> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.kampp.app/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Coach DNA: teach it your method

> Write down how you prescribe so the suggestions sound like you instead of generic.

**Coach DNA** is the heart of Cortex. It's where you explain how you work — and it's what
separates a suggestion that's *yours* from one pulled off the internet.

Until Coach DNA is active, Cortex **generates nothing**.

## Where to find it

Menu **Cortex** → **My Coach DNA** tab.

In the corner of the first card you see the current state: **ACTIVE** (green) or **DRAFT**
(amber), along with the version number. The version goes up every time you change
something real.

## The five fields

<Steps>
  <Step title="Your methodology">
    The most important field. Explain how you prescribe, what you prioritize and what
    Cortex should avoid.

    *E.g.: I start with an adaptation phase, I prioritize gradual progression, I avoid
    advanced techniques for beginners...*

    **It needs at least 200 characters** before you can activate. Kampp shows how many are
    missing.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Workout guidelines">
    Your preferred split, volume, intensity, how you progress, rest times.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Diet guidelines">
    Your nutrition strategy, how you distribute macros, how much flexibility you allow.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Rules and things to avoid">
    **One rule per line.** These are your red lines.

    *E.g.: Don't take beginners to muscular failure / Don't suggest ultra-processed foods*
  </Step>

  <Step title="Communication tone">
    How you talk to the athlete. *E.g.: direct, instructive and warm.*
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Tip>
  The more **explicit** your rules, the closer the suggestion lands to the way you work.
  Write it as if you were explaining it to an intern who's going to prescribe in your
  place — because that's exactly what's happening.
</Tip>

## Dictate instead of typing

Each of the five fields has a **microphone button** next to it. Click **Start dictation**
and talk: the text appears in the field, adding to whatever was already written. Click
again (**Stop dictation**) to finish.

* You can dictate **one field at a time**.
* While it records, a red dot shows up with **Listening...**.
* If the button is disabled with the *Dictation unavailable in this browser* notice, use
  another browser or type it out normally.
* The first time, the browser asks for microphone permission. If you deny it by mistake,
  allow it in the site permissions.

<Note>
  Talking usually gets you further than writing. A lot of people freeze at the blank page
  and loosen up the moment they explain it out loud.
</Note>

## Choose what you prescribe

In the **What do you prescribe?** card, switch on **Workouts**, **Diets** or both. Cortex
only suggests what's switched on here.

<Warning>
  If you don't switch on at least one of the two, Kampp warns you: *Enable workout, diet or
  both.*
</Warning>

## Diet targets: the ranges you accept

The **Diet targets** card isn't text — it's numbers. You set the **range** (a "From" and a
"To") and Cortex picks where to land inside it, following your methodology. Kampp
calculates the athlete's expenditure and adjusts the portions to hit it exactly.

| Goal | What you set |
| - | - |
| **Fat loss** | Calorie deficit (%) and protein (g/kg) |
| **Maintenance** | Protein (g/kg) |
| **Muscle gain** | Calorie surplus (%) and protein (g/kg) |

The last row holds the safety floors: **minimum calories for women and for men** and the
**water** reference per kilo. Kampp ships with values already filled in — only touch them
if your method calls for something else.

<Tip>
  Tight ranges make the suggestion more predictable; wide ranges give it more room to adapt
  to the athlete. Start from the default values and adjust as you review your first
  suggestions.
</Tip>

## Save and activate

Two buttons, top right:

* **Save draft** — keeps what you wrote without putting it into use.
* **Activate Coach DNA** — puts it into use. If it's already active, the button becomes
  **Save active version**.

<Warning>
  If your Coach DNA goes offline (say, you switched off both workout and diet), the intake
  forms with the suggestion enabled **pause**: the answers sit waiting and the suggestion
  is only generated once Coach DNA is active again.
</Warning>

## After you activate

Head to [Turn the suggestion on for an intake form](/en/cortex-enable-on-intake). That's
where you choose which questionnaires Cortex gets to work on.

<Note>
  Stuck when it's time to write? See
  [A shortcut for writing your method](/en/cortex-write-methodology).
</Note>


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