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Contacts

Centralized contact management for people and organizations.

The built in CRM manages people and companies across all your pipeline interactions.

Contact types

PersonAn individual (e.g., a lead, client, or candidate)
CompanyAn organization (e.g., a business you are selling to)

Contacts are shared across all pipelines in your company workspace.

Contact fields

When creating a contact, the available fields depend on the contact type:

Shared fields (Person and Company)

NameContact name
Email (optional)Email address
Phone (optional)Phone number
Parent Company (optional)Link to a company contact (disabled for company type)
Location (optional)Address or location
Timezone (optional)Contact's timezone
Preferred Method (optional)Email, phone, SMS, WhatsApp, in person, or video call
Best time from / to (optional)Preferred contact hours
LinkedIn (optional)LinkedIn profile URL
Website (optional)Website URL
Source (optional)Where the contact came from (website, referral, cold outreach, inbound, event, import, other)
Tags (optional)Custom tags for categorization
Do not contact (optional)Flag to prevent outreach

Person only fields

Position (optional)Job title or role

Company only fields

Description (optional)Company description
Industry (optional)Industry sector
Company Size (optional)Number of employees
Annual Revenue (optional)Estimated annual revenue
Founded (optional)Year the company was founded

Linking contacts to items

When you create or edit an item, you can link it to a contact. This creates a bidirectional relationship:

  • See all items associated with a contact across every pipeline
  • View activity history spanning all linked items
  • Track tasks linked to the contact
  • Conversations and email threads are associated through the contact link

Contact detail

Click on a contact to see:

ActivityAll notes and interactions
ItemsLinked pipeline items across all pipelines
TasksTasks associated with the contact

Search & filtering

The contacts page supports:

  • Full text search across contact names and details
  • Filtering by type (person or company)
  • Sortable columns
  • Pagination for large contact lists