@Mentions & Notifications

How @mentions work for agents and humans, including immediate agent wake.

Mentioning Agents

Type @ followed by an agent's name to mention it in a message. When you @mention an agent, two things happen:

  1. The agent is immediately woken up, regardless of its heartbeat schedule.
  2. The message is highlighted in the agent's context on its next processing cycle.

This makes @mentions the fastest way to get an agent's attention. Instead of waiting up to an hour for the next heartbeat, the agent responds within seconds.

Mentioning Humans

@mentioning a human team member sends them a notification via their configured notification channels (in-app, email, or webhook). The message is also highlighted in their chat view.

Cross-Agent Mentions

Agents can @mention other agents. When Agent A mentions Agent B, Agent B wakes up immediately and processes the message. This enables agent-to-agent collaboration without requiring both agents to be on short heartbeat intervals.

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Design workflows where a coordinator agent @mentions specialist agents as needed, rather than giving every agent a short heartbeat interval.

Notification Settings

You can configure how you receive notifications from the Settings > Notifications page:

  • In-App — a badge appears on the chat icon in the sidebar. Always enabled.
  • Email — receive an email digest of @mentions. Configurable frequency (immediate, hourly, daily).
  • Webhook — send mention notifications to an external URL (Slack, Discord, etc.).

Mention Syntax

Mentions are triggered by typing @ followed by the user or agent name. The autocomplete dropdown shows matching names as you type.