Comments and inbox

Tasks support team-only comments with @-mentions. When you mention someone, they see it in their Inbox, the sidebar entry near the top of the app.

Posting a comment

1. Open any task.
2. Scroll to the Comments section below the task body.
3. Type your message in the composer. To mention a teammate, type @ and pick them from the popover.
4. Click Post comment.

The teammate receives the mention in their inbox. The task’s assignee does not change, comments are how you ask questions, not how you transfer ownership.

Inbox

The Inbox sidebar entry shows:

• Mentions, comments that explicitly tag you with @.
• Replies, comments on tasks where you’ve previously commented, even if the new comment doesn’t @ you. This way, you’ll see the answer to a question you asked, without the responder needing to remember to tag you back.

Click any row to jump to the task with the comment scrolled into view.

Kiaro refreshes its data automatically every 30 seconds while a tab is open. New comments on a task you’re already viewing, the unread count on the Inbox badge in the sidebar, and the rows in the Inbox itself all stay current without a manual refresh. If you switch to another tab and come back, it refreshes immediately.

Got it

When you’ve read a mention and don’t need to write a full reply, tap Got it. This posts a single-line acknowledgement on the task (“You acknowledged · 2m ago”) and clears the mention from your inbox. The original asker sees the acknowledgement on the task without getting a separate notification.

Email digest

If you have unread mentions when the daily digest goes out, they’re rolled into the email so you won’t miss them while away from the app.

Asking the AI to comment

You can also ask the AI command bar to leave a comment for you, including a mention. The agent reads your team roster, so prompts like “post a comment on the Acme rebrand task asking Sara to confirm the deadline” produce a real mention chip that notifies the teammate, not a plain @Sara string. If the agent can’t match a name to a real teammate, it asks for clarification instead of posting a half-baked mention. On the Solo plan the AI declines comment requests up front with a “Comments are available on the Team plan” message, matching how the rest of the app gates the feature.

Tier

Comments and the Inbox are part of the Team plan. On the Solo plan, the comments section on tasks is hidden and the Inbox sidebar entry doesn’t appear. If you upgrade from Solo to Team, existing comment data (if any) becomes visible, there’s no migration step.