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Playbook

Live client strategy document with scripts, emails, meeting guidance, launch planning, comments, recovery, and view-only takeover preparation.

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Overview

The Playbook is the live strategy document for each client engagement, covering positioning, targeting, personas, call scripts, email templates, launch planning, team assignments, aliases, and Meeting Handoff guidance. Internal editors can restore saved Auto-Email Campaign Copy without rebuilding the rest of the document, while clients see the marked client-facing sections read-only. A named incoming SDR with a scheduled takeover can review the affected Playbook before the reassignment, with editing and comment controls withheld until access changes.

How to use this page

  1. Open a client's Playbook

    Choose a client in the switcher or open /platform/onboarding/playbook/{dealId}. The deep link syncs the selected client before loading the document.

  2. Browse the document

    Use the left rail to jump between Your Team, Aliases, Overview, ICP, Personas, Stories, Meeting Handoff, Calling Script, Post-Call Emails, Auto Emails, Launch Plan, and other sections. Comment badges show open notes.

  3. Review the Meeting Handoff

    Use the Meeting Handoff section to review the Intro, Handoff Process, Meeting Management, First Meeting Best Practices, Decision-Making Questions, and Recommended B2B Sales Books blocks. Internal editors can add, remove, hide, or restore content.

  4. Edit and format internal content

    Internal editors can edit calling scripts, post-call emails, and per-section internal notes with Bold, Italic, and Strikethrough. Notes labeled not shown to client remain private. Saves retry automatically and back up in the browser.

  5. Restore saved Auto-Email copy

    When Auto-Email Campaign Copy has been removed, use Restore saved copy in Build Your Playbook. It restores the saved copy and auto-cadence templates without regenerating or overwriting the rest of the Playbook. Auto-cadence sending remains off until enabled separately.

  6. Regenerate the full Playbook carefully

    Use Regenerate full Playbook only when you intend to rebuild generated sections. The page warns that full regeneration can overwrite edits. Use Restore saved copy for the narrow Auto-Email recovery case.

  7. Review, comment, and share

    Use View as client, Visible to client, Copy Share Link, Copy Content, PDF / Print, and field comments as appropriate. Clients see read-only content without internal notes, generation controls, or comment management.

  8. Review a scheduled takeover as view only

    When an incoming SDR opens a Playbook from the SDR Hub's Takeover Preparation section, a banner explains that access is view only until the reassignment takes effect. The document remains available for review, while section completion and comment controls are hidden.

What the buttons do

Restore saved copy
Restores removed Auto-Email Campaign Copy and its saved auto-cadence templates without rebuilding other Playbook sections. Sending stays off.
Regenerate full Playbook
Rebuilds generated Playbook sections from the configured inputs and may overwrite edits. Use it deliberately.
View as client / Visible to client
Preview or publish the client-facing cut of the Playbook.
Copy Share Link
Copies the stable deep link for the selected client's Playbook.
Bold / Italic / Strikethrough
Formats script, email, and internal-note text for light emphasis. Formatting carries to the dialer and PDF export where applicable.
Retry save
Retries the last failed Playbook save after automatic retries are exhausted.
Takeover preparation banner
Explains that a scheduled incoming SDR can review the Playbook in view-only mode before the reassignment takes effect.

Common questions

It restores the saved Auto-Email Campaign Copy and its auto-cadence templates for a removed section. It does not regenerate or overwrite the rest of the Playbook, and auto-cadence sending remains off until enabled separately.
Use it when you intentionally want to rebuild generated sections from the current inputs. It can overwrite edits, so use Restore saved copy when only removed Auto-Email copy needs to return.
An internal editor removed the section, often for a calling-only Playbook. Internal editors can restore its saved copy from Build Your Playbook; clients do not see the recovery controls.
The base route needs a deal context. Choose a client in the switcher or open a deal-specific Playbook link.
Saves retry automatically. If retries fail, a persistent Retry control keeps the edit on the page, and browser backup can recover changes after a reload.
Clients see only sections marked visible to client in read-only form. Internal notes, generation settings, comments, history, and recovery controls stay internal.
A named incoming SDR can review the affected Playbook before the scheduled reassignment, but cannot mark sections complete or manage comments in that preparation state.

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