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# Context

> The handful of things you tell Lane about your world — what you build, what you're focused on, who matters — that make everything else sharper.

Context is where you tell Lane what it can't infer on its own: what your product is, what you're focused on right now, and which customers matter most. It's a few short fields, but it's foundational — two of the things you'll rely on most read directly from it. Set it early, before you lean on surfacing or start asking questions, and everything downstream gets better.

## What Context drives

The same context powers two different surfaces:

* **Signal surfacing.** Your current priority, prioritized tiers, and churn-risk status are what the [Signals](/signals) **For You** tab uses to decide which Signals rise to the top — and they're the reasons shown on each surfaced Signal ("Matches priority", "Prioritized tier", "Churn risk status").
* **Ask Lane.** When you ask [Lane](/agent) a question, it answers against this background — so it understands what your product does, who your competitors are, and what "important" means to you right now, instead of guessing.

## What you set

Context lives in **Settings → Context**. Two groups of fields:

**About your product** — the background Ask Lane draws on:

* **Product** — what you build, who it's for, and what it helps them do.
* **Current priority** — what your team is focused on right now. This one does double duty: it's also the main input to Signal surfacing.
* **Competitors** — who you compete with and how you differentiate.

**Who matters** — the inputs that power the For You surfacing:

* **Priority tiers** — the customer tiers you care about most (you can prioritize up to two). Signals weighted toward these accounts surface for you.
* **Churn-risk status** — the customer status that means an account is at risk, so feedback from those customers gets flagged.

## Keeping it current

Context isn't set-and-forget — it should move as your focus does.

When you change your **Current priority**, Lane offers to **re-scan your existing Signals** against the new focus, so surfacing reflects the change immediately rather than only applying to new feedback. Because that re-scan re-evaluates your backlog, it uses AI credits — Lane shows you what it will cover and asks before running it. Changes to tiers or churn-risk status re-surface your Signals automatically, at no cost.

## Best practices

* **Fill it in before you rely on surfacing.** For You and Ask Lane are only as good as the context behind them — a few minutes here pays off everywhere.
* **Keep Current priority honest.** It's the single biggest lever on what surfaces. Update it when your focus shifts and let Lane re-scan.
* **Be specific about your product.** "A billing platform for B2B SaaS finance teams" grounds Ask Lane far better than "our app."

## FAQs

**Q: Why does Context matter so much?**\
A: Two systems read it — Signal surfacing and Ask Lane. Good context means the right Signals rise to the top and Lane's answers are grounded in your world.

**Q: Does changing Current priority cost credits?**\
A: Only if you accept the re-scan of existing Signals it offers. New feedback is surfaced against your latest priority regardless.

**Q: How many tiers can I prioritize?**\
A: Up to two — the tiers whose accounts you most want Signals weighted toward.

**Q: What if I leave Context empty?**\
A: Lane still works, but the For You tab has nothing to surface against, and Ask Lane answers with less of your specific background.