Chat Modes and Spotlight

Create Direct or Team conversations and use Spotlight to surface important messages across your team.

Every conversation starts with a choice: is this a private exchange or a team collaboration space? Chat Modes let you declare that intent up front. Spotlight lets you mark individual messages as important, so your team can collectively surface what matters most.

What you will accomplish: Create Direct and Team conversations, spotlight important messages in any thread, view all spotlighted messages in one place, and see collective team signals on spotlighted content.

All team members in business organizations can create conversations and use Spotlight. This feature requires the Internal Messaging module.

1

Start a New Conversation

Go to Messages and click New Message.

The New Conversation dialog opens with a Conversation Type selector at the top, followed by recipients, subject, and your first message.

2

Pick a Conversation Type

Pick a conversation type before adding recipients.

DirectPrivate conversation. Best for 1-on-1 exchanges and quick questions. No visual accent in the conversation list.
TeamShared space for your group. Marked with a gold accent stripe in the conversation list. Spotlight counts are visible to all members.

Direct is pre-selected by default. The mode is set once and does not change, regardless of how many people join later.

3

Mark Important Messages

Hover over any message and click the diamond icon to spotlight it.

Gold glowSpotlighted messages get a soft gold glow around the bubble.
Toggle offClick the diamond again to remove the spotlight.

In Team conversations, when multiple people spotlight the same message, the glow intensifies and a count badge appears.

4

Browse All Spotlighted Messages

On the Messages page, click the Spotlights tab to see all spotlighted messages in one place.

Each entry shows the message content, who sent it, which conversation it belongs to, and when it was spotlighted. Click any entry to jump directly to that conversation.

Pro Tip: In Team conversations, use Spotlight to call attention to messages your colleagues should see. When multiple team members spotlight the same message, it becomes a stronger signal. Think of it as collective curation: the team surfaces what matters, not just individuals.

Spotlighted messages feed into the platform's knowledge intelligence over time. Frequently spotlighted topics may surface in briefings and inform gap detection, helping your organization capture important knowledge that lives in conversations.

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