Inbox: Stay Informed

Your task feed. AI tells you what happened, what needs attention, and lets you respond without leaving the page.

![Inbox home](https://assets.yaoagents.com/en/inbox/01-inbox-home-en-$__THEME.png)

## What it can do

- **Stay in the loop** — Completions, failures, questions from AI — they all land here. No more checking tasks one by one
- **Reply in place** — AI asks "option A or B?" — answer right in the notification. The task picks back up
- **Cut through the noise** — Filter by type, star what matters, pin what's urgent

## When you get notified

Inbox fires a notification whenever a task's status changes:

| Type | Trigger | What it means |
|------|---------|---------------|
| Needs your input | AI hit a decision point | Reply before the task can continue |
| Completed | Task finished | Check the results |
| Failed | Something went wrong | Look at the details and decide what to do |

## Reply to AI — without hunting for the chat

This is where Inbox really shines.

When AI needs a call from you — pick a writing style, confirm a data range, choose between approaches — the task pauses and Inbox pops up a notification.

Open it, see the full context, reply right there. Task resumes.

![Message detail and reply](https://assets.yaoagents.com/en/inbox/02-inbox-detail-en-$__THEME.png)

> 💡 Sometimes AI lays out a few options. Just tell it which way to go.

![AI offers options](https://assets.yaoagents.com/en/inbox/03-inbox-detail2-en-$__THEME.png)

## Stay organized

The sidebar lets you slice and dice your notifications:

- **All** — Everything
- **Unread** — Haven't looked at yet
- **Needs input** — AI is waiting on you — handle these first
- **Completed** — Done deals
- **Starred** — Stuff you flagged as important
- **Pinned** — Stuck to the top

Notifications group by task, so if one task fires multiple updates, they stay together. Keeps things clean.

## How it fits with Kanban Board

Inbox isn't a standalone thing — it's the other half of Kanban Board:

1. You drop a task on the board. AI starts working
2. AI has a question — Inbox lets you know
3. You reply in Inbox. Task picks back up
4. Task finishes — Inbox shows you the result

You don't need to watch the board. Go do your thing. Inbox has your back.

## What's next

[Kanban Board — Set up boards and manage tasks →](/docs/en-us/getting-started/what-is-kanban)

[Mission Control — Wire up expert teams for automation →](/docs/en-us/mission-control/what-is-mission-control)