The task takes five minutes. Writing the instruction takes an afternoon.
The person who does the task best has no time to write it down. Every step needs a screenshot, a crop and an arrow. Then the software changes and the pictures are wrong.
So the new person learns by watching, and the task gets done three different ways.
What if the work instruction wrote itself while you did the task?
Most work instruction software is a template and a folder. Glitter writes the instruction. Do the task once on screen, narrating as you go, and you get a finished work instruction with numbered steps, a screenshot at every click and the wording already drafted. It captures the small things an expert does without thinking, which are exactly the things a template never asks for.
Work instructions sit one level below procedures. When you need the procedure itself, with roles and scope, use our SOP software. When you are documenting how a whole process runs across a team, start from process documentation software. For the writing conventions, see our guides to standard work instructions and work instruction examples.
One recording becomes a complete work instruction.
Do the task once. Hand the instruction to your team.
Glitter records your clicks and your voice. The AI writes the instruction: title, numbered steps, screenshots. Share a link, embed it, or export to PDF or Word. When a step changes, re-record that step only.

AI-written steps
From your voice and clicks

Annotated screenshots
Auto-captured at every action

Audit-ready versions
Full history on every instruction
Build your first work instruction free
Record one task. Get the instruction. No credit card.
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“This software is mind-blowing! After 2+ months, it's an invaluable asset to my company. The transcription quality is out of this world, and the new image editing tools are so fluid and better than [competitor name redacted]. ...you've saved me so much time; I'm elated and highly anticipate subscribing for another year!”
Tim M.
“Our company has asked each department to use AI tools to increase productivity, and this has made a huge difference. One of our leaders had originally sent a link to check out Glitter AI, and we love it! We're now using it for clients as well as internal staff.”
Kim W.
“This is exactly the documentation solution that we've been looking for. Every software system requires operating instructions, and you make them so easy to create! It's perfect for employee training purposes.”
Erez A.
“Glitter is really cool! The step-by-step guide it created was exactly what we needed for our corporate Salesforce setup, which was a literal mess. Just having a video isn't great because it's a nightmare to update all the fields for billing. This tool is saving us so much time!”
Dustin R.
“This is amazing! I just used the desktop app to make a quick guide for a Photoshop tool that I can use in my class. It would have taken me at least 30 minutes before and I just did it in about 5 minutes. Thanks for such a great tool!”
Sarah
“I tested 2 products today to solve the problem of rapidly creating 60+ articles to onboard our customers, and Glitter AI is excellent! It's really easy to use and edit. The output is so easy to import into our CMS for our Knowledge Hub; it's fantastic.”
Emily W.
“Really love this product! We use Guru for documentation at our company. With Glitter, I can do a quick walkthrough, and it creates a guide that can be pasted right into Guru, which saves us from undocumented tasks.”
Jens A.
“So far, I'm liking Glitter a great deal; it's very intuitive and useful. Our school district has an old method for online help for our student information system. Glitter is a great way to save many, MANY, person-hours of work, and our IT person is excited about it too!”
John
“This software is mind-blowing! After 2+ months, it's an invaluable asset to my company. The transcription quality is out of this world, and the new image editing tools are so fluid and better than [competitor name redacted]. ...you've saved me so much time; I'm elated and highly anticipate subscribing for another year!”
Tim M.
“Our company has asked each department to use AI tools to increase productivity, and this has made a huge difference. One of our leaders had originally sent a link to check out Glitter AI, and we love it! We're now using it for clients as well as internal staff.”
Kim W.
“This is exactly the documentation solution that we've been looking for. Every software system requires operating instructions, and you make them so easy to create! It's perfect for employee training purposes.”
Erez A.
“Glitter is really cool! The step-by-step guide it created was exactly what we needed for our corporate Salesforce setup, which was a literal mess. Just having a video isn't great because it's a nightmare to update all the fields for billing. This tool is saving us so much time!”
Dustin R.
“This is amazing! I just used the desktop app to make a quick guide for a Photoshop tool that I can use in my class. It would have taken me at least 30 minutes before and I just did it in about 5 minutes. Thanks for such a great tool!”
Sarah
“I tested 2 products today to solve the problem of rapidly creating 60+ articles to onboard our customers, and Glitter AI is excellent! It's really easy to use and edit. The output is so easy to import into our CMS for our Knowledge Hub; it's fantastic.”
Emily W.
“Really love this product! We use Guru for documentation at our company. With Glitter, I can do a quick walkthrough, and it creates a guide that can be pasted right into Guru, which saves us from undocumented tasks.”
Jens A.
“So far, I'm liking Glitter a great deal; it's very intuitive and useful. Our school district has an old method for online help for our student information system. Glitter is a great way to save many, MANY, person-hours of work, and our IT person is excited about it too!”
John
“This software is mind-blowing! After 2+ months, it's an invaluable asset to my company. The transcription quality is out of this world, and the new image editing tools are so fluid and better than [competitor name redacted]. ...you've saved me so much time; I'm elated and highly anticipate subscribing for another year!”
Tim M.
“Our company has asked each department to use AI tools to increase productivity, and this has made a huge difference. One of our leaders had originally sent a link to check out Glitter AI, and we love it! We're now using it for clients as well as internal staff.”
Kim W.
“This is exactly the documentation solution that we've been looking for. Every software system requires operating instructions, and you make them so easy to create! It's perfect for employee training purposes.”
Erez A.
“Glitter is really cool! The step-by-step guide it created was exactly what we needed for our corporate Salesforce setup, which was a literal mess. Just having a video isn't great because it's a nightmare to update all the fields for billing. This tool is saving us so much time!”
Dustin R.
“This is amazing! I just used the desktop app to make a quick guide for a Photoshop tool that I can use in my class. It would have taken me at least 30 minutes before and I just did it in about 5 minutes. Thanks for such a great tool!”
Sarah
“I tested 2 products today to solve the problem of rapidly creating 60+ articles to onboard our customers, and Glitter AI is excellent! It's really easy to use and edit. The output is so easy to import into our CMS for our Knowledge Hub; it's fantastic.”
Emily W.
“Really love this product! We use Guru for documentation at our company. With Glitter, I can do a quick walkthrough, and it creates a guide that can be pasted right into Guru, which saves us from undocumented tasks.”
Jens A.
“So far, I'm liking Glitter a great deal; it's very intuitive and useful. Our school district has an old method for online help for our student information system. Glitter is a great way to save many, MANY, person-hours of work, and our IT person is excited about it too!”
John



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Teams of 5 to 5,000 build work instructions with Glitter in minutes. Free to start.

The old way vs. Glitter
Writing the steps
Capturing screenshots
Standardizing across sites
Keeping instructions current
Delivering to the floor
Passing an audit
Built for operations, quality and training teams
Everything you need to ship instructions people actually follow
AI-Generated Steps
- Step text from your voice
- Numbered and sectioned automatically
- Clean, professional tone
Annotated Screenshots
- Captured at every click
- Auto arrows and highlights
- Blur sensitive data in one click
Multi-Language
- 99 languages supported
- One-click translation
- Localize per site or region
Works Everywhere
- Any app - not just browsers
- Mac (12.3+) and Windows (10+)
- Chrome extension included
Flexible Delivery
- Web link, PDF, Word, Markdown
- Knowledge-base and LMS embeds
- Custom branding on Pro
Version Control
- Full change history
- Re-record only what changed
- Audit trail for compliance
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- 3 guides
- Desktop and browser support
- Convert any video to a guide
- Export to PDF, HTML, Markdown
- Support for 99 languages
Frequently Asked Questions
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IT Administrators
Challenge: Rolling out tools to the whole company
Solution: Record the setup once, while talking through it
Result: Company-wide documentation in minutes
Customer Success Managers
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Solution: Create guides during real calls
Result: Support tickets drop by 70%
Operations Teams
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Result: Onboarding time cut from weeks to days
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