---
title: "Start a chat from Home - In Parallel help"
description: "Ask a question, choose a suggested action, and browse Workspaces, meetings, Topics, and Waiting for you from Home."
url: https://www.in-parallel.com/help/personal-dashboard
---

# Start a chat from Home

Ask a question, choose a suggested action, and browse Workspaces, meetings, Topics, and Waiting for you from Home.

Updated 10 September 2026

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Home

**Home** is your personal starting point in In Parallel. Ask a question, add context, or choose a suggested action from the composer.

Home overview

## Getting started (new accounts)

Until you finish onboarding, Home shows **Getting started**: steps to connect your calendar, set up your first Workspace, and check your next meetings, plus extras: connecting Zoom (needed if your meetings use Zoom), and optionally Slack and an intro with the In Parallel team. Select **Dismiss** to fold it into an **Onboarding** bar that shows how many tasks are done, and **Continue** to open it again. See [Get started with In Parallel](https://www.in-parallel.com/help/getting-started-with-in-parallel) for each step.

## Ask from Home

1. Enter a request in **Ask anything** .
2. Use **Add context** when the request should focus on a particular Workspace, Topic, or document.
3. Send the request, then follow source links before relying on an important claim.

Useful starting requests include:

- “What needs my attention today?”
- “Which two items need a decision first?”
- “Prepare me for my first meeting next week.”
- “Run a drift report for the Holiday Peak Readiness Workspace.”

When a question is too broad, add one Workspace or Topic and ask again.

## Use a suggested action

Home can show **Morning brief**, **Triage decisions**, and **Drift report** beneath the composer. Each suggestion carries a send arrow: selecting it sends that request to Chat straight away.

The notification shortcut opens existing notifications or ready outputs. Opening one of those items is separate from starting a new Chat request.

## Browse recent context

Cards, List and Waiting for you

Switch between **Cards** and **List** to browse:

- **Workspaces** — open a Workspace and its shared context.
- **Past meetings** — return to a meeting.
- **Topics** — explore themes across your accessible context.
- **Waiting for you** — open notifications and ready outputs, such as a brief or Daily Digest.

Select an item to open it. Use the section heading link, or **View all** in List, to open its full list. Sections can have fewer items when little context is available.

## Check the answer

- Chat uses only context you are allowed to access.
- Added context narrows the request; it does not make generated text authoritative.
- Open source links when you need the full wording, owner, state, or history behind a claim.
- Ask a focused follow-up when the answer combines unrelated Workspaces or time periods.

## Home, Workspace briefings, and contextual Chat

| Surface | Best for | Context |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Home** | Starting a personal Chat or choosing a suggested action | Your accessible context plus anything you add |
| **Workspace briefing** | Understanding one Workspace’s current situation | The open Workspace |
| **Ask about this page** | Asking about the Workspace page already on screen | The visible page and its Workspace |

Home is personal to you. A Workspace briefing is shared context for the team.

## Related

- [Use In Parallel Chat](https://www.in-parallel.com/help/use-in-parallel-chat)
- [Use your Workspace pages](https://www.in-parallel.com/help/team-wiki)
- [Actions and ownership](https://www.in-parallel.com/help/actions-and-ownership-how-tasks-work)
- [Review meeting Notes and Actions](https://www.in-parallel.com/help/after-the-meeting-report-review-confirm)

[All help articles](https://www.in-parallel.com/help)