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An inbox card with three unread items and a pending request An inbox card with three unread items and a pending request Your inbox brings together the updates and requests sent to you in the current workspace. It opens on Priority, which holds what needs you or is about you; Other holds the rest. Open an item to see its details, follow up on a change or make a decision.

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Find where an item sits

Each tab shows how many unread items it holds. Inside a tab, items sit in sections, and a section appears only while it holds something. Each tab ends with Read, which holds its read items, newest first.
The Begin inbox on the Priority tab, with a list in sections and the selected notification beside itThe Begin inbox on the Priority tab, with a list in sections and the selected notification beside it

Priority is open: its sections run in order, Read comes last, and the selected item opens beside the list.

Search Other notifications in the command palette (Cmd / Ctrl + K) to open the Other tab directly. To see each tab as one list instead, turn off Group by type in More actions; managing your inbox explains it. When Priority is empty and Other has unread items, the list says Nothing needs you right now and offers Show other. The tabs only arrange the list. The sidebar badge, push notifications and email digests are unchanged and still cover every unread item, on both tabs.

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Read does not mean decided

Opening an item marks it read. A request can still be Pending after you have read it: only a review changes its decision. With sections on, a request you have read moves from Approvals to Read. Use Approval → Pending on Priority to find outstanding decisions, including ones you have already opened. Your inbox is personal. Clearing it does not clear another person’s inbox, and a filter cannot show requests that were never sent to you.

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Reading notifications

Read a change and find the action it needs.

Approving requests

Review a pending request and understand the result.

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