Notifications overview
Builddar tells you when something needs your attention — an issue assigned to you, a mention in a comment, a document waiting for review, a report that finished generating.
Three channels
| Channel | Where it lands |
|---|---|
| In app | The notification bell in Builddar. |
| Your inbox. | |
| Push | Your phone, through the mobile app. See Push notifications. |
Each notification category can use a different combination of channels.
What you get notified about
| Group | Categories |
|---|---|
| Issues | Issue assigned, issue status changed |
| Collaboration | Comment mention |
| Projects | Project invitation |
| Reports | Report generated |
| Documents | Document shared, document updated, submitted for review, review completed, document uploaded, folder upload completed |
| Site meetings | Meeting report published, meeting point assigned |
| Engagement | Weekly project recap, stale issue reminder, inactivity reminder |
Immediate or digest
Notifications arrive one of three ways:
- Immediate — sent as it happens.
- Daily digest — batched and sent once a day at the hour you choose.
- Weekly digest — batched and sent once a week.
Some timings are fixed because the content demands it:
- Mentions are always immediate — a mention is a question someone is waiting on.
- Document activity always arrives in the daily digest.
- Meeting notifications are always immediate — you act on them before the next meeting.
- Assignments are immediate by default, and you can switch them to a digest.
Project invitations always send. They're how you find out a project exists — there's no preference that can silence them.
Personal preferences and project rules
Two layers decide what reaches you:
- Your preferences — what you want, set once and applied everywhere. See Notification settings.
- Project rules — what a project manager decided the project needs. A category can be set to Off, Optional, or Required on a project.
Project rules win:
| Project setting | What happens |
|---|---|
| Off | The category is suppressed for everyone on the project, whatever their preferences. |
| Optional | Your personal preferences decide. This is the default. |
| Required | The category is forced on for everyone, overriding a personal opt-out. |
Even when a project forces a category on, timing stays yours — a required category can still reach you in your daily digest rather than immediately.
Watching an issue
Beyond the categories, you can watch a specific issue to be notified about its activity even when it isn't assigned to you. See Watch an issue.
Escalations
Separately from personal notifications, a project can send escalation digests to contractors about work approaching or past its due date. See Escalation rules.