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Reply to a Flow chat from Circle: read who sent what, answer, make a task

2 min readFor all rolesIn review

Circle's window shows a customer chat exactly as the Flow inbox does, so you can read and answer it without leaving what you are doing.

In review: written from the product, not yet walked through live.

1Open the chat

Click the Skode Circle pill at the bottom right, open the Flow tab and click a customer (1). The chat opens in its own window beside the list (2).
Circle's Flow list with one customer marked (1), and that customer's chat open in its own window beside the list (2)

2Read who sent what

Above each message your side sent, a line says who sent it (1) — a teammate, AI, an automation and its step, an integration such as the API or Zapier, a Campaign, or the Phone app, Facebook app or Instagram app. A team note (2) is a note only your team sees. Cards — products, forms, bookings, orders, shared posts — show as cards.
A chat in Circle's window: the line naming who sent a message, an automation and its step (1), and a private note only the team sees (2)

3Reply

Type in the box at the bottom (1) and press Enter. Your reply shows at once and gets its ticks when the channel confirms it. Type / to pick a quick reply (2); its details fill in before you send. The note switch (3) turns the box into a team note that only your team sees, and you can write one after the 24-hour window has closed. When the window has closed, the strip above the box says so and Send a template is the way to reach the customer.
Circle's reply box (1), the list of quick replies that opens when you type a slash (2), and the note switch (3)

4Turn a message into work, or remove it for you

Hover a message. Make a task (1) adds a task with its words, for you. Make a decision (2) asks for a decision on it; while it waits, the message offers Mark decided and it is listed in Actions. Make an enquiry (3) opens the new-enquiry form for this person, with the message as its description. Start a project (4) starts a project from it. Remove for me (5) hides it from your own view, with Undo; the customer still has it.
The actions above a customer's message: Make a task (1), Make a decision (2), Make an enquiry (3), Start a project (4) and Remove for me (5)

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Common questions

Is this the same as the Inbox and the Flow inbox?

Yes. All three draw the same pane from Flow, so a message reads the same in each.

Does the customer see a note, task or decision I make here?

No. Notes, tasks, decisions, enquiries and projects stay inside SkedX. Only what you send from the reply box reaches the customer.

A message says Held back by WhatsApp

WhatsApp decided not to deliver it; nothing is wrong with your message and you are not charged. See Why WhatsApp held back some of your messages.

Can I send a reaction or quote a message from Circle?

Not yet — reactions a customer sends show here, and sending them and quoting are in the Flow inbox for now.

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