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Threads

Email, text, and chat. One shared inbox.

Email, SMS, MMS, chat, and private team notes live in one helpdesk. Open a thread and the customer, inspection history, ownership, priority, and response clock are already there.

4conversation channels 4priority tiers 10automation triggers
THREAD V-6631188Question about the roof section
OpenHigh
Jordan EllisEmail9:14 AM

Hi, can you help me understand the note about the roof covering in the report?

INTERNAL NOTE · ALEX

Roof is near the end of its useful life. Keep the answer focused on the report language.

Alex MorganEmail9:22 AM

Absolutely. The covering is serviceable today, but its age means you should plan for replacement rather than assume a long remaining life.

Delivered
MessageNotifications On

Write your response...

Illustrative thread based on the implemented message, internal note, customer context, assignment, inspection link, and SLA controls.

The working queue

The inbox knows who needs the next reply.

An inbound customer message opens the thread and puts the work back on your team. A staff reply moves it to Waiting. Read state, ownership, priority, and SLA status remain separate, so the queue reflects what is actually happening.

Inbox8 open conversations
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STATUSCHANNELSUBJECTFROMASSIGNEDUPDATED
Open EMAIL Question about the roof section Jordan Ellis Alex Morgan
Open SMS Need to change tomorrow’s time Morgan Lee Unassigned
Waiting EMAIL Invoice and payment receipt Casey Brown Tara Diaz
Open CHAT Can my agent access the report? Devon Walker Alex Morgan
Waiting SMS Re: 1428 Pine Ridge Drive Jordan Ellis Tara Diaz
Bulk: Mark Waiting · Close · Archive · Spam · Delete1–5 of 8

Illustrative inbox based on the implemented folders, channels, statuses, departments, assignments, search, and bulk actions.

Inspection context

Answer with the work in front of you.

A thread can be connected to a customer or agent and linked to one or more inspections. Start the conversation from an inspection, or open it from the global inbox. The relationship stays with the thread.

Contact recordName, email, phone, inspection count, and a direct link to the full profile. One or more inspectionsKeep the conversation beside every inspection it affects. Real email threadingMessage IDs, reply headers, and the thread address keep replies attached to the right history.
Linked contextV-6631188
JECUSTOMERJordan Ellisjordan@example.com · (407) 555-0182
LINKED INSPECTIONS2 inspections connected to this thread
1428 Pine Ridge DriveHome Inspection · Sep 18, 2026 · 9:00 AMPublished
1428 Pine Ridge DriveWind Mitigation · Sep 18, 2026 · 9:00 AMComplete
Opened from the inspectionThe customer and property were preselected when this thread was created.

Illustrative context panel based on implemented contact attribution and multi-inspection linking.

Team ownership

Route the conversation without losing the conversation.

Send a thread to a department, assign the people responsible, add observers, leave a private note, and preserve the entire customer-visible history. Permissions control who can reply, assign, moderate, manage SLA rules, or change settings.

DEPARTMENTSGive each queue a clear home.

Route work into Customer Service, Scheduling, or the departments your organization creates.

ASSIGNEES AND OBSERVERSSeparate ownership from visibility.

Assign the team members responsible for the reply and keep other stakeholders watching the thread.

INTERNAL NOTESTalk to the team inside the history.

Internal notes sit in the message stream, stay private, and do not change who the thread is waiting on.

PRIORITY, TAGS, AND STARSMake the queue reflect the work.

Set low through urgent priority, add color-coded tags, and star threads without changing another user’s view.

Response standards

Make response time visible before it becomes a problem.

Configure first-response and resolution targets for all four priority levels. Threads warns at 75 percent, marks a breach, and can escalate priority, notify managers, reassign the work, or transfer departments.

Two clocks per threadTrack the first staff response and the time to final resolution independently. Configurable escalationFilter rules by priority, department, and the SLA metric that is approaching or breached. Pause when the clock should stopPause SLA alerts on a specific thread without changing its status or message history.
SLA TIERSResponse and resolution targets Save SLA Tiers
1CriticalACTIVE
2HighACTIVE
3NormalACTIVE
4LowACTIVE
SLA WARNING · FIRST RESPONSEHigh priority thread is 75% through its response window Escalate to Critical · Notify Managers

Illustrative SLA settings using the four implemented default tiers and escalation behavior. Every target and tier label can be edited.

Inbound control

Receive the message, even when the sender is not cleanly matched.

Known contacts reconnect to their conversation. Unknown numbers and numbers shared by multiple contacts enter an unattributed thread, where your team can review likely matches, search contacts, or create a new customer.

Unattributed threadSMS

Inbound from (407) 555-0198 · multiple customers share this number.

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SMS and MMS together

Receive text and image attachments in the same thread. Outbound images are prepared for MMS delivery.

Keep email replies attached

Thread addresses and standard reply headers reconnect inbound email to the existing conversation.

Respect STOP and moderate abuse

SMS opt-outs block the reply composer. Mark spam, ban a contact temporarily or permanently, restore threads from Trash, and keep an audit trail.

Repair split histories

Merge threads or collapse separate conversations from the same number into one surviving history.

Helpdesk automations

The conversation can drive what happens next.

Threads exposes ten events to the Automations system. Send through email or SMS to the thread customer, assignee, or observers when the conversation changes in a way your business cares about.

Thread CreatedA new conversation enters the helpdesk.
Message ReceivedA customer replies to an open thread.
Thread AssignedOwnership moves to a team member.
Priority ChangedThe urgency of the conversation changes.
Thread EscalatedAn SLA rule moves the thread upward.
Thread ClosedThe conversation reaches a resolution.
Thread ReopenedA closed conversation becomes active again.
Feedback ReceivedThe customer completes helpdesk feedback.
Auto-Close WarningAn inactive thread is nearing auto-close.
Thread Auto-ClosedThe inactivity window has elapsed.
INACTIVITY WORKFLOWWarn before an inactive thread closes.

Choose the inactivity window and warning lead time. The warning and closure fire automation events, so your organization decides what message should go out.

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Delivery and history

Know what was sent and what happened after.

Outbound messages retain delivery state, timestamps, provider events, and failure details. Quoted email history collapses out of the way. Attachments remain with the message that carried them.

MESSAGE DELIVERYYour report is readyJordan Ellis
QueuedAccepted for processing
SentPassed to the email provider
DeliveredAccepted by the recipient server
OpenedWaiting for recipient activity
Provider history is appended, not overwritten.Bounces, complaints, failures, and undelivered states retain the event detail needed to understand what happened.

Illustrative delivery timeline based on the implemented email and SMS delivery states and provider event history.

One connected helpdesk

Put the conversation beside the work it is about.

Give your team the history, customer context, inspection links, ownership, delivery record, and response standard before they write the reply.

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