Documentation Grafana Cloud AI and machine learning Grafana Assistant Assistant rules

Configure Assistant rules

Use these task guides to configure behavioral rules that shape how Grafana Assistant responds across every conversation. Rules live in Settings > Assistant behavior and apply automatically, so you can set house style, enforce best practices, and surface the metrics or workflows your team relies on.

Before you begin

• Preview access: Ensure you enabled Grafana Assistant in your Grafana Cloud stack.
• Permissions: You need RBAC rights to read and update Assistant rules for your scope (personal or tenant-wide).
• Rule plan: Decide which behaviors you want to enforce, such as hints, communication tone, best practices, or workflow escalations.

Workflows in this hub

• Provide infrastructure and application hints
  Configure Assistant rules that point conversations to the right metrics, data sources, and service context.
• Set communication style expectations
  Define tone, structure, and formatting rules for Grafana Assistant responses.
• Capture best practices
  Encode observability standards so Grafana Assistant reinforces them during conversations.
• Guide workflow escalation
  Configure rules that prompt incident declarations, escalations, and deployment checks.

Next steps

• Start with Provide infrastructure and application hints to customize data source preferences.
• Review Manage your data privacy and security to understand data handling, third-party providers, security measures, and access controls.