Comment directly on action cards so conversation about a task stays with the work. Parent actions and sub-actions each have their own comment thread.

Open an action or sub-action card. Type in the Add a comment field at the bottom, then click Post — or press Command+Enter (Mac) / Ctrl+Enter (Windows).

Type @ followed by part of a person’s name, then select them from the list. They get a notification when the comment is posted.

Type @action to notify everyone following that action card, without tagging each person individually.

Type @project-owners to notify the project owners.

You may also see @project in the mention list (intended to reach project members). Prefer tagging specific people, a team, @action, or @project-owners when you need a reliable notification from the action card comment box.

Click the paperclip icon (Add attachments) to include a file with your comment. Files added this way also appear in the action card’s attachments area.

Hover your comment, then use the pencil (Edit) or trash (Delete) icon.

When editing, make your changes and click Update (or Cancel).

Only the person who wrote the comment can edit or delete it. Workspace admins cannot edit or delete other people’s comments.

Sub-actions have their own comment threads — open the sub-action card to comment there. Comments on a parent action do not automatically appear on its sub-actions (and the reverse).

In Table layout, enable the Comments column. An orange comment bubble appears when there is an unread comment on that action (this can also reflect unread comments on related sub-actions).

When there is more than one comment, click Sort in the comments header to switch between newest first and chronological order.

Note: Any underlining of misspelled words while typing comes from your browser’s spellcheck, not a separate Hive dictionary.