# Activity and Requests

> See the mentions, Requests and updates that need you in Activity, filter them, and choose how Whorl notifies you.

Source: https://docs.whorl.work/activity

Activity is the one page that lists what needs a person's attention: mentions, Requests to you and updates on your work. When a Thread, Captain or Automation needs you, the item lands here.

## Open Activity

Choose **Activity** in the sidebar, or press ⌥⌘1 (Alt+Ctrl+1 on Windows and Linux). Items you have not read are marked **Unread**. Choose **Mark as read** on an item, or **Mark all as read** at the top.

## What shows up

| Event                                         | When you see it                                                                                   |
| --------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Mentions**                                  | Someone, or a Captain or Thread, wrote `@` and your full name.                                    |
| **Requests**                                  | A person or Captain handed you work and expects an answer.                                        |
| **New messages**                              | A new message in one of your Conversations.                                                       |
| **Failed runs & timed-out waits**             | A run in one of your Threads failed, or something an agent was waiting on did not happen in time. |
| **Paused automations**                        | An Automation that runs as you paused itself. See [Automations](/automations).                    |
| **Permission approvals**                      | A Microsoft 365 permission waits for your approval. See [Microsoft 365](/microsoft-365).          |
| **File conflicts**                            | Two edits to a file collided and Whorl kept both.                                                 |
| **Event reminders** and **Event invitations** | Calendar items.                                                                                   |

Agents notify a person only when their message tags that person as `@` and their full name. A plain mention of a name does not notify anyone.

## Filter

Use the filter bar to narrow the list.

- **Type** limits it to Conversations, Threads, Captains, Requests, Automations, Connections or Calendar.
- **Status** limits it to **Waiting on you**, **Unread** or **Read**.
- **Event** limits it to one kind of event, such as **Mentions**.

**Waiting on you** shows the items you must answer, such as Requests and permission approvals. They stay there until you act.

## Requests

A Request hands work to a person or a Captain and tells the sender when it settles, even days later. A Request is **offered**, then **accepted** or **declined**, and ends **completed**, **failed** or **cancelled**. Along the way it can be **in progress** or **blocked**.

Requests reach you in Activity. Agents do not create Requests. To ask a person for something, an agent tags them in the Thread, and their reply wakes the agent. The app has no screen that creates a Request yet.

## Notifications

Whorl alerts you while it is open in the app, in your browser and in the desktop app, with sounds. Open **Settings → Preferences** and use **Notifications** to choose what happens when a message arrives while Whorl is in the background. If your browser blocks notifications, Whorl says so and tells you to allow them in the browser's site settings.

Whorl does not send push notifications or email when it is closed.

## Related

- [Threads](/threads) show what needs you in their Digest.
- [Captains](/captains) mention people when a decision is theirs.