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# How to set up a coach debrief
> Create a coach, attach a post-session debrief to catalog scenarios or a single roleplay, and talk the attempt through on the snapshot
Practice gets you into the room. Reflection is how you leave it better.
The people who improve do not pile on more reps and hope. They stop, look at what they said, and decide what they will do differently next time. In a [Harvard Business School field experiment](https://hbr.org/2014/07/dear-diary), employees who spent fifteen minutes reflecting at the end of the day performed **23% better** than colleagues who used the same time to keep working. Experience is not the teacher. Examined experience is.
Coach debrief puts that conversation on the snapshot — on *this* attempt, while the feedback is still on the page.
You need **organization admin** access. Coaches live on the organization, not on an individual studio.
Go to **Organizations**, open yours, and select the **Coaches** tab.
Tap **+ Create Coach** and pick **Real Talk Coach**.
The new coach appears on the Coaches page.
Use the organization toggle for every catalog scenario, or enable it on a single roleplay under **Skills → Advanced**.
After practice, tap **Debrief with me** in the bottom right of the snapshot.
## Step 1 — Open Coaches in your organization
Go to **[Organizations](https://app.realtalkstudio.com/organizations)** and open yours. In the tab row you will now see **Coaches**, between Policies and Team.
That is the home for debrief coaches and standalone coaching sessions.
## Step 2 — Create a Real Talk Coach
On the Coaches page, tap **+ Create Coach**.
When it asks what kind of coach this is, pick **Real Talk Coach**. That specialism is built for post-roleplay debrief: they work from what actually happened — the moment, the phrasing, the choice you avoided — and close with one behaviour to try next time. They do not rescore the session. They help the learner use it.
You can create your own coach instead. Tailor the style to the conversation you want after practice: more reflective, more action-oriented, sharper, or slower. **Real Talk Coach** is the fastest way to a debrief that is ready on day one. Your own coach is how you make it sound like you.
## Step 3 — The coach appears in your library
Save the coach and you are back on the Coaches page. The new coach is in the library — name, specialism, and a card you can play or edit.
## Step 4a — Turn debrief on for every catalog scenario
At the top of the same page: **Coach debrief for catalog scenarios**.
Turn it on and choose the coach. Every catalog scenario — existing and new — uses that coach for a post-session debrief. Turn it off and debrief is removed from all catalog scenarios. Authors can still change an individual scenario in the editor (step 4b).
Use this when the default should be: practise, then talk it through.
## Step 4b — Or turn it on for one roleplay
For a single scenario: **Edit roleplay → Skills → Advanced → Debrief with coach**.
Turn the toggle on, pick the coach from the list, and save.
Use this when only some roleplays should debrief, or when a scenario needs a different coach from the organization default — for example a sales debrief on a pitch, or a leadership coach on a feedback conversation.
## Step 5 — Debrief the attempt you just finished
Run the roleplay, finish, and open the snapshot.
The coach is waiting in the bottom right: **Debrief with me**. Tap it. The report stays on screen. The coach sits with you in a floating window, looking at the same attempt — this transcript, this moment, this miss.
The debrief runs alongside the feedback. Slow down at the line that mattered, argue with the note, and leave with one next move.
## Credits, length, and custom coaches
Yes. Create any coach type — leadership, sales, communication, or your own — and attach it from the organization toggle or from **Skills → Advanced** on a roleplay. Write the style in plain language: more questions or more direction, more reflection or more action. Edit the coach later from the library.
Yes. Credits are deducted at the **same rate as a roleplay**. The debrief is a live coaching conversation, not a written note, so it uses the same credit pool as practice.
Yes. Set **max session length** on the coach — for example 5 minutes — in the coach’s session settings when you edit the persona. Learners see that cap in the debrief window. The default is 15 minutes.
Yes. Leave the organization toggle off, then enable **Debrief with coach** on that roleplay under **Skills → Advanced**. The organization toggle is the catalog-wide default; the editor is the override.
On the [feedback](/feature-overview/feedback-and-evidence) page after they finish the attempt, in the bottom right. They tap **Debrief with me**. The snapshot stays open. The coach talks with them about that session.
## Related
* [Feedback & evidence](/feature-overview/feedback-and-evidence) — the snapshot the coach sits on
* [Admin & organizations](/feature-overview/admin-and-organizations) — organization tabs, credits, and catalog
* [Practice experience](/feature-overview/practice-experience) — the live session that comes before debrief