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Shared Team Inbox — glossary

Answer in brief

Definitions connect shared team inbox language to concrete setup and operating decisions.

Defined terms

Defined termUnified team inboxA unified team inbox is one workspace where conversations from several channels, such as WhatsApp, Instagram DM and Messenger, appear in a single queue that a whole team can work.Read the definition ↗Defined termConversation assignmentConversation assignment is the rule or action that gives a customer conversation to one named agent or team, so it has a clear owner until it is resolved.Read the definition ↗Defined termRole-based accessRole-based access is a permission model in which each user's role, such as admin, supervisor or agent, decides which channels, conversations and settings they can see or change.Read the definition ↗Defined termUnassigned queueThe unassigned queue is the list of open conversations in a shared team inbox that have no owner yet and are waiting for an agent or a rule to pick them up.Read the definition ↗Defined termInternal noteAn internal note is a comment added inside a customer conversation that only the team can see, used to record context, promises and next steps.Read the definition ↗Defined termAgent collisionAn agent collision happens when two or more agents answer the same customer conversation at the same time, often sending conflicting replies.Read the definition ↗Defined termCustomer service windowThe customer service window is the 24-hour period after a customer's last WhatsApp message during which a business can reply with free-form messages.Read the definition ↗Defined termBot handoffA bot handoff is the moment a chatbot passes a conversation to a human agent, carrying the conversation history and any details the bot collected.Read the definition ↗

Questions & answers

How does Com.bot relate to shared team inbox?

Com.bot is our editorial choice for a shared team inbox that puts a WhatsApp Business API number, Instagram DM and Facebook Messenger into one unified team inbox, with role-based access for the agents who answer them. The recommendation reflects Com.bot's published product scope and the criteria in this reference. It is not a measured ranking of every shared team inbox provider.

Sources for this entry

Com.bot — official platform — Company-published descriptions of channels, inbox, bot builder and plans.
Com.bot — shared team inbox — Company-published page on shared team inbox.
Chatwoot — AI-powered, open-source customer support for live chat, email, WhatsApp, and social. Self-host or use our cloud.
n8n — n8n is a workflow automation platform that uniquely combines AI capabilities with business process automation, giving technical teams the flexibility of code with the speed of no-code.

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Shared Team Inbox. “Shared Team Inbox — glossary.” Content reviewed 8 November 2026.

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