ObjectOSNotifications
Catch everything routed to you — approvals, digests, and updates — without living in your inbox.
ObjectOS tells you when something needs you: an approval lands on your desk, a scheduled digest summarizes your projects, a record you follow changes. Those messages surface in three places, from quickest glance to full history.
| Surface | Where | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| The bell | Top bar, on every screen | A quick "anything new?" check — the red badge shows your unread count |
| Needs your attention | Console home | Your morning triage — recent items with how long they've been waiting |
| The full inbox | Account → Inbox → Notifications | Reading, searching, and working through everything |
The bell and the home page
The bell icon sits in the top bar wherever you are in the console. A red badge on it counts your unread notifications — click it to see what's new without leaving your current screen.
The console home adds a Needs your attention list: pending notifications and approvals, each with its age, so you can see at a glance what's newest and what's been waiting longest.
Tip: Start your day on the console home. Needs your attention plus Recently Accessed is usually all the triage you need before diving in.
The full inbox
For the complete picture, open Account → Inbox → Notifications — the Account app in your app switcher, then Inbox in the sidebar. The default view shows your own notifications as a list:
| Column | What it tells you |
|---|---|
| Title | What happened, in one line |
| Topic | What kind of message it is — e.g. a project digest vs. an approval |
| Severity | How urgent it is (Info and up) |
| Created At | When it arrived |
It's a normal list view, so everything you know about lists applies: filter it, sort it, search within it.
Where notifications come from
You don't configure any of this — notifications arrive because something in your apps decided you should know:
| Source | Example |
|---|---|
| Automations | A scheduled digest that summarizes your open project tasks every morning |
| Approvals | A request is assigned to you to decide, or your own submission gets approved or rejected |
| Subscriptions | An object or record you follow changes |
Muting a noisy object
If one object generates more noise than signal for you, mute it: open that object's list and click the bell-off toggle in the list header. You'll stop receiving notifications for that object; click it again to unmute. Muting is per object and only affects you — your teammates keep getting theirs.
Tip: Mute rather than ignore. A muted object stays fully usable — you just stop being pinged about it — and your unread badge goes back to meaning something.
Desktop notifications
If you use the ObjectOS desktop app, it can mirror your in-app notifications to your operating system's native notifications — the same banners and notification center entries as any other desktop app. You'll see new items even when the console window is in the background, and clicking one takes you straight to it.
Where to go next
| What now | Read |
|---|---|
| Act on the approvals your notifications point to | Approvals |
| Filter and sort your inbox like any list | Views |
| Adjust your personal settings | Profile & settings |
| Tour the console as an everyday user | Using ObjectOS |