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Chief: What are Expert Voices?

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Expert Voices shape how Chief talks to you

An Expert Voice defines how Chief communicates — its perspective, tone, and level of detail. While a Skill teaches Chief to do a specific task, an Expert Voice changes the style and point of view of the answer. Pick a voice, and Chief responds as that kind of expert until you switch it. Here is a concrete example. You’re drafting a board update and want it crisp and strategic, not chatty. Set your voice to Business Executive. Ask your question, and Chief answers the way a seasoned executive would — direct, decision-oriented, no filler. Later you switch to Explain Like I’m 5 to get a plain-language version for a wider audience. Same question, two very different deliveries.

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How Expert Voices work

Chief: What are Expert Voices? — How Expert Voices work
Chief comes with built-in Expert Voices such as Business Executive, Executive Advisor, Coach, Brevity-focused, and Explain Like I’m 5. New users start with the Default Expert Voice — a versatile, neutral expert that adapts to whatever you’re working on. There are two kinds of voices:
  • Built-in Expert Voices — ready-made voices provided by Chief (badged Chief).
  • Custom Expert Voices — voices you create to capture your own style, a colleague’s, your brand, or your company. Scope them to Anyone in the Project or keep them Private.
You apply a voice from the Respond as control in the prompt bar, and it stays active across your chats until you change it or reset to the Default. Manage all of your voices on the Expert Voices page in the left navigation.

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Expert Voices vs. Skills

They’re managed together but solve different problems. A Skill provides task instructions (“turn these notes into action items”). An Expert Voice sets the voice and viewpoint of the response. You can combine them — for example, run a summary Skill while responding as a Business Executive.
💡 Good to Know: An Expert Voice changes how Chief responds, not what it knows. It doesn’t add or remove access to your files, Projects, or Concepts.

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FAQ

Open the Expert Voices page from the left navigation. It lists built-in voices (badged Chief) alongside any custom voices shared with your Project or kept Private.
No. Until you choose one, Chief uses the Default Expert Voice, a neutral expert that adapts to your task. Choose a specific voice when you want a particular tone or perspective.
Confirm the voice is actually applied: open the Respond as control in the prompt bar and check that the voice you want is selected. If it shows the Default Expert Voice, the voice was reset — select it again.