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Gainsight AI Cookbook  /  I manage customers
For CSMs and CS leaders

Walk into your next customer call prepared.

Try it in Gainsight Copilot today. Copy the prompt, paste it in, and type the customer's name. It reads Gainsight, and Staircase when that is connected.

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Paste into Gainsight Copilot
Prep me for my next call with [customer name]. Tell me where the account stands (health, renewal, ARR, stage), who I should talk to, the open risks and CTAs, what happened recently on the timeline, the landmines to avoid, and 3 questions I should ask. If Staircase is connected, include sentiment and what the customer said on recent calls. If it is not connected, say so. If a value is missing, say so. Do not invent numbers.
No setupCustomer name onlyGainsight + Staircase when connected
What comes back

A one-screen read on the account, with the gaps called out.

Try it first on an account you know well. If the answer and your instinct disagree, check the dates.

Illustrative
Prep me for my next call with Acme Inc.

Acme Inc: where the account stands

Health
62
Down from 71 in Aug
Renewal
Mar 14
151 days out
ARR
—
Not set on this account
Stage
Adopt
Since June
Risks and CTAs
  • Risk · Sentiment, high, due Nov 2
  • Risk · Support, medium, due Nov 11
  • Objective · Rollout to EMEA, overdue 14 days
Recent timeline
  • Oct 8 · Executive sync · renewal scoping started
  • Sep 29 · Support escalation · 3 open P1s
From Staircase
Sentiment down across the last three calls. The champion asked whether the rollout date was still realistic.
Ask
  1. What date can you commit to for the EMEA rollout?
  2. Who else should join the renewal conversation?
  3. Are the three P1s blocking anything we haven't heard about?

Gaps stay visible

No ARR on the record? The prompt asks Copilot to say so instead of guessing.

Dates help you judge freshness

Renewal, last activity, and due dates sit next to each risk, so a stale flag is easy to spot.

Staircase when it's connected

Sentiment and what the customer said come from Staircase. If it isn't connected, Copilot says so.

A read-only request

It asks for a summary. It doesn't ask Copilot to post to Timeline or update a CTA.

Two ways to use the cookbook

Start in Copilot. Go further where your other tools live.

Gainsight Copilot works with what's in Gainsight, plus Staircase when your admin has connected it. In the AI agent of your choice, that same data sits next to the calendar, email, and chat tool your company has connected, so a skill can do more of the job.

Today, no setup

In Gainsight Copilot

Copy a prompt, paste it in, add the customer name.

Sees
GainsightStaircase, when connected
Good for
Call prep, exec meeting prep, the customer story, save plans, your command center, expansion, handoffs, the risk radar, and capacity
You get
An answer in the chat
Setup
None. Staircase is used only when it is already connected.
When Gainsight is connected

In your AI agent of choice

Add a skill once, then ask in plain words, like "prep my week."

Sees
Gainsight all four skills
Calendar + email weekly call briefs
Web search exec prep
Staircase optional for three skills
Good for
A brief for every call this week, exec prep notes, risk updates from your calls, account dashboards
You get
Dashboards, email drafts, and Timeline notes, each labeled on its card
Setup
Your admin connects Gainsight once. You add the skill folder.
Copy directly, no install

Prompts for the questions you ask every week.

Seventeen prompts, built from the Agentic and headless use cases in the enablement hub and the published Customer Success library. Most need only a customer name. The handoff prompt also takes your notes, and the capacity plan takes your hours. The same text lives in the prompts folder.

On one account

Prep for a call

Prep me for my next call with [customer name]. Where it stands, who to talk to, risks, landmines, and 3 questions.
Before any customer call

How is this account doing?

How is [customer name] doing? Show health, the trend, renewal, stage, and what moved health.
Quick check-in

Catch me up

Summarize the last 30 days on [customer name]: highlights, open issues, and the next meeting.
Back from time away

Customer story and business review

The full story for [customer name] across connected products, an exec briefing, and the QBR or EBR deck outline.
Before a QBR or EBR

Renewal conversation

Prepare [customer name]'s renewal: health, value delivered, open concerns, risks, and talking points.
Before a renewal meeting

Who matters here

Who matters at [customer name]? Role, last engagement, recent topics, and who has gone quiet.
Stakeholder map

Success plan check

What is the success plan on [customer name]? Show it, or propose objectives. Don't create anything.
Plan review

Taking over this account

I'm taking over [customer name]. Brief me on the people, the history, the red flags, and the first 30 days.
Account handoff

Draft a follow-up

Draft a follow-up email after my last call with [customer name]. Don't send it.
After a call

Exec meeting prep

Brief me for an exec meeting with [customer name]: what is behind sentiment, what leadership will push on, and talking points.
Exec walking into a meeting

Escalation and save plan

Why [customer name] is at risk, who to bring in, and the drafts to hold until I approve.
When an account is red

90-day handoff readout

A one-page briefing and a proposed 90-day success plan from the post-sales notes. Don't create it yet.
After the deal closes

Across the book

My command center

Today's actions, the churn radar, and why the top account surfaced. Nothing changes until I approve.
Start of the day

Expansion signals

Signals across my book side by side, with one next step each. Don't create anything yet.
Growth review

Open CTAs to clean up

List my open CTAs. Flag ones that look already done or stale. Don't close anything.
CTA cleanup

For a CS leader

Risk and expansion radar

Split ARR into safe, at risk, and still on the table, using the tenant's own health labels.
Leadership view

CS capacity plan

Where the work is, CSMs needed versus on hand, and balanced books. Asks for hours instead of guessing.
Capacity planning
Every prompt uses Staircase when it is connected, and ends with the same rule: if a value is missing, say so, and don't invent numbers. Drafts stay in the chat. Nothing is sent, closed, or posted until you approve.
In your AI agent of choice

Four skills that do more of the job.

Each skill installs on its own. Every card says what it reads, what it writes, and what it needs. Download all four skills.

Weekly call briefs

"Prep my week"
Open

A Monday-to-Friday view of your external calls. Each one opens into a brief, talking points, a draft agenda, and exec email options.

Reads
Gainsight, your calendar
Writes
Email drafts. Timeline only when you click
Needs
Calendar and email, your name and time zone
Writes on clickStaircase optional

Executive prep note

"Get my VP ready for Acme"
Open

Seven sections: executive summary, why this call, how they make money, objectives, contacts, risks, and maturity.

Reads
Gainsight, web search
Writes
Posts the note to Timeline automatically
Needs
The customer name
Posts to TimelineStaircase optional

Risk updates

"Update my risk tasks"
Open

Reads your recent calls, checks what Timeline already says, and adds only what's missing to each open risk task.

Reads
Gainsight risk tasks, call transcripts
Writes
Timeline entries linked to your open risk tasks
Needs
Staircase, or another conversation intelligence tool
Writes to risk tasks

Account dashboards

"How is Acme doing?"
Open

Fourteen fixed layouts, from account summary to portfolio health. A missing value shows a dash, never a made-up number.

Reads
Gainsight
Writes
Nothing
Needs
An agent that can draw in the chat. Others return the same facts as text.
Read only
Your team answers from Salesforce? The same answer structures ship as four Agentforce templates. Open Agentforce templates
How these behave

Built so you can check the answer.

Told not to invent

Every prompt and skill says to label missing values. Verify high-stakes numbers in Gainsight.

You approve sends

Emails land as drafts. Nothing sends until you send it.

Writes are labeled

Exec prep posts automatically. Risk updates post to task Timelines. Weekly briefs write only when you click.

No extra access

These recipes don't widen what the connector can see. If a result looks wrong, stop and tell your admin.

Do I need to set anything up for Copilot?

No. Copy a prompt, paste it into Gainsight Copilot, and add the customer name. Staircase is included when it is already connected.

Can I use this in ChatGPT?

Yes. Claude, ChatGPT, and other agents that read a skill can run these once Gainsight is connected. Calendar, email, and search come from the tools that agent already has.

Do I need an ID?

No. When a prompt or skill needs an account, you give the customer name. The skills find the Gainsight records for you.

What if a risk flag looks wrong?

Check the date next to it. Stale or noisy signals are worth flagging to CS Ops.

Prep your next call in Copilot.

Copy the prompt, paste it in, add the customer name. When you want your whole week prepped, add the skills to the AI agent you already use.

See the skills
Prep me for my next call with [customer name].
Tell me where the account stands (health, renewal, ARR, stage),
who I should talk to, the open risks and CTAs, what happened recently on the timeline,
the landmines to avoid, and 3 questions I should ask.
If Staircase is connected, include sentiment and what the customer said on recent calls. If it is not connected, say so.
If a value is missing, say so. Do not invent numbers.
How is [customer name] doing?
Show health, the trend, renewal, stage, and what moved health.
If Staircase is connected, include sentiment and what the customer said on recent calls. If it is not connected, say so.
If a value is missing, say so. Do not invent numbers.
Summarize the last 30 days on [customer name].
Give the highlights, open issues, decisions still waiting, and the next meeting if one is scheduled.
If Staircase is connected, include sentiment and what the customer said. If it is not connected, say so.
If a value is missing, say so. Do not invent numbers.
Tell me the full customer story for [customer name] ahead of a business review.
Write one narrative: where the relationship stands, what they are trying to achieve, what has landed, and what is stuck.
Use Gainsight for health, renewal, CTAs, the success plan, and the timeline.
If Gainsight PX, Skilljar, Community, or Support is connected, fold in product adoption, certification, community engagement, and support, and name the source. If one is not connected, say so and leave it out.
If Staircase is connected, add sentiment and what the customer has said. If it is not connected, say so.
Then give a short exec briefing: what leadership will ask, and the talking points.
Then outline the QBR or EBR deck from that narrative, slide by slide, using PX adoption and Skilljar certification numbers where they exist.
Do not change anything in Gainsight.
If a value is missing, say so. Do not invent numbers.
Help me prepare for [customer name]'s renewal.
Summarize relationship health and the trend, value delivered (wins they have acknowledged), open concerns to handle before renewal, risk factors, and any expansion signals.
Give talking points for each.
If Staircase is connected, include sentiment, competitor mentions, and quotes I can use. If it is not connected, say so.
Do not post or change anything in Gainsight.
If a value is missing, say so. Do not invent numbers.
Who matters at [customer name]?
For each person, give their role, last engagement date, recent topics, and whether they look active or quiet.
Call out a single-threaded relationship if you see one.
If Staircase is connected, include sentiment. If it is not connected, say so.
If a value is missing, say so. Do not invent names.
What is the success plan on [customer name]?
Show the current objectives, status, and what recent timeline activity says about each one.
If there is no plan, propose 3 to 5 objectives from the open CTAs, risks, and recent activity, and name which template fits. Do not create or update anything.
If Staircase is connected, include what the customer said they want. If it is not connected, say so.
If a value is missing, say so. Do not invent numbers.
I'm taking over [customer name].
Give me a briefing: where the account stands (health, renewal, ARR, stage), the people who matter and who has gone quiet, recent wins and open issues, red flags, and what I should do in the first 30 days.
If Staircase is connected, include sentiment and what the customer said on recent calls. If it is not connected, say so.
Do not change anything in Gainsight.
If a value is missing, say so. Do not invent numbers.
Draft a follow-up email after my last call with [customer name].
Use recent timeline and call context. Reference one specific thing they said or we agreed, state the next step, and keep it short.
If Staircase is connected, use what the customer actually said. If it is not connected, say so and draft from Gainsight only.
Do not send the email.
If a value is missing, say so. Do not invent numbers.
Brief me for an exec meeting with [customer name].
Cover sentiment and what is behind any recent drop, product usage, open support issues, the renewal date and ARR, and the stakeholders in the room and where each one stands.
Tell me what their leadership will push on, and give me the talking points.
Keep it to one screen.
If Staircase is connected, use sentiment and what the customer said on recent calls. If it is not connected, say so.
Do not post or change anything in Gainsight.
If a value is missing, say so. Do not invent numbers.
[customer name] needs an escalation and save plan.
Tell me why it is at risk, who we need in the room and where each person stands, and the next three moves.
Draft the timeline entry and the CTAs I would open in Gainsight. Do not post or create anything until I approve.
If Staircase is connected, use what the customer said and how sentiment has moved. If it is not connected, say so.
If a value is missing, say so. Do not invent numbers.
Here are the post-sales handoff notes for [customer name]: [paste notes].
Write a one-page exec briefing handoff readout: what we sold, who owns the relationship, the outcomes they expect, the risks, and the open questions.
Then propose a 90-day handoff success plan: objectives, owners, and the first milestones. If a success plan already exists, add to it instead of starting a second one.
Do not create or update anything in Gainsight until I approve.
If Staircase is connected, use the post-sales conversation. If it is not connected, use only the notes I pasted and say so.
If a value is missing, say so. Do not invent numbers.
Build my command center for today across my book.
Today's actions: rank the signals and to-dos in one list. For each, say whether a CTA is already in play or nobody is on it, and give the one next step.
Churn radar: accounts renewing in the next 90 days, with renewal date, ARR, and health side by side.
Top account: for the account at the top, say why it surfaced, who is in the buying group and where each person stands, a suggested next step, and a comparable win from another account if one exists.
If Staircase is connected, use it to explain why an account surfaced, and move an account up when recent calls sound worse than the health score. If it is not connected, say so.
Do not send email or create, close, or update a CTA until I approve.
If a value is missing, say so. Do not invent numbers.
Where are the expansion opportunities across my book?
For each account with a signal, put community interest, course completions, usage, and sentiment side by side, and label it a product or services opportunity. Name the source of each signal.
For the top account, brief me on health, usage, and stakeholders. If a competitor has come up, show the customer's own adoption data I can use to answer it.
For each account, propose one next step: a CTA, an email draft, or a CSQL for the account manager. If Staircase shows what worked for similar accounts, say so.
If Staircase is connected, include sentiment and quotes. If it is not connected, say so.
Do not create a CTA or a CSQL, or send an email, until I approve.
If a value is missing, say so. Do not invent numbers.
List my open CTAs.
For each, give the customer, ARR if it is on the account, CTA type, priority, how long it has been open, and days since the last update.
Compare them with recent timeline activity. Flag any that look already done, and any with no update for about 60 days.
Recommend which to close and which still need action. Do not close, edit, or reassign anything.
If Staircase is connected, use what the customer said when deciding whether the work is already done. If it is not connected, say so.
If a value is missing, say so. Do not invent numbers.
Show me the risk and expansion radar for my book. If I lead a team, use the team's book.
Split ARR into three groups: safe, at risk, and expansion still on the table.
Use the health labels and risk CTAs configured in Gainsight, not fixed cutoffs, and say which rule you used.
For each group, give the total ARR, the account count, and the accounts that matter most, with the reason.
If Staircase is connected, use sentiment and recent conversations, and flag accounts where sentiment disagrees with health. If it is not connected, say so.
Do not change anything in Gainsight.
If a value is missing, say so. Do not invent numbers.
Build a capacity plan for the CS team from Gainsight.
Use these inputs: hours per CSM per week [hours], buffer [percent], and hours per relationship by segment [segment hours]. If one is missing, ask me for it. Do not assume a value.
Weight each account's complexity by health, sentiment, and effort signals such as open risk CTAs, and say how you weighted them.
Show where the work is: hours, accounts, and CSMs needed by region, against current headcount.
Show CSMs needed versus on hand after expected churn and growth, if those are in Gainsight.
Recommend books that balance complexity and ARR and keep current owners where possible.
Flag any CSM whose renewals stack up in the same quarter.
If Staircase is connected, use sentiment in the complexity weight. If it is not connected, say so.
Do not reassign anything in Gainsight.
If a value is missing, say so. Do not invent numbers.