diff --git a/lib/pages/chat/chat_event_list.dart b/lib/pages/chat/chat_event_list.dart
index 048b54443..114aadd84 100644
--- a/lib/pages/chat/chat_event_list.dart
+++ b/lib/pages/chat/chat_event_list.dart
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class ChatEventList extends StatelessWidget {
     // card, attach it on top of the first shown message
     WidgetsBinding.instance.addPostFrameCallback((_) {
       if (events.isEmpty) return;
-      controller.pangeaController.instructions.show(
+      controller.pangeaController.instructions.showInstructionsPopup(
         context,
         InstructionsEnum.clickMessage,
         events[0].eventId,
diff --git a/lib/pangea/choreographer/widgets/it_bar_buttons.dart b/lib/pangea/choreographer/widgets/it_bar_buttons.dart
index 815020d17..e06855f26 100644
--- a/lib/pangea/choreographer/widgets/it_bar_buttons.dart
+++ b/lib/pangea/choreographer/widgets/it_bar_buttons.dart
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
-
 import 'package:fluffychat/pangea/controllers/pangea_controller.dart';
 import 'package:fluffychat/pangea/utils/instructions.dart';
 import 'package:fluffychat/widgets/matrix.dart';
+import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
+
 import '../../widgets/common/bot_face_svg.dart';
 import '../controllers/choreographer.dart';
 import '../controllers/it_controller.dart';
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class ITBotButton extends StatelessWidget {
 
   @override
   Widget build(BuildContext context) {
-    choreographer.pangeaController.instructions.show(
+    choreographer.pangeaController.instructions.showInstructionsPopup(
       context,
       InstructionsEnum.itInstructions,
       choreographer.itBotTransformTargetKey,
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ class ITBotButton extends StatelessWidget {
 
     return IconButton(
       icon: const BotFace(width: 40.0, expression: BotExpression.right),
-      onPressed: () => choreographer.pangeaController.instructions.show(
+      onPressed: () =>
+          choreographer.pangeaController.instructions.showInstructionsPopup(
         context,
         InstructionsEnum.itInstructions,
         choreographer.itBotTransformTargetKey,
diff --git a/lib/pangea/controllers/my_analytics_controller.dart b/lib/pangea/controllers/my_analytics_controller.dart
index 614fcf9db..067083e38 100644
--- a/lib/pangea/controllers/my_analytics_controller.dart
+++ b/lib/pangea/controllers/my_analytics_controller.dart
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ class MyAnalyticsController extends BaseController {
 
     // if there's new content to be sent, or if lastUpdated hasn't been
     // set yet for this room, send the analytics events
+
     if (summaryContent.isNotEmpty || lastUpdated == null) {
       await SummaryAnalyticsEvent.sendSummaryAnalyticsEvent(
         analyticsRoom,
diff --git a/lib/pangea/utils/instructions.dart b/lib/pangea/utils/instructions.dart
index b9eecd799..4fe3ea627 100644
--- a/lib/pangea/utils/instructions.dart
+++ b/lib/pangea/utils/instructions.dart
@@ -14,17 +14,26 @@ import 'overlay.dart';
 class InstructionsController {
   late PangeaController _pangeaController;
 
+  /// Instruction popup was closed by the user
   final Map<InstructionsEnum, bool> _instructionsClosed = {};
+
+  /// Instructions that were shown in that session
   final Map<InstructionsEnum, bool> _instructionsShown = {};
 
+  /// Returns true if the instructions were turned off by the user via the toggle switch
+  bool? toggledOff(InstructionsEnum key) =>
+      _pangeaController.pStoreService.read(key.toString());
+
+  /// We have these three methods to make sure that the instructions are not shown too much
+
   InstructionsController(PangeaController pangeaController) {
     _pangeaController = pangeaController;
   }
 
+  /// Returns true if the instructions were turned off by the user
+  /// via the toggle switch
   bool wereInstructionsTurnedOff(InstructionsEnum key) =>
-      _pangeaController.pStoreService.read(key.toString()) ??
-      _instructionsClosed[key] ??
-      false;
+      toggledOff(key) ?? _instructionsClosed[key] ?? false;
 
   Future<void> updateEnableInstructions(
     InstructionsEnum key,
@@ -35,7 +44,30 @@ class InstructionsController {
         value,
       );
 
-  Future<void> show(
+  // return a text widget with constainer that expands to fill a parent container
+  // and displays instructions text defined in the enum extension
+  Future<Widget> getInlineTooltip(
+    BuildContext context,
+    InstructionsEnum key,
+  ) async {
+    if (wereInstructionsTurnedOff(key)) {
+      return const SizedBox();
+    }
+    if (L10n.of(context) == null) {
+      ErrorHandler.logError(
+        m: "null context in ITBotButton.showCard",
+        s: StackTrace.current,
+      );
+      return const SizedBox();
+    }
+    if (_instructionsShown[key] ?? false) {
+      return const SizedBox();
+    }
+
+    return key.inlineTooltip(context);
+  }
+
+  Future<void> showInstructionsPopup(
     BuildContext context,
     InstructionsEnum key,
     String transformTargetKey, [
@@ -135,6 +167,22 @@ extension Copy on InstructionsEnum {
             : L10n.of(context)!.tooltipInstructionsBrowserBody;
     }
   }
+
+  Widget inlineTooltip(BuildContext context) {
+    switch (this) {
+      case InstructionsEnum.itInstructions:
+        return Padding(
+          padding: const EdgeInsets.all(6.0),
+          child: Text(
+            body(context),
+            style: BotStyle.text(context),
+          ),
+        );
+      default:
+        print('inlineTooltip not implemented for $this');
+        return const SizedBox();
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 class InstructionsToggle extends StatefulWidget {
diff --git a/lib/pangea/widgets/chat/message_speech_to_text_card.dart b/lib/pangea/widgets/chat/message_speech_to_text_card.dart
index 9099b9b95..68295789a 100644
--- a/lib/pangea/widgets/chat/message_speech_to_text_card.dart
+++ b/lib/pangea/widgets/chat/message_speech_to_text_card.dart
@@ -172,7 +172,8 @@ class MessageSpeechToTextCardState extends State<MessageSpeechToTextCard> {
               number:
                   "${selectedToken?.confidence ?? speechToTextResponse!.transcript.confidence}%",
               toolTip: L10n.of(context)!.accuracy,
-              onPressed: () => MatrixState.pangeaController.instructions.show(
+              onPressed: () => MatrixState.pangeaController.instructions
+                  .showInstructionsPopup(
                 context,
                 InstructionsEnum.tooltipInstructions,
                 widget.messageEvent.eventId,
@@ -184,7 +185,8 @@ class MessageSpeechToTextCardState extends State<MessageSpeechToTextCard> {
               number:
                   wordsPerMinuteString != null ? "$wordsPerMinuteString" : "??",
               toolTip: L10n.of(context)!.wordsPerMinute,
-              onPressed: () => MatrixState.pangeaController.instructions.show(
+              onPressed: () => MatrixState.pangeaController.instructions
+                  .showInstructionsPopup(
                 context,
                 InstructionsEnum.tooltipInstructions,
                 widget.messageEvent.eventId,
diff --git a/lib/pangea/widgets/igc/pangea_rich_text.dart b/lib/pangea/widgets/igc/pangea_rich_text.dart
index bbd6868bf..05875c25c 100644
--- a/lib/pangea/widgets/igc/pangea_rich_text.dart
+++ b/lib/pangea/widgets/igc/pangea_rich_text.dart
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ class PangeaRichTextState extends State<PangeaRichText> {
   @override
   Widget build(BuildContext context) {
     if (blur > 0) {
-      pangeaController.instructions.show(
+      pangeaController.instructions.showInstructionsPopup(
         context,
         InstructionsEnum.blurMeansTranslate,
         widget.pangeaMessageEvent.eventId,