# Create a custom context

Source: https://help.contextli.com/articles/create-a-custom-context

Open **Contexts**, click **Add New Context**, give it a name, a **Global hotkey** and **Instructions**, then click **Save context**. From then on, pressing that hotkey in any app turns your speech into the format you described.

## Create the context

1. Click **Contexts** in the sidebar.
2. Click **Add New Context**. The **New Context** editor opens.
3. Pick an icon and type a **Context name** (for example "Client emails").
4. Click the **Global hotkey** field and press the key combination you want. If it is already taken, you see: This hotkey is already used by "name". Pick another.
5. Under **Instructions**, describe the format and tone you want. To start quickly, click a template under **Start from**: **Email reply**, **Slack message**, **Meeting notes**, **Bug report**, **LinkedIn post** or **Formal rewrite**, then edit it.
6. Check the live preview on the right to see how your words will come out.
7. Optional: open **Advanced settings** to turn on **Capture screenshot** (send what is on screen along with your words).
8. Click **Save context**.

![New Context editor with name, global hotkey, instructions and live preview](https://cdn.kamaan.io/kamaan/sites/6ae9f572170cd8d9857a277c/images/contextli-new-context-editor.webp)

Your new context appears on the Contexts page and you can add it to the contexts bar.

## Tips for good instructions

- Say what the output should look like: "a short email with a greeting and a sign-off".
- Say the tone: professional, casual, friendly.
- Add rules: "Keep my meaning and facts exactly. Remove filler words."
- Short instructions are faster. Very long instructions add a few seconds per dictation.
- Click **What the AI receives** under the instructions to see exactly what is sent.

## Edit or delete a context

- **Edit**: click the context card (or its edit button), change it and click **Save changes**.
- **Delete**: open the card's menu (three dots) and click **Delete Context**.

## Troubleshooting

- **The hotkey does nothing**: another app may use the same keys. Choose a different combination with a modifier like Cmd, Ctrl, Option or Alt.
- **The output ignores my format**: make the instructions more specific and test again.

## Related articles

- [What are contexts?](/articles/what-are-contexts)
- [Give the AI screen context with screenshot capture](/articles/use-screen-context-with-screenshot-capture)
- [Share, import and push contexts to Spaces](/articles/share-and-import-contexts)
- [The hotkey does nothing when I press it](/articles/hotkey-does-nothing)