Overview#

This week we introduced Chats, the private messaging layer for Playbooks. It gives developers a lightweight place to ask an author a question, share a play, or keep a conversation moving without jumping into another tool.

Chats are designed to feel fast and familiar while staying close to the work happening across the platform.

What's New#

• Added private messaging to Playbooks
• Added direct messages and group chats
• Added attachments for plays, frameworks, user profiles, etc
• Added sub-threads for smaller conversations inside a larger chat
• Added controls for muting, editing, blocking, and reporting

Direct and Group Chats#

Chats support both one-to-one conversations and group conversations. That makes them useful whether you are asking a quick question about a play or coordinating with a few people around a shared project.

All users can receive and participate in chats. Pro subscribers and above can start new chats.

Built Around the Work#

Instead of treating messaging as a separate destination, Chats are built around the things developers are already doing on Playbooks.

You can use them to:

• ask an author a question before getting started
• share discoveries with another developer
• forward attachments such as plays, frameworks, and user profiles
• carry out richer conversations with text, files, and code snippets
• branch into sub-threads when one part of the conversation needs its own lane

Privacy and Controls#

We also added the controls needed to keep conversations healthy and manageable.

• mute chats you do not want to follow closely
• edit chats and messages as needed
• block or report another user at any time

That's all for now#

Chats are an important step toward making Playbooks more collaborative, not just more searchable. We're excited to keep building on this foundation as we continue expanding social and team workflows across the platform.