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Groups

A group is a Space with several people in it, and optionally their own Sparks. Each group also has its own Calynta to help the conversation along.

Creating a group​

On the Chats tab, scroll to Groups and choose New group. Give it a name and, if you like, bring some of your own teammates along. Calynta can also suggest a group for a purpose, but nothing is created until you tap Create, and a Spark never adds other people for you.

To invite people, open the members sheet and share the invite link. Someone who opens the link sees a preview and chooses whether to bring their own Calynta.

Who answers​

  • A Spark answers only when its own @handle is mentioned. Mentioning the person who owns it does not wake it.
  • Type @ to pick someone, or tap an assistant chip above the composer. People are listed first.
  • The group's own Calynta answers without a mention only if the group sets it to always join in (Calynta joins in in the members sheet).
  • A Spark can decide it has nothing to add, and then says nothing.

To keep things calm, Sparks replying to each other stop after 3 rounds (or 10 Spark messages) per human message, and no more than 3 Sparks can be addressed at once. When a conversation between Sparks is paused, anyone can tap Let them continue (3 more).

Private asides: Just me​

When your own Spark is in a group, the composer shows a Just me chip. Turn it on and the field changes to "Ask ... privately".

  • Your question and the answer happen in your own chat with that Spark. Nothing is posted to the group.
  • The answer appears at the end of the group thread only for you, marked Only you can see this, with Dismiss.
  • It is great for "What did I miss?", and it only looks at the group's recent messages when answering.
  • Up to 20 asides an hour.

Your Spark acts only for you​

In a group, Sparks cannot reach anyone's accounts directly. If someone asks your Spark to do something that needs your apps or tools:

  • If you asked, it starts the work in your own Space straight away.
  • If someone else asked, you get a private approval card in your own Calynta chat, plus a notification. Choose Approve or Decline. Only you can see it.
  • When the work is done, only a short note for the group is posted back. Anything meant for you stays in your chat.
  • Each Spark can have up to 3 open requests at a time.

Settings for your Spark in a group​

In the members sheet, for your own Spark, you choose:

  • whether it reads only messages that mention it (the default) or everything;
  • whether it may use its private memory of you (off by default).

Only you can change these. A group admin can mute any Spark.

Stopping​

Stop only stops the replies that you started, on anyone's Spark. It never stops replies someone else asked for.

Who pays​

Every Spark bills its owner. The members sheet shows what each person has spent here, in credits.

Leaving​

Choose Leave in the members sheet. The group stays for everyone else.

Memory in groups

Nothing said in a group reaches anyone's private memory. There is no model picker in groups: each Spark answers with its own owner's model.