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Why This Matters

The most critical business conversations—a decision on a client proposal, a key piece of feedback on a design, a question about a bug report—are often the hardest to find weeks later. They get lost in endless email chains, buried in generic Slack channels, or simply evaporate after a meeting. This information fragmentation is a silent killer of productivity.
Object Chat solves this by creating a permanent, contextual home for every conversation.

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The Big Picture: A Living Record of Work

Level 3: Object Chat

A complete, real-time chat feed built directly into every single 🧊 Object, keeping conversations perfectly in context with the work itself.
Object Chat is the third and most powerful level of Luklak’s Unified Live Chat architecture. This feature fundamentally changes what an 🧊 Object is. It’s no longer just a static collection of data fields; it becomes a living record that combines two crucial types of information:
  1. Structured Data: The fields, statuses, assignees, and dates that define the work.
  2. Unstructured Conversation: The real-time discussion, debate, and decision-making about that work.
Visually, Object Chat is seamlessly integrated with the Object’s data. When viewing an Object in a side panel, the chat feed appears directly below the structured fields. In a full-screen, expanded view, the chat occupies a dedicated panel on the right, allowing you to see the conversation alongside the data at all times.
Think of every 🧊 Object as its own dedicated, hyper-focused meeting room. The topic is clear, the right people are there, and the entire history of the conversation is permanently recorded and accessible at any time.

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Step-by-Step Guide: Chatting on an Object

Communicating directly on an 🧊 Object is simple and intuitive. All discussions related to a specific task, deal, or item happen right where the work is managed.
You must be a member of the ⏹️ Space or have explicit access to the 🧊 Object to view and participate in its chat.
# Tutorial: Having a Contextual Conversation

This tutorial shows you how to use Object Chat to communicate about a specific work item.

## Section 1: Start a Conversation

1.  **Open an Object**
    Navigate to any `⏹️ Space` and click on an `🧊 Object` from a Workview (like a List or Kanban board) to open its detailed view.
    ![A user clicking on an Object card in a Kanban view.](https://via.placeholder.com/1200x600.png/000000/FFFFFF?text=Step%201:%20Open%20Object)

2.  **Find the Chat Panel**
    Locate the Live Chat interface. You will see the history of all previous messages here.
    * Tip: In an expanded, full-screen view, the panel is on the right. In a side-panel view, the chat is located directly below the Object's data fields.

3.  **Send Your Message**
    Type your message into the input box at the bottom of the panel. You can use `@mentions` to notify a specific user or team. Press `Enter` to send.
    ![A close-up of the chat panel. The user is typing "@marketing-team can you review this?" into the message box.](https://via.placeholder.com/1200x600.png/000000/FFFFFF?text=Step%203:%20Send%20Message)

4.  **View the Permanent Record**
    Your message now appears instantly in the chat feed. It is permanently stored with this `🧊 Object`, creating an auditable history for anyone who works on it in the future.

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Benefits Across the Organization

  • Unprecedented Auditability: Easily trace the entire history of any work item—from initial request to final approval—without ever leaving the 🧊 Object.
  • Zero Context Switching: Discuss the work in the work. No more toggling between your project tool and your chat app, copying and pasting links.
  • Effortless Onboarding: When a new member joins a project, they can get up to speed instantly by simply reading the relevant Object Chat history. No time-consuming handover meetings required.
  • Clarity and Focus: Never again ask “Where should I post this question?” The answer is always: on the 🧊 Object itself.

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What’s Next?

Now that you understand how conversations are tied directly to your work, see what else you can do to supercharge your communication.