# Chat autonaming **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions\ **Created:** [April 6, 2025, 8:09am UTC](https://community.pickaxe.co/t/chat-autonaming/5200 "2025-04-06T08:09:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![conrad](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/community.pickaxe.co/conrad/32/428_2.png) [@conrad](https://community.pickaxe.co/u/conrad)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2025, 8:09am UTC](https://community.pickaxe.co/t/chat-autonaming/5200/1 "2025-04-06T08:09:03Z")
How to force Pickaxe name chats in a particular name? I really need to control this. For example: 1. Initial CBT session. 2. Then depending on Pickaxe settings. ---
**Author:** ![admin\_mike](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/community.pickaxe.co/admin_mike/32/283_2.png) [@admin\_mike](https://community.pickaxe.co/u/admin_mike)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2025, 9:57pm UTC](https://community.pickaxe.co/t/chat-autonaming/5200/2 "2025-04-07T21:57:37Z")
There is no way to directly control the chat auto-naming in the current system. ---
**Author:** ![conrad](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/community.pickaxe.co/conrad/32/428_2.png) [@conrad](https://community.pickaxe.co/u/conrad)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2025, 6:28am UTC](https://community.pickaxe.co/t/chat-autonaming/5200/3 "2025-04-08T06:28:15Z")
I see. Okay. 🙂 Hope you will consider this function, though I understand that’s far from a priority. ---
**Author:** ![ecaveo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/community.pickaxe.co/ecaveo/32/6396_2.png) [@ecaveo](https://community.pickaxe.co/u/ecaveo)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2025, 11:12am UTC](https://community.pickaxe.co/t/chat-autonaming/5200/4 "2025-04-08T11:12:11Z")
If not a method for renaming the chats to something useful, can we at least have less of this naming convention: - The user is seeking - The user is focused - The user is training - The user requested The issue here, Mike, is that in a relatively narrow sidebar, most of the text is consumed with these messages making it virtually impossible to navigate your chats. Personally, when I use my own Pickaxe, I write something like ‘U15 1500m Plan:’ and then my query after the ‘:’, as this typically forces the pickaxe to name the chat with this. However, whilst its a fix for my use, its not a slick UI/User Journey and when a user has ten or so conversarions all starting with “The User requested…” its not helpful to them at all! ---
**Author:** ![mavyn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/community.pickaxe.co/mavyn/32/881_2.png) [@mavyn](https://community.pickaxe.co/u/mavyn)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2025, 2:38pm UTC](https://community.pickaxe.co/t/chat-autonaming/5200/5 "2025-04-10T14:38:52Z")
Can’t agree more. This naming convention is not very user-friendly at all. Esp considering that the conversation name is truncated after about 25 characters in the left panel - leaving very little signal to the user as to what the topic of the conversation was when coming back to look for a past conversation. This is obviously amplified by the fact that conversations cannot be deleted - so the sheer amount of noise plus the lack of signal makes the UX very difficult to have confidence it. As a platform enabling those that hope to build things for other users, I would offer that it’s very important to understand the end-end users. These are not your customers, rather the customers of your customers. I am trying to be constructive here, I am not criticizing. But it’s these small things that are preventing me from deploying solutions on pickaxe. Small things matter in product/ux. I hope you consider this feedback in context of your roadmap. ---
**Author:** ![admin\_mike](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/community.pickaxe.co/admin_mike/32/283_2.png) [@admin\_mike](https://community.pickaxe.co/u/admin_mike)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2025, 6:54pm UTC](https://community.pickaxe.co/t/chat-autonaming/5200/6 "2025-04-13T18:54:23Z")
I’ll fix this. I believe the issue is once we released the AI summary system for conversations in the backend, we started piping the first 40 characters of that summary into the end-users nav bar as conversation titles. ---
**Author:** ![liveboldtravel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/community.pickaxe.co/liveboldtravel/32/3074_2.png) [@liveboldtravel](https://community.pickaxe.co/u/liveboldtravel)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2025, 1:54pm UTC](https://community.pickaxe.co/t/chat-autonaming/5200/7 "2025-04-23T13:54:37Z")
Following, I’m also looking for this. I set a naming convention in the prompt frame and it works for the chat window but looking at how to set the history/conversation title. ---
**Author:** ![maverick](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/community.pickaxe.co/maverick/32/143_2.png) [@maverick](https://community.pickaxe.co/u/maverick)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2025, 12:37am UTC](https://community.pickaxe.co/t/chat-autonaming/5200/8 "2025-05-31T00:37:21Z")
Hi @admin_mike. Any updates on this? Appreciate your response. ✌🏻 ---
**Author:** ![daniellesutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7bcc69/32.png) [@daniellesutton](https://community.pickaxe.co/u/daniellesutton)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2025, 9:32pm UTC](https://community.pickaxe.co/t/chat-autonaming/5200/9 "2025-06-04T21:32:00Z")
Can you please share more about what you mean in terms of it working for the chat window? I’m hoping to set the sidebar chat name as the date of the conversation if possible! ---
**Author:** ![liveboldtravel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/community.pickaxe.co/liveboldtravel/32/3074_2.png) [@liveboldtravel](https://community.pickaxe.co/u/liveboldtravel)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 2:24pm UTC](https://community.pickaxe.co/t/chat-autonaming/5200/10 "2025-06-05T14:24:18Z")
```auto ``` I have a pickaxe that outputs an itinerary, and I have the prompt to force the name. It looks like its working now at the top of the itinerary, as well as in the left nav. the pickaxe is at [app.livebold.travel](https://app.livebold.travel). Here’s the text in the prompt: ```auto Based on the user's input, create a concise title for this trip planning session. Include the destination, trip length if available, and a brief detail on the travel group or focus. Keep it under 10 words and use the format below: Example Formats: -[Destination] itinerary for [Dates/Time of Year] -[Trip length] [Destination] [Focus/Style] Examples: - 10-Day Costa Rica Trip with Kids - Weekend Getaway to Banff for Nature Lovers - Japan Family Trip with Grandparents - Iceland Honeymoon Adventure ``` And here’s what is looks like ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/uploads/pickaxeproject/original/2X/f/f029ad8eb24b28c3cfcd49aea68d3ee4b5dae98c.png) ```auto ``` ---
**Author:** ![daniellesutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7bcc69/32.png) [@daniellesutton](https://community.pickaxe.co/u/daniellesutton)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 10:58pm UTC](https://community.pickaxe.co/t/chat-autonaming/5200/11 "2025-06-05T22:58:41Z")
Thanks so much! I’ll give this a shot 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![cleverphotographer](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/community.pickaxe.co/cleverphotographer/32/3598_2.png) [@cleverphotographer](https://community.pickaxe.co/u/cleverphotographer)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2025, 3:39pm UTC](https://community.pickaxe.co/t/chat-autonaming/5200/12 "2025-06-13T15:39:21Z")
This works, but unfortunately only until the user leaves or re-fresh the browser. Then it defaults back to the “User requrested…” etc. Any chance to fix this? ---
**Author:** ![maverick](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/community.pickaxe.co/maverick/32/143_2.png) [@maverick](https://community.pickaxe.co/u/maverick)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2025, 4:30am UTC](https://community.pickaxe.co/t/chat-autonaming/5200/13 "2025-06-18T04:30:49Z")
Hi @admin_mike, any updates on this? Would be great if we can revert to the previous naming convention (first prompt by the user). Since we’re unable to rename the chats, I had a chatbot that prompted the user to start the first chat with the Project Name. It was working in the past but now, with the summary, it’s not. Please advice a timeline as our clients are waiting on us as well. ---
**Author:** ![bronster](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/community.pickaxe.co/bronster/32/2169_2.png) [@bronster](https://community.pickaxe.co/u/bronster)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2025, 10:44pm UTC](https://community.pickaxe.co/t/chat-autonaming/5200/14 "2025-06-18T22:44:29Z")
@admin_mike Im looking for this too as my users are asking for it more and more. Do you have an update. Thanks so much Bron ---
**Author:** ![maverick](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/community.pickaxe.co/maverick/32/143_2.png) [@maverick](https://community.pickaxe.co/u/maverick)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2025, 10:18pm UTC](https://community.pickaxe.co/t/chat-autonaming/5200/15 "2025-06-25T22:18:18Z")
Yes, would appreciate an update because the issue had been going on for two months, and we’re running out of excuses to explain to our clients @admin_mike ---
**Author:** ![ihmunro](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/community.pickaxe.co/ihmunro/32/592_2.png) [@ihmunro](https://community.pickaxe.co/u/ihmunro)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2025, 10:49pm UTC](https://community.pickaxe.co/t/chat-autonaming/5200/16 "2025-06-25T22:49:59Z")
Looks good @liveboldtravel. Are you using Chatgpt / Claude or do you have it hooked up to an actions for doing additional web research ? ---
**Author:** ![liveboldtravel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/community.pickaxe.co/liveboldtravel/32/3074_2.png) [@liveboldtravel](https://community.pickaxe.co/u/liveboldtravel)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2025, 5:02pm UTC](https://community.pickaxe.co/t/chat-autonaming/5200/17 "2025-06-26T17:02:33Z")
Hi, I just have an action the sends an email using Gmail via Make. I love the idea of more research, and am gathering some ideas from travel agents about using something like this for lead gen as well! ---
**Author:** ![bronster](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/community.pickaxe.co/bronster/32/2169_2.png) [@bronster](https://community.pickaxe.co/u/bronster)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2025, 8:57pm UTC](https://community.pickaxe.co/t/chat-autonaming/5200/18 "2025-07-09T20:57:49Z")
Hey @admin_mike . You got an update on this one - my clients are all asking for this knowing its standard in all LLM - its great they are using our pickaxes so often…it would help the user experience immensely. Bron ---
**Author:** ![maverick](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/community.pickaxe.co/maverick/32/143_2.png) [@maverick](https://community.pickaxe.co/u/maverick)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2025, 2:04pm UTC](https://community.pickaxe.co/t/chat-autonaming/5200/19 "2025-07-15T14:04:40Z")
Waiting for this for over a month already… 😔 It’s really affecting the reputation with the clients we have, [@admins](https://community.pickaxe.co/groups/admins) ---
**Author:** ![maverick](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/community.pickaxe.co/maverick/32/143_2.png) [@maverick](https://community.pickaxe.co/u/maverick)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2025, 12:32am UTC](https://community.pickaxe.co/t/chat-autonaming/5200/20 "2025-08-03T00:32:57Z")
Really wondering where is the @admin_mike [@admins](https://community.pickaxe.co/groups/admins) on this? This had been going on for months. Please guys. You’ve been helpful before. Would be good if we can have a fix for this, or even revert it back to what it was previously before this auto-renaming/summarizing thing came around. [Next page](https://community.pickaxe.co/t/chat-autonaming/5200.md?page=2)