The job of the previously described Pinnacle optimizer (12) is to balance the competing objectives of target coverage and normal tissue sparing by minimizing the composite objective function. What is enhanced in AP is how the objectives are automatically created and used in iterative fashion. At the heart of the process is the concept called the “technique”. A technique includes a set of user‐supplied optimization goals, which follow the clinical dosimetry goals (Fig. 1). The target dose (left side of the figure) is defined by a single number (prescription dose). Additional user input is provided under Advanced Settings, where the maximum dose and a qualitative balance between target dose conformity and OAR sparing are set (Fig. 2). The Dose Fall‐Off Margin defines the width of an automatically created tuning ring structure around the PTV, across which the dose is supposed to decrease, ideally, from 100% to 50%. When Use Cold‐Spot ROIs box is checked, the AP engine identifies cold spots in the target and creates ROIs with corresponding objectives, to bring the dose up during the last three optimization loops.