Article Summaries and Sharelines Guide

The feature works best when teams treat it as editorial acceleration, not blind automation.

Recommended working rules:

• keep one clear AI Profile per editorial pattern or section family rather than reusing one profile for every content type
• write prompts that describe tone, audience, and constraints clearly rather than trying to fix weak output later
• use summaries to compress long-form content, not to replace the editorial intro
• use sharelines as starting points for distribution copy, then refine for channel fit
• keep section-level display rules intentional so summaries do not appear inconsistently across the site
• review permissions so only the right users can change AI prompts and generated content settings

A reliable pattern is: central prompt provides the shared baseline, AI Profile supplies section-level shaping, and live-edit modifiers are reserved for one-off editorial situations. That keeps day-to-day output consistent while still giving editors room to respond to a specific story.

Control > AI > AI Profiles is where the feature starts. The AI Profile provides the default Article Summary Prompt and Sharelines Prompt that the article edit screen uses during generation.

What to configure here:

• the summary prompt that tells the AI how to compress the article
• the sharelines prompt that tells the AI how to produce three short promotional lines
• the section links that determine where the tooling should appear
• any relevant modifier fields used by the central prompt assembly system

Two structural rules matter:

• a section can only be associated with one AI Profile for this feature family
• each article effectively carries the profile of its home section, and that relationship drives generation and display behaviour

This matters operationally because it keeps prompt ownership clear. If one section is meant to sound analytical and another more promotional, you express that difference at the profile level instead of rewriting prompts on every individual article.

On Control > Content > Articles > (Edit), Affino adds generation controls directly into the editorial workflow.

What editors see:

• a Summary panel with the current summary prompt and a Generate button
• a Social panel containing Shareline 1, Shareline 2, Shareline 3, the sharelines prompt, and a Generate button that fills all three lines together

How it works:

• the default prompts are pulled from the article's AI Profile
• pressing Generate runs the relevant prompt against the article content
• the output is written back into the summary or shareline fields for further editing
• if no AI Profile is attached to the section, these controls should not appear

This design is intentionally close to the existing Article Questions workflow, so editors do not have to learn a separate AI interaction model for every content task.

Summary and shareline generation are not simply on or off globally. They are controlled through section-level relationships in the AI Profile.

For sharelines, the Display Sharelines Sections setting lets operators choose where the Sharelines Generate button should appear. Affino also enforces that a section can only belong to one AI Profile for sharelines, with a validation error if you try to assign it twice.

For summaries, the profile and section relationship controls where summaries can be generated and where they can be displayed. This is especially important when articles are multi-displayed across several sections. An article still has one summary tied to its home-section AI Profile, but whether that summary appears depends on the display section's settings.

Use this when you want different editorial areas to have different AI behaviour without fragmenting the toolset article by article.

Affino 9.0.11 can display article summaries directly on Advanced Article and Blog templates when the article has a summary and the destination section is configured to show them.

Display options include:

• Panel mode: the summary appears as a distinct block on the article page
• Tabulated mode: the summary appears in its own tab alongside the article content
• Tooltip behaviour: overlay or persistent explanatory text
• Call to Action mode: if a user does not have permission to read the summary, the summary area can invite them to register or log in instead

Important behaviour to understand:

• each article has at most one summary
• that summary travels with the article when it is multi-displayed
• the summary only renders on sections where Show Article Summaries is enabled
• the article may therefore carry a summary without showing it everywhere it appears

This gives editorial teams display flexibility, but it also means inconsistent section setup can create uneven user experience.

Affino's live-edit model supports one-off AI changes without rewriting the underlying AI Profile. On the live-edit form, the prompt controls now act as Prompt Modifiers rather than permanent prompt fields.

What that means in practice:

• the form starts by showing the current modifier values from the AI Profile
• editors can change the modifier on the form before pressing Generate
• the system uses the modifier from the current form submission, not the saved AI Profile value
• those changes are not saved back to the profile when the form is saved

This is the right tool when one article needs a slightly different tone, angle, or compression strategy, but the section's default prompt should remain unchanged for the next article.

Affino also added copy controls for these modifier fields so editors can inspect and reuse what they are working with more easily.

Editorial AI features need clear permission boundaries. Affino addresses this with the AI Configuration Security Group setting on the AI Profile.

This security control determines who can modify AI-related settings outside the AI Profile itself, including article-summary prompt fields, shareline generation controls, and other live-edit AI settings on article screens. Users outside the configured security group can still work with the article where appropriate, but the sensitive AI configuration fields become read-only.

Combined with Centralised Prompt Management, this creates a useful split:

• central teams own the shared prompt baseline
• section owners shape behaviour through AI Profiles
• editors can use one-off modifiers when appropriate
• only authorised users can change the configuration surface that affects ongoing output

A practical editorial rhythm for the feature looks like this:

1. write or update the article body first
2. generate the summary once the structure is stable
3. refine the summary for clarity and factual precision
4. generate the three sharelines
5. choose or edit the best sharelines for the distribution channels you actually use
6. verify whether the summary is meant to display on the live article

This sequence matters because summary and shareline output are only as good as the article content they are working from. Generate too early and you create rework. Generate after the article structure is solid and the feature becomes a meaningful time-saver.

Use summaries for compression and reader orientation. Use sharelines for distribution and click-through. They solve related but different editorial problems.

Common problems are usually configuration issues rather than AI failure.

If the Summary or Sharelines controls do not appear:
- check that the article's home section has an AI Profile
- check that the relevant section is enabled for the feature
- check that the user has permission to view or edit the AI controls

If the output is weak or off-tone:
- refine the profile prompt or modifier rather than clicking Generate repeatedly
- make sure the article body is complete enough to summarise
- keep one clear editorial purpose per prompt

If summaries appear inconsistently on the live site:
- check the display section's Show Article Summaries setting
- remember that a multi-displayed article can carry a summary but still not show it on every section

What to avoid:
- using one AI Profile for too many unrelated editorial contexts
- treating generated copy as publish-ready without review
- using permanent profile edits when a one-off modifier would do
- forgetting that section ownership determines much of the feature behaviour

Well-run editorial AI in Affino is mostly about clear ownership, clear prompts, and consistent section setup.

Behind the article-edit screens, the prompts are now assembled from the Centralised Prompt Management system plus AI Profile modifiers.

That means the Article Summary Prompt and Sharelines Prompt are no longer isolated strings living only on one profile. Instead, Affino combines:

• the central prompt-set baseline for the environment
• the relevant AI Profile modifier fields
• organisation context and compliance text where applicable

Empty modifier fields are omitted automatically, and older prompt values are retained in archived prompt fields for reference during migration. For operators, the practical benefit is that you can keep a shared fleet-level prompt standard while still shaping output per section.

Use this model when you want consistency across instances without losing local editorial control.

The fastest path from zero to first usable output:

1. Check the section has an AI Profile. Go to Control > AI > AI Profiles and confirm the article's home section is linked to a profile with Article Summary and Sharelines prompts configured.

2. Open the article for editing. Go to Control > Content > Articles and open the article. If the section is correctly configured, you will see the Summary controls and the Social panel for sharelines.

3. Generate a summary. Use the Generate button on the Summary panel to create an AI summary from the article content.

4. Generate sharelines. Use the Sharelines Generate button to populate all three shareline fields in one action.

5. Review and refine. Edit the generated summary or sharelines before publishing. The tools accelerate the first draft, but the editor still owns the final wording.

6. Verify live display rules. If you want the summary to appear on the site, make sure the destination section has Show Article Summaries enabled and the relevant placement option configured.

That completes the basic loop: profile in place, content generated, copy refined, and live display checked.

The feature works best when teams treat it as editorial acceleration, not blind automation.

Recommended working rules:

• keep one clear AI Profile per editorial pattern or section family rather than reusing one profile for every content type
• write prompts that describe tone, audience, and constraints clearly rather than trying to fix weak output later
• use summaries to compress long-form content, not to replace the editorial intro
• use sharelines as starting points for distribution copy, then refine for channel fit
• keep section-level display rules intentional so summaries do not appear inconsistently across the site
• review permissions so only the right users can change AI prompts and generated content settings

A reliable pattern is: central prompt provides the shared baseline, AI Profile supplies section-level shaping, and live-edit modifiers are reserved for one-off editorial situations. That keeps day-to-day output consistent while still giving editors room to respond to a specific story.

Control > AI > AI Profiles is where the feature starts. The AI Profile provides the default Article Summary Prompt and Sharelines Prompt that the article edit screen uses during generation.

What to configure here:

• the summary prompt that tells the AI how to compress the article
• the sharelines prompt that tells the AI how to produce three short promotional lines
• the section links that determine where the tooling should appear
• any relevant modifier fields used by the central prompt assembly system

Two structural rules matter:

• a section can only be associated with one AI Profile for this feature family
• each article effectively carries the profile of its home section, and that relationship drives generation and display behaviour

This matters operationally because it keeps prompt ownership clear. If one section is meant to sound analytical and another more promotional, you express that difference at the profile level instead of rewriting prompts on every individual article.

On Control > Content > Articles > (Edit), Affino adds generation controls directly into the editorial workflow.

What editors see:

• a Summary panel with the current summary prompt and a Generate button
• a Social panel containing Shareline 1, Shareline 2, Shareline 3, the sharelines prompt, and a Generate button that fills all three lines together

How it works:

• the default prompts are pulled from the article's AI Profile
• pressing Generate runs the relevant prompt against the article content
• the output is written back into the summary or shareline fields for further editing
• if no AI Profile is attached to the section, these controls should not appear

This design is intentionally close to the existing Article Questions workflow, so editors do not have to learn a separate AI interaction model for every content task.

Summary and shareline generation are not simply on or off globally. They are controlled through section-level relationships in the AI Profile.

For sharelines, the Display Sharelines Sections setting lets operators choose where the Sharelines Generate button should appear. Affino also enforces that a section can only belong to one AI Profile for sharelines, with a validation error if you try to assign it twice.

For summaries, the profile and section relationship controls where summaries can be generated and where they can be displayed. This is especially important when articles are multi-displayed across several sections. An article still has one summary tied to its home-section AI Profile, but whether that summary appears depends on the display section's settings.

Use this when you want different editorial areas to have different AI behaviour without fragmenting the toolset article by article.

Affino can display article summaries directly on Advanced Article and Blog templates when the article has a summary and the destination section is configured to show them.

Display options include:

• Panel mode: the summary appears as a distinct block on the article page
• Tabulated mode: the summary appears in its own tab alongside the article content
• Tooltip behaviour: overlay or persistent explanatory text
• Call to Action mode: if a user does not have permission to read the summary, the summary area can invite them to register or log in instead

Important behaviour to understand:

• each article has at most one summary
• that summary travels with the article when it is multi-displayed
• the summary only renders on sections where Show Article Summaries is enabled
• the article may therefore carry a summary without showing it everywhere it appears

This gives editorial teams display flexibility, but it also means inconsistent section setup can create uneven user experience.

Affino's live-edit model supports one-off AI changes without rewriting the underlying AI Profile. On the live-edit form, the prompt controls now act as Prompt Modifiers rather than permanent prompt fields.

What that means in practice:

• the form starts by showing the current modifier values from the AI Profile
• editors can change the modifier on the form before pressing Generate
• the system uses the modifier from the current form submission, not the saved AI Profile value
• those changes are not saved back to the profile when the form is saved

This is the right tool when one article needs a slightly different tone, angle, or compression strategy, but the section's default prompt should remain unchanged for the next article.

Affino also added copy controls for these modifier fields so editors can inspect and reuse what they are working with more easily.

Editorial AI features need clear permission boundaries. Affino addresses this with the AI Configuration Security Group setting on the AI Profile.

This security control determines who can modify AI-related settings outside the AI Profile itself, including article-summary prompt fields, shareline generation controls, and other live-edit AI settings on article screens. Users outside the configured security group can still work with the article where appropriate, but the sensitive AI configuration fields become read-only.

Combined with the AI Profile's prompt modifiers, this creates a useful split:

• central teams own the shared prompt baseline
• section owners shape behaviour through AI Profiles
• editors can use one-off modifiers when appropriate
• only authorised users can change the configuration surface that affects ongoing output

A practical editorial rhythm for the feature looks like this:

1. write or update the article body first
2. generate the summary once the structure is stable
3. refine the summary for clarity and factual precision
4. generate the three sharelines
5. choose or edit the best sharelines for the distribution channels you actually use
6. verify whether the summary is meant to display on the live article

This sequence matters because summary and shareline output are only as good as the article content they are working from. Generate too early and you create rework. Generate after the article structure is solid and the feature becomes a meaningful time-saver.

Use summaries for compression and reader orientation. Use sharelines for distribution and click-through. They solve related but different editorial problems.

Common problems are usually configuration issues rather than AI failure.

If the Summary or Sharelines controls do not appear:
- check that the article's home section has an AI Profile
- check that the relevant section is enabled for the feature
- check that the user has permission to view or edit the AI controls

If the output is weak or off-tone:
- refine the profile prompt or modifier rather than clicking Generate repeatedly
- make sure the article body is complete enough to summarise
- keep one clear editorial purpose per prompt

If summaries appear inconsistently on the live site:
- check the display section's Show Article Summaries setting
- remember that a multi-displayed article can carry a summary but still not show it on every section

What to avoid:
- using one AI Profile for too many unrelated editorial contexts
- treating generated copy as publish-ready without review
- using permanent profile edits when a one-off modifier would do
- forgetting that section ownership determines much of the feature behaviour

Well-run editorial AI in Affino is mostly about clear ownership, clear prompts, and consistent section setup.

Behind the article-edit screens, the prompts that drive Summary and Shareline generation are assembled from the AI Profile attached to the article's home section. The profile carries the role, organisation context, services, scope, and per-feature modifiers - the article workflow plugs into those settings at generation time.

This means changing the AI Profile is the right place to influence how summaries and sharelines read. You don't need to touch anything per-article unless you genuinely want a one-off override (live-edit). Profile changes flow into every new generation immediately.

If output quality drifts on a particular section, start by checking the section's AI Profile rather than the per-article workflow. The fix is almost always at the profile layer.