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title: "Messaging — React Box documentation"
description: "An overview of React Box messaging: bilateral model, anatomy of a conversation, quick start, and full table of contents."
url: https://www.react-box.com/en/docs/chat
lang: en
---

Messaging

# Overview

React Box messaging connects every client business to its accounting firm through a dedicated discussion thread. Text exchanges, document requests, and realtime notifications — all your collaboration in one place.

Updated on September 11, 2026

## What messaging is for

Replace tangled email and WhatsApp threads with a structured, traceable conversation linked to the vault.

* Centralize: one conversation per business–agency pair, no scattered threads.
* Request: either side can issue a document request directly inside the chat, with the link to the vault built in.
* Track: every message, edit, and read receipt is timestamped and preserved.

## The "1 client × 1 agency" model

A conversation always connects exactly two organizations: your business and your agency. No cross-client groups, no chats between multiple agencies. Several people can participate on the business side and on the agency side, but the perimeter stays bilateral.

Note

If you are an agency, you see one conversation per client. If you are a business, you see one conversation for your linked agency.

## The core building blocks

Four concepts structure messaging. The rest of the documentation relies on this vocabulary.

* Conversations  
The bilateral thread between a business and its agency, with its subject, its participants, and its state (open or closed).
* Messages  
Free text, attachments, or document requests — editable, deletable, traceable.
* Requested documents  
A structured request for a specific document to be filed in the vault — from the business to its accounting firm as well as the other way round.
* Notifications  
Mentions, received requests, read receipts — broadcast in realtime and reachable via email, in-app, and mobile push.

## Quick start

Three minutes to open your first conversation with your agency (or your client).

1. Open messaging  
From your dashboard, click "Messages" in the sidebar.
2. Start a conversation  
Pick your agency (on the business side) or your client (on the agency side), give it a subject, and create the conversation.
3. Send a message  
Type your message, attach a file or a vault document if needed, then send. Your counterpart is notified in realtime.

## Go further

The messaging documentation is organized by concept. Each page is readable on its own.

### [Conversations](https://www.react-box.com/en/docs/chat/conversations)

Creation, participants, roles, closing, and cross-organization rules.

Read the page

### [Messages](https://www.react-box.com/en/docs/chat/messages)

Message types, attachments, editing, deletion, and searching the history.

Read the page

### [Requested documents](https://www.react-box.com/en/docs/chat/document-requests)

Request a specific document from messaging and link it to the vault.

Read the page

### [Notifications & realtime](https://www.react-box.com/en/docs/chat/notifications)

In-app, email, and push preferences, read receipts, mute mode.

Read the page