Every conversation, where the work happens
Your discussions are no longer scattered across Messenger, Slack or Discord. Every exchange is attached to the task, structure, project or checklist it's about — and you find everything, even six months later.
What is a discussion in Sentinel?
A discussion is a thread of messages attached to what it's about: a task, a structure, a project, or one trail of a checklist. The exchange stays with the item, with its photos and history, and can be found six months later without digging.
- Replaces
- Messaging threads where the problem is buried under the day's conversations, then forgotten.
- Where it happens
- Web and mobile, with a notification for what concerns you.
See it in action, in two minutes
One discussion per task, structure, project or checklist
No more chat groups where everything gets mixed up. The conversation button on every item opens its thread; the first message creates it. When someone joins your team six months later, the history is there, in the right place, and the Conversations section gathers them all.
- One click from the item to open the conversation
- An unread badge on the button, in the list and on the phone
- The list filters by type: tasks, structures, projects, checklists
All the context, in one thread
Three photos of a damaged boardwalk. A mention to alert the sector lead. A reply to a specific message, a reaction to say "seen". On the phone, a photo can be annotated before sending, and a message written with no signal goes out when it returns.
- Several photos per message (five at a time on the web), compressed on sending
- @name mentions, targeted replies and reactions
- Write offline in the field: the message waits for the network, photos included
The right messages, to the right people
A mention notifies you and subscribes you to the conversation. For everything else, each person chooses, type by type, what they get by email, as a push notification or in the app — a new task, an assigned task, a structure report, a message.
- @name mentions to get one person's attention
- Three channels set separately: email, push, in-app
- Settings work on the web as on the phone
A conversation too chatty? Mute it
Each conversation has its own settings: mute it to stop getting notifications, or stop tracking its unread messages. You stay in the thread, without it interrupting you.
- Mute per conversation, without leaving the thread
- Unread tracking turns off when the thread no longer concerns you
- No private conversations: whoever can read conversations sees every thread in the place
Frequently asked questions
Do messages disappear when a task is closed?
No. The discussion stays attached to the task, even closed: open the task and the thread is there, photos included. Done tasks and projects only drop out of the Conversations list, to keep it readable. Perfect for audits or lessons learned.
Can volunteers and external partners take part in discussions?
Yes, if their role allows it. The Conversations right is granted as read (you read threads, without writing or reacting) or read and write. Note: there are no private conversations — anyone who can read conversations sees every thread in the place.
Why use this instead of a Slack or Messenger group?
Because an external chat isn't tied to anything. Six months later, finding a specific message about a fallen tree takes an hour. In Sentinel, you open the task and the whole conversation is there, with photos and context.
How it's done, step by step
The documentation articles covering this feature, written for the person who uses it.
- 01One thread per task, structure, project or checklist. Mentions, replies, reactions, photos — and exactly who gets notified.WM
- 02Three channels, one setting per kind of event, and the full matrix of what Sentinel can send you.WM
Stop searching, start finding
Your field conversations deserve better than a lost Messenger thread. Centralize everything in the right place.