The bell and notification preferences

The inbox is one of three places a notification can show up. Knowing which is which makes it easier to tune your workspace so it's loud when it should be and silent when it shouldn't.

Three places a notification can show up

• The inbox. Every notification lands here and stays until you archive it. The source of truth.
• The bell. Top of the workspace header. A red badge shows your unread count, the browser tab favicon picks up a small red dot too, and clicking the bell opens a popover with your 20 most recent unread items. Click any item to jump straight to it, or use View all to land in the full inbox.
• Desktop notifications. Native browser pop-ups that appear in your OS when your unread count goes up. They only fire when you've granted permission — see below.

The inbox is for triage. The bell is for "did I miss anything?" The desktop pop-up is for "tell me when something new actually happens."

What's in the bell popover

Click the bell. The popover shows the 20 most recent unread items, grouped by recency. Each row is clickable — opening one takes you to the source (a task, a page, a chat) and marks that notification read. View all at the bottom drops you into the full inbox.

The unread count refreshes every 60 seconds. If you act on something and the badge looks stale, give it a beat or refresh the page.

Tuning what triggers a notification

Open Settings → Notifications. Six in-app toggles, all on by default:

• Task assignments — when you're assigned to a task.
• Comments — when someone comments on your tasks or pages.
• Mentions — when someone @mentions you.
• Due date approaching — reminders before a task is due.
• Overdue tasks — when a task passes its due date.
• Status changes — when a task you're involved with changes status.
• Agent paused — when a scheduled agent run stops because a sensitive integration action needs your approval. See Approvals and sensitive actions.

Turning a type off stops new notifications of that type from arriving. It doesn't remove past notifications — anything already in your inbox stays there.

Quiet hours

Same page, under Do Not Disturb. Toggle Quiet hours and pick a start and end time — the defaults are 22:00 → 08:00. Notifications still land in your inbox during quiet hours, but the bell goes silent and desktop pop-ups are suppressed.

Useful for evenings, weekends, and focus blocks where you want the inbox to be a thing you check on purpose, not a thing that interrupts you.

Desktop notifications

The first time you open the inbox, Claos asks for permission to send browser notifications. Click Allow to receive native pop-ups when something new arrives, or Block to keep things to the bell only.

To change your mind later: open your browser's site permissions for Claos, find Notifications, and switch it. There's no separate toggle inside Claos — desktop notifications are governed entirely by the browser permission.

Quick troubleshooting

• No desktop pop-ups. Check the site permission in your browser. If it's set to Block, switch it to Allow. Some browsers also surface a small bell icon in the address bar when permission is denied.
• Badge count looks wrong. The unread count polls every 60 seconds. Refresh the page if it's stuck.
• Too many pings. Turn off the type that's loudest in Settings → Notifications, or set Quiet hours for the parts of the day you don't want to be reached.
• Nothing arrives at all. Make sure you haven't muted every type or set Quiet hours that span the whole day. The toggles only stop new notifications — past ones in the inbox are unaffected.

Related

• The inbox
• What you can do with an inbox item
• Mobile and PWA