Onboarding Prerequisites
Getting Started
Onboarding Cohort Hub for New Partners
Scheduled Cohorts
An Introduction to Thread's Guided Onboarding
Thread Training 1 - Getting Started
Thread Training 2 - Let's chat about chat!
Thread Training 3 - Customer Deployments!
Thread Training 4 - Service Collaboration Training!
Communicating Thread rollout to your customers
Use cases
First-time Thread Workspace Setup Guide
Getting Started with Thread
Inbox
Channels and Flows
Dynamic Flows - How to create a dynamic Triage Channel
A flow to send a Holiday out of office message
Creating your first flow
Creating channels & flows in Inbox
Copilot
How to set-up Service Copilot Auto-Prioritization
Starter Prompts for Service Copilot Auto-Prioritization
How to track your time in Inbox
Sending attachments with Inbox
Save time answering chats with Snippets
Accessing & Installing Inbox
Can I style my messages?
Which shortcuts can I use in Inbox?
What is Inbox and how do I use it?
Setup an on-call member to be assigned
Setting up Inbox
Messenger
Getting Started with Messenger
Prepare your customer-facing Messenger experience
Prepare your customer-facing Teams experience
Deploying Messenger
Recommended plan for rolling-out chat
Messenger on Windows
Messenger on Web
Messenger FAQ
Integrations
Autotask
How to setup the Autotask Ticketing Integration
Setting up an Email Communication Workflow in Autotask
Auvik
CloudRadial
ConnectWise Automate
How do I set up the Connectwise Automate Integration?
Configuring Messenger for Windows Deployment in ConnectWise Automate
Deploy Messenger for Windows through Automate via Script
ConnectWise Manage
How to enable Chat and TimePad pods in ConnectWise PSA
How to setup the ConnectWise PSA Ticketing Integration
IT Glue
Microsoft Teams
How to test the Customer Teams App in a Sandbox Environment
How to install your custom Teams app on your Customers' tenants
Connecting Thread to your Teams (for Service Providers)
Troubleshooting "You don't have permission" error in Teams
Slack
Security
AI Privacy & Security Overview
Data & Encryption
What if my organization has IP or domain restrictions?
Frequently asked questions
How can I get help with setting up Thread?
How does Thread decide who gets assigned to dynamic Teams or Slack channels?
How to Setup a CSAT Survey
Can you add custom filters to Flows?
Can I get a custom Teams or Slack support app?
How do we request a feature that we need?
Is there a way to pull existing tickets to a channel in Inbox?
Are there any templates for the Teams app banner?
Can I disable the "New User" flow in Messenger chat?
I'm seeing tickets show up that were not created via Slack or Teams?
Internationalization Support
How can we send tickets from 2 or 3 service boards to Slack or Teams?
Which ticketing systems do you support?
Where can I find my Thread App ID?
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- What is Inbox and how do I use it?
What is Inbox and how do I use it?
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by Kristof Orts
Inbox is where you receive live chats and new tickets that are created from Messenger. You can use Inbox together with Slack or Microsoft Teams or as a standalone app.
You can access Inbox via https://inbox.chatgenie.io/ or download the app on Windows or Mac.
We also have a mobile app to access Inbox on the go. When logged in, your initial screen should look something like this.

On the left side you'll find your channels, these are pre-defined views where you can find a list of chats and tickets. Under your profile dropdown, you can switch companies and log out.
You can search within a channel via the Search icon on top of the list.

Chats
You can reply directly in a chat below and find information about this contact and ticket in the right sidebar.
You can click send or hit "Enter" to send your message directly or Shift+Enter for a new line.

Shortcuts
In the reply field, you can type "/" to see the available commands.

- Note
- Write an internal note, access by typing "/note".
- Assign
- Assign someone to the ticket, access by typing "/assign".
- Status
- Change the status of the ticket, access by typing "/status".
- Priority
- Change the priority of the ticket, access by typing "/priority".
- Time
- Start and stop a timer and log your time to the ticket, access by typing "/time".
Create a new ticket
To start a new conversation with a contact, click the "+ new conversation" button in the left navigation.

This will provide you with a new window where you can select the contact, board and provide a summary.