Collaboration

Built-in collaboration

Gainable apps can include collaboration features powered by Weavy. These are self-contained components that work out of the box.

Available features

Team chat

Real-time messaging for groups.

"Add a team chat to the project page"
"Include a group chat for discussing deals"

What you get:

Real-time messaging
Message history
Typing indicators
Read receipts
Emoji reactions

Direct messaging

Private conversations between users.

"Add a messenger for direct messages between users"
"Let users send private messages"

What you get:

One-on-one conversations
Conversation list
Unread message counts
User presence indicators

Upload and share documents.

"Add file sharing to the project"
"Let users upload documents to deals"

What you get:

File upload (drag and drop)
File previews
Download options
File organization

Comments

Discussion threads on specific items.

"Add comments to tasks"
"Let users comment on deals"

What you get:

Threaded discussions
Mentions (@user)
Timestamps
Edit and delete

Activity feeds

Social-style updates and announcements.

"Add an activity feed to the dashboard"
"Include a news feed for team updates"

What you get:

Post creation
Comments on posts
Reactions
Chronological feed

AI Copilot

Add an AI-powered chat assistant alongside your team collaboration features.

"Add an AI copilot to the project page that can look up
task data and answer questions about the project"

"Add a smart assistant to the deals page that helps
reps find deals and get pipeline insights"

Copilot vs team chat: The copilot is a conversational assistant powered by Gaia Copilot. It responds with data lookups and knowledge-based answers. Team chat is human-to-human messaging. You can use both on the same page.

How to request collaboration

Simply describe what you want in natural language:

"Add a team chat to the project page"
"Include chat for discussing deals"
"Add group messaging"

"Add file sharing"
"Let users upload documents"
"Include file attachments"

"Add comments to tasks"
"Let users discuss items"
"Include threaded comments"

"Add direct messages"
"Let users message each other"
"Include private messaging"

Where to place collaboration

You can add collaboration features to specific contexts:

Page-level chat

"Add a team chat to the dashboard page"

Everyone on that page sees the same chat.

Item-level chat

"Add a chat for each project"

Each project has its own separate conversation.

Global messaging

"Add a messenger accessible from anywhere"

Users can access direct messages from any page.

Notifications

Collaboration features include notifications:

Toast notifications - Pop-up alerts for new messages
Badge counts - Unread message indicators
Sound alerts - Optional audio notifications

Notifications are enabled by default. Users can manage their preferences.

User presence

See who’s online and active:

Online indicators - Green dots for active users
Typing indicators - See when someone is typing
Last seen - Know when users were last active

Best practices

Choose the right feature

Need	Use
Team discussions	Chat
Private conversations	Messenger
Document collaboration	Files
Item-specific discussions	Comments
Announcements	Posts/Feed

Place chat contextually

"Add a chat to each project page for project-specific discussions"

"Add chat" (without specifying where)

Combine features

"Add to each project:
- Team chat for discussions
- File sharing for documents
- Activity feed for updates"

Example integrations

Project management

Build a project tracker with:
- Projects with name and status
- Tasks for each project

On the project detail page, add:
- Team chat for discussions
- File sharing for documents

CRM

Build a CRM with:
- Companies and contacts
- Deals linked to companies

On each deal page, add:
- Comments for internal notes
- File attachments for proposals

Team dashboard

Build a team dashboard with:
- Activity feed for announcements
- Team chat for discussions
- File area for shared documents

Get started

Concepts

Prompt guide

Building apps

Gaia Copilot

Gaia Autopilot

Skills reference

MCP connector

Reference

Built-in collaboration

Available features

Team chat

Direct messaging

Comments

Activity feeds

AI Copilot

How to request collaboration

Where to place collaboration

Page-level chat

Item-level chat

Global messaging

Notifications

User presence

Best practices

Choose the right feature

Place chat contextually

Combine features

Example integrations

Project management

CRM

Team dashboard

Learn more

Weavy components

Real-time updates

​Built-in collaboration

​Available features

​Team chat

​Direct messaging

​File sharing

​Comments

​Activity feeds

​AI Copilot

​How to request collaboration

​Where to place collaboration

​Page-level chat

​Item-level chat

​Global messaging

​Notifications

​User presence

​Best practices

​Choose the right feature

​Place chat contextually

​Combine features

​Example integrations

​Project management

​CRM

​Team dashboard

​Learn more

Weavy components

Real-time updates

Built-in collaboration

Available features

Team chat

Direct messaging

File sharing

Comments

Activity feeds

AI Copilot

How to request collaboration

Where to place collaboration

Page-level chat

Item-level chat

Global messaging

Notifications

User presence

Best practices

Choose the right feature

Place chat contextually

Combine features

Example integrations

Project management

CRM

Team dashboard

Learn more