A play is a saved instruction for Pin (formerly Hiring Copilot), such as "Summarise this week's new applicants for my open roles and flag anyone who looks like a strong fit."
You save it once and run it with one click whenever you need it. Plays can carry much more detailed instructions, including the way you want a job done.
✅ Permissions
Pin needs to be enabled for your account, and you need the Access Pin permission to use routines.
If this is true for you and you still don't see Plays, contact your Customer Success Manager (CSM)!
Viewing Plays
Plays live in a new Plays tab in expanded Pin.
You'll see the plays you've made under Created by you and any that colleagues have shared with you under Shared with you.
Creating Plays
To create a play:
Click the Pin button in the top-right hand corner of the navigation bar.
Expand it to full screen.
Plays will only appear when expanded. It won't appear if you keep Pin docked.Go to Plays from the list on the left.
Click Create new.
This will open a panel.
Enter a Name (up to 60 characters).
For example: "Interview prep". Each of your plays needs unique name.Write the Prompt.
This is what you want Pin to follow each time. Be specific about what you want back.Check Access.
New plays start as Only me.Click Create play.
Pin will write a one-sentence summary of what the play does and shows it on the play's card. While it's being written, the card says "Writing a summary...".
This usually takes a few seconds.
✅ Tip
You can also save a play straight from a chat.
To do this, hover over a message you sent and click the Star (Save as play). The same panel opens with your message filled in.
Sharing Plays
Anyone with plays can share the ones they've created for themselves.
✅ Permissions
You'll need the Share Pin plays with the whole company or with access groups permissions to start sharing.
To share a play with the company or an access group:
Click Change (next to Access).
Choose one of the options:
Only me - Nobody else can see or use it.
Company - Everyone at your company who has Pin.
Access groups - Only people in the access groups you pick.
Click Change.
Click Save changes.
ℹ️ Note
If you don't have permission to share, you'll see "Only admins, and people they give permission to, can share plays." instead of the Change button.
If you aren't set up to manage users or permissions, you won't see the access group option either.
⚠️ Caution
When using the Access group option, if you pick a group whose members don't have Pin, you'll see a warning that they won't see the play you're trying to share.
Running Plays
Plays Tab
To run a play from the tab:
Go to Plays from the list on the left.
Open the play's menu.
Click Run now.
You can also click the play to open it, then click Run now.
Running a play this way starts a new chat and sends the play's prompt as your message.
Pin Chat
To run a play from the chat:
Open a chat in Pin.
Type / followed by part of the play's name.
Typing / on its own shows View plays, which takes you to the Plays tab.Pick the play from the list.
Pin answers with your own access, so a shared play shows each person only the jobs and candidates they can already see.
Scheduling Plays
If you run a play regularly, you can turn it into a routine that runs on a schedule.
To schedule a play:
Open the play's menu.
Click Schedule.
A new routine opens with the play's name and prompt filled in.Follow the remaining steps to setting up a routine.
Organizing Plays
You can organize plays by:
filtering by All, Yours and Organisation
searching using the search bar
sorting by Next run, Last updated or Alphabetical
You can also switch between Card view and Table view as needed.
Changing Plays
Each play's menu has Edit (your own plays) or View (shared ones), Run now, Schedule, Duplicate, and Delete when you're allowed to delete it.
Clicking a play's card, or its name in table view, opens it. Your own plays open for editing. Shared plays open read-only, with Run now and Close.
Tips and Best Practices
When creating a play:
Duplicate a shared play to make it your own - Duplicate opens a new play called "Copy of [name]" with the same prompt, set to Only me. Click Create play to save it. You can't edit a play someone else created.
Write prompts that work for anyone - Shared plays run with each person's own access, so avoid prompts that rely on a particular job or candidate that only you can see.
Editing a prompt refreshes its summary - Pin writes a new summary each time you change the prompt text.
Save before you run - While a play has unsaved edits, Run now is disabled until you click Save changes.
Troubleshooting
I can't see the Plays tab.
Make sure the Pin is expanded to full screen and you're on a laptop or desktop. Check you have the Access Pin permission.
If you still can't see it, plays may not be switched on for your account yet. Contact your Customer Success contact.
There's no Change button next to Access.
You don't have the Share Pin plays with the whole company or with access groups permission. Ask an admin at your organisation to grant it.
I can share with the company but there's no Access groups option.
Picking access groups also needs permission to manage users or permissions. Ask an admin to grant it, or ask them to share the play for you.
A play I shared is now set to Only me.
This happens in two cases. If your sharing permission was removed, the plays you had shared go back to Only me. And if a play was shared only with access groups that have since been deleted, it goes back to Only me too.
A shared play has disappeared.
The person who created it may have deleted it or changed who can use it, or an admin may have deleted it.
FAQs
Do my old saved prompts still work?
Yes. When plays are switched on, the prompts you saved in Pin (the one you open from the top header) become your plays. They stay private to you until you choose to share them.
Can I edit a play someone shared with me?
No. Only the person who created a play can edit it. Use Duplicate to make your own copy.
Who can delete a play?
The person who created it, and company admins. Deleting a shared play removes it for everyone it was shared with, and Pinpoint warns you before it does.
Can admins see everyone's private plays?
No. Admins see the same plays as everyone else: their own, plus any shared with the company or with their access groups.
What happens to someone's shared plays when they leave?
They stay available to the people they were shared with. A company admin can delete them if they're no longer needed.
Does a shared play let people see more than they normally could?
No. Pin always runs a play with the access of the person using it.