How to Create a Custom Modality in PathwayNotes

Creating a Custom Modality

Working with an integrative approach that doesn't fit a pre-built option? Build your own. In the Treatment Approach modal, tap the plus Custom button. You'll see two fields: Modality Name and Description.

The name is what you'll recognise it by. The description is what the AI works from — write it like a brief for a capable clinical assistant who has never met the client. Cover your therapeutic goals for this person, the specific language you use, and the techniques you're drawing from. The difference between vague and detailed shows up in every single AI response the client receives.

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