Get started

Turn Ren on without surprising anyone.

Connecting takes five minutes. The part worth planning is the ten minutes before it.

Four steps, one afternoon

  1. 1

    Tell people before you connect

    Ren introduces itself when it joins a channel. If that's the first anyone hears of it, you've created a mystery. Send a note first — templates below.

  2. 2

    Start with one channel and a few people

    Create a pilot channel with 3–5 people. Connect Ren to that channel only. Let it run for a week before widening.

  3. 3

    Connect Slack or Teams

    Both are available on every plan including Free. Ren only sees channels it's been invited to — it has no access to DMs.

  4. 4

    Widen when you're ready

    Add people from the workspace in waves — you can hold people on the roster without inviting them. A pilot member talking about their experience lands harder than a vendor demo.

Announcement templates

Replace anything in [brackets].

All-hands announcement

Send before you connect Ren.

Team —

We're rolling out a tool called Ren. It's an AI-powered growth coach that lives in [Slack / Teams] and helps with the conversations that tend to get postponed — feedback, accountability, follow-through.

Here's what it does:
- Surfaces coaching moments from the conversations already happening in the channels it's added to
- Sends a daily brief with suggestions on where to take action
- Walks you through what to say when you're not sure how to start

Here's what it cannot do:
- It cannot read your DMs. Ren only sees channels it has been explicitly invited to.
- It cannot share your coaching conversations with anyone — not your manager, not HR, not leadership. Your conversations with Ren are private by architecture, not by a setting someone can change.
- It does not train on your data. Our AI providers operate under zero-retention enterprise terms.

This is optional — you choose whether and how to use it. Questions go to [rollout owner name].

Pilot-group invite

Send to your 3–5 pilot members.

Hey [names] —

You're the pilot group for Ren, a coaching tool we're trying out in [Slack / Teams].

I'm adding Ren to #[channel-name] this week. When it joins, it'll introduce itself and start looking for coaching moments in that channel. Every morning it sends a brief with suggestions.

Your job for the next week: try to break it. Say edgy things, test the edges, see what it handles well and what it doesn't. I'd rather find those now with four people who signed up to find them than later with the whole team.

Your conversations with Ren are private — nothing is shared with me or anyone else. That's how the product is built, not a toggle.

If it's useful, we widen. If not, we pull the plug and nobody else ever knew.

Go-live note

Send when you widen past the pilot.

Team —

We've been running Ren with a small group for the past week. It went well — [one specific thing the pilot surfaced or changed].

Starting today, Ren is available to everyone. It'll introduce itself when it joins a channel, and you'll get a daily brief with suggestions.

A few things to know:
- Your conversations with Ren are yours. Private by architecture — nobody, including me, can read them.
- Ren only sees channels it's been invited to. It has no access to DMs.
- This is voluntary. Use it when it's helpful, skip it when it's not.

Questions go to [rollout owner name]. If you want to see what the pilot group thought, ask [pilot member] — they've been using it for a week.

Connect your stack

Slack, Teams, Zoom, and Google Calendar are on every plan including Free.

Add Ren to your Slack workspace, then invite it to the channels you want it to see. It only sees channels it’s been invited to — no access to DMs.

Start with one pilot channel and a few people. When Ren joins, it introduces itself:

“I’m Ren — your growth coach, powered by Good Authority. Add me to the channels where your work happens and I’ll look for coaching moments. Every morning, I’ll send you a brief with suggestions on where to take action or go deeper. The more I see, the better I get — Ren learns your goals and growth edges over time. Your coaching is private — nothing is shared unless you choose to share it.”

What Ren can and cannot see

  • Coaching conversations are private — not visible to managers, HR, or leadership.
  • Ren only sees channels it's been invited to. No access to DMs — enforced by Slack and Teams permission scopes.
  • Messages are screened for PII before reaching any AI provider. AI providers operate under zero-retention terms — your data is not used to train models.

Full details: Trust Center and Privacy Notice

FAQ

Common questions

Who can see that I talk to Ren?

Nobody. Your conversations with Ren are private. The org-wide view shows aggregate, anonymized patterns — never individual conversations, never attribution.

Can we start with a subset of our team?

Yes — that's the recommended default. Create a pilot channel with 3–5 people, connect Ren to that channel only, and run it for a week before widening.

What if someone opts out?

Ren is voluntary. If someone doesn't want to engage, they simply don't — there's no mandated usage and no penalty.

Do we need to be on a paid plan?

No. Free includes 15 conversations with no credit card. A team workspace comes with a 30-day free trial, also without a card.

Can I use Ren with Microsoft Teams?

Yes. The Teams integration is on every plan including Free. Same experience as Slack.

Ready to start?

Free to start — 15 conversations, no credit card.

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