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AI SOP generator
AI SOP generator: record a process once, get a step-by-step SOP.
Walk through the real workflow on screen. Zight AI pulls screenshots from the video and drafts numbered instructions your team can edit, approve, and reuse.
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Drafting with AI is plan-based: Create includes 5 AI smart actions a month, Collaborate and up are unlimited. Compare plans.
What is an AI SOP generator?
An AI SOP generator drafts a standard operating procedure for you. Zight works from a screen recording: you walk through the process once, and it pulls a screenshot for each key moment and writes a numbered step beside it. A person still edits and approves the draft before anyone relies on it.
The payoff
From recording to reusable guide
The work after a walkthrough is usually the work that never happens: pause the video, take screenshots, write the instructions, and find somewhere to put them. Zight makes the recording useful again without asking someone to rebuild it by hand.
How it works
One explanation. A clear answer every time.
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Record the process once
Walk through the real workflow on screen and narrate the decisions that matter.
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Zight drafts the SOP
Zight AI pulls a screenshot for each key moment and writes a numbered instruction beside it.
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Edit and approve it
Fix the wording, reorder steps, add prerequisites and exceptions, and have the process owner sign off.
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Share it where people look
Send a link, download a PDF, copy it into your docs, or export it to a connected tool.
What you get
What a Zight SOP contains
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Numbered steps with a screenshot each
Every instruction sits next to the screen it describes, so nobody has to guess which button.
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The recording behind it
The video stays linked, for the step that is easier to watch than to read.
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Edits before anyone relies on it
Reorder, remove or add steps and replace screenshots. The AI writes a draft, not the final word.
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Exports that fit your docs
A Zight link, a PDF, or formatted copy for Word and Google Docs. Confluence, Notion and Jira in one click on Scale.
Compared
SOP generators compared by how they capture the process
Most SOP tools differ in one place: how the process gets captured. That decides what you can document and who has to do the capturing.
| Approach | How it captures the process | What you get | Who records it |
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| Zight | A screen recording, with your narration | Numbered steps with screenshots, plus the video | You, or anyone you send a request link |
| Scribe | A browser extension that captures screenshots and text as you click | A step-by-step guide, exported as PDF, HTML or Markdown | You |
| Tango | A browser extension that records your clicks | A how-to guide with screenshots and annotations | You |
| A general AI chat | A prompt you write | Text, from what you describe | Nobody: it never sees the screen |
| Writing it by hand | Your notes and screenshots | Whatever you build in a doc | You |
Scribe and Tango details checked 6 October 2026 on their own pages: Scribe SOP generator; Tango SOP creator.
Built for the repeat question
Where teams use an SOP generator
Reuse the answer in customer support
Show customers where to click, then keep the guide ready for the next ticket. See how support teams request, reply and reuse. If a customer's screen differs, request a recording before updating the instructions.
Onboarding people can move through
Give new teammates an SOP they can follow at their pace instead of a meeting they have to remember. See how training and onboarding teams use it.
IT and internal procedures
Turn the setup you do every week into an SOP with the real screens in it. Start from the free SOP template if you want a structure first, or the customer service SOP template for support handoffs.
FAQ
Questions people ask first
How does an AI SOP generator work from a video?
Record a real process, then use Zight AI to draft numbered instructions with screenshots from the recording. Review every step, add prerequisites and exceptions, and have the process owner approve the result before your team uses it as an SOP. AI helps create the draft; it does not replace your approval process.
Is the Zight SOP generator free?
You can sign up and record on the free plan. Drafting with AI is plan-based: Create includes 5 AI smart actions a month, and Collaborate and up are unlimited. Compare plans on the pricing page.
Can I edit the generated steps?
Yes. Edit the text, reorder or remove steps, and add or replace steps and screenshots before you share the SOP.
Where can I share or export an SOP?
Share a Zight link, download a PDF, or copy the content formatted for Word or Google Docs. On the Scale plan, connected workspaces can create a Confluence or Notion page or a Jira ticket in one click.
How is Zight different from Scribe or Tango?
Scribe and Tango capture your clicks through a browser extension as you work. Zight starts from a screen recording, so your narration and the video stay with the SOP, and a request link lets someone else record the process for you.
Can someone else record the process for me?
Yes. Send a request link to the person who does the work. They record their screen in the browser with no account or install, and the recording comes back to your Zight library.
Can I use it for customer support SOPs?
Yes. Support teams turn a solved issue into a reusable visual answer, then send it the next time a customer asks the same question. The customer service SOP template covers the handoff details.
Is it secure enough for regulated teams?
Zight is SOC 2 Type II certified. Zight is HIPAA compliant on the Scale plan, with a signed BAA available. Keep sensitive data out of a recording unless your approved workflow allows it.
Record it once. Make it useful again and again.
Start with the workflow you explained most recently. Zight can take it from there.