Reading the AI priorities briefing
A morning summary of what needs your attention — expiring documents, lessons to approve, payouts to settle, and students stuck on a stage.
Every morning the school dashboard generates an AI priorities briefing — a structured list of items that need an admin's attention, grouped by category and ranked by urgency.
What the briefing surfaces
Categories the AI scans for:
- Approvals pending — logbook entries awaiting instructor or admin sign-off
- Documents expiring — aircraft documents in the 30-day window, including overdue ones
- Payouts ready to settle — settled lessons with no outstanding holds
- Stalled students — students with no logged activity in 14+ days
- Onboarding holes — invited members who haven't accepted, missing payout setups, etc.
- Safety / compliance flags — aircraft on maintenance status with active reservations, expired medicals on file, etc.
Each item links directly to the action that resolves it. No tab-hunting.
How it's generated
The briefing runs once per day, scoped to your school. The pipeline:
- The platform's rules engine assembles a structured snapshot of your school's state.
- The LLM (Llama 3.3 70B by default) classifies and prioritizes the items into a short list — typically 5 to 12 items.
- The output is cached for the day. Acting on an item updates its state immediately in the tray without re-running the LLM.
The briefing is regenerated automatically at midnight in your school's timezone. If you act on everything mid-day and want a fresh run, use the Refresh action in the tray header.
Agentic chat
The same tray opens into a chat surface where you can ask follow-up questions ("How many students have logged time this week?", "Which CFI has the most pending approvals?"). The chat can also execute certain actions on your behalf — sending a reminder to a stalled student, drafting an invoice — with an explicit confirm step before anything mutates state.
Action confirmation is non-optional. The chat will never silently approve a logbook, change a CFI's role, or transfer money.
Limits and known issues
- The AI can be wrong about priorities. Treat it as a smart triage assistant, not the source of truth.
- Items the rules engine never sees (custom workflows, off-platform communication) won't appear in the briefing.
- For schools without an active subscription, the briefing is replaced with a "Activate billing to use this" placeholder. See Activating your school's subscription.
Related articles
Tracking aircraft documents
Store airworthiness certificates, registration, insurance, and 100-hour inspection records. Get notified before they expire.
Setting up payouts via Stripe Connect
Connect your school's bank account, pay instructors, and read settlement reports.
Approving logbook entries
Review a student's submitted logbook entry, add your signature, and finalize it for their record.
Still stuck?
Email support@trycheckride.com and reference this article. We'll get back to you with steps for your specific setup.