web page: https://www.vantagecircle.com/en/help/recognition/recognize-colleagues/how-smart-nudges-and-ai-writing-help-work/

These features used to be grouped as Intelligent Recognition. Each one is turned on by your company, so you may see some, all or none of them.

## Smart Nudges

Smart Nudges remind you about colleagues who helped get something done recently, such as closing a ticket or winning a deal. They're picked by AI from summaries of finished work in tools your company has connected, such as a ticketing system.

You'll find them in two places:

- **On your home feed.** A card says "Great work leaves clues. Smart Nudge finds them." Select **Show moments** to see recent moments. Each one names the colleague and how you work together, such as **Peer** or **Your report**. Select **Appreciate** or **Nominate** to start recognizing them with the details filled in.
- **When you send a badge.** On the first step, under **No one in mind?**, select **Show moments**. Picking a moment adds that person and moves you on. If there's a suggested message, it's put in the message box for you to edit.

A moment may say "A colleague already recognized this". Each one shows "AI-suggested from work activity - you always have the final say." Nothing is sent until you send it yourself.

### Your own activity

The first time, you may be asked whether your activity can be used for Smart Nudges. The pop-up says what's read: "Summaries of completed activities, including titles and basic details such as priority and dates, matched to you through your work email." It also says what's never read: "Your code, ticket conversations, chats, documents, or customer data."

Select **Count me in** to agree. **Not now** asks you again later. To opt out, go to **My Profile** → **My Account Preference**. Once you opt out, your activity isn't used for Smart Nudges.

## Help writing your message

- **Recognition Guide.** If your company uses it, you'll see **Proceed using recognition guide** when you choose a badge, or when you choose an approver for an award. It opens **Your Recognition Guide**: a checklist of what makes a good message, which ticks off as you write.
- **Rewrite with AI.** Inside the guide, once you've written at least 50 characters, **Rewrite with AI** suggests a new version of your message. Read it and change it before you send.
- **Smart Comment.** If your company uses it, select **Smart Comment** when commenting on a post, then choose a tone. It suggests comments you can pick from.

In the guide, if your message reads as abusive, you'll see "Abusive content detected in message". Change the wording before you send.

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