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Conventions are reusable instructions for the agent. Use them for consistent naming, presentation, and working practices across your organisation. Open Context → Conventions to review existing instructions and add or edit a convention using the available controls.

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Write an instruction people can check

State where the convention applies and any exceptions. Keep one clear instruction per entry where practical.

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Put business definitions in the right place

Use Catalogue for a metric’s calculation and Data for the location and relationships of source data. Use a convention to say how the agent should work with those definitions, such as “state the metric definition used in each report.” See context types.

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Check the effect

After saving a convention, try a relevant task and inspect the output. If Dawn does not follow it, check that the wording is specific and that another instruction does not conflict. Conventions guide agent behaviour. They do not enforce permissions or guarantee that every generated asset satisfies the instruction. Review consequential outputs and use actual access controls for restrictions on data or actions.