Group Chat
Group chat brings people and AI agents into one conversation. A group can be owned personally or by the current company, but joining it does not grant company membership or access to a Workspace.
Create a Group and Invite People
- Open Chat, start a new message, and add one or more recipients.
- Select Make this a group chat, enter a name, choose Personal or Current company, and select Create group.
- To invite someone later, open Group details → Members → Invite.
Every recipient is sent an email invitation through your connected SMTP, Gmail, or Outlook account, including existing Manor users. The default sending account is shared with eSign and managed in Integrations → For Agents → Email. Open the SMTP, Gmail, or Outlook integration card and choose Set as default from the account menu to use that mailbox for invitations and eSign. Users with a verified Manor email also receive an in-app invitation and join only after they accept. New or unverified users must sign up if needed, verify the invited address, then accept. If no sending account is connected or email delivery fails, the invitation is still created; copy the displayed invitation link and share it directly. Any member can invite others and cancel or reissue their own pending invitations; owners and admins can manage all pending invitations. A new member sees only messages sent after joining; the invitation never grants company or Workspace access.
Messages, Notifications, and Files
Type @ to mention a member or an AI agent. You can attach images and other
files, reply to a specific message, react with an emoji, and retract your own
message. Search within Messages; the Chat sidebar shows unread counts.
In Group details → Settings, turn mention and reply notifications on or
off for yourself.
The Files tab lists files shared in this group, including AI-generated files. Generated files are also stored in a private Knowledge subfolder under Group chat files, named for the group and its ID. Preview or download a file, or remove it when you have the delete control. Removing a group file does not delete its original Knowledge document. Retracting a message does not separately remove a file shared in that message.
Work with AI
In Group details → AI, the owner or an admin can add an available
agent. Any member can @ an agent for a reply, ask for a web
search about the current request, or ask it to analyze an attachment they
just sent. The group agent uses the shared conversation, not personal
Knowledge, private Workspace files, or integration credentials.
The owner can enable AI group file access. Once enabled, the owner or an admin can ask AI to read, create, and manage files in this group only. Supported generation includes documents, presentations, spreadsheets, images, audio, and video; a completed file appears in the group. These group-file actions do not need another per-action approval while the setting is on. The setting does not give AI access to other groups or private data. A Workspace agent's reply may still require approval from someone with both group-management and Workspace-approval permissions under its governance rules.
The owner can assign admins and close the group. Admins can remove regular members; any member can invite others, and non-owners can leave the group.