Set a useful group welcome message
Set a useful group welcome message in Cortex Chat: practical steps, setting explanations, result checks and troubleshooting.
A welcome message can explain the group’s purpose, expected behaviour and where to find context. It is shared onboarding information, not a secure place for passwords or internal access tokens.
Before you start
Group identity, membership, welcome text, history policy and invitation rights are shared controls. They are different from a conversation background stored on one device. Owner and administrator capabilities can also differ: the interface exposes specific rights rather than making every administrator equivalent. Review the exact group and the current saved values before changing a shared setting. If an edit is blocked, the absent or disabled control may reflect a permission boundary. Refresh stale data rather than replacing a group to work around the problem. Removing a member, revoking an invitation, leaving the group and deleting the entire group each have a different effect.
Step-by-step
- Open Edit group and locate Welcome message.
- Enter concise onboarding text within the displayed 1,000-character limit.
- Save and reopen the group settings to confirm the intended text.
What the settings mean
| Control or state | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Identity | The group name, description and shared photo. |
| History | Whether joining members can read earlier conversation content. |
| Member rights | What group participants may send or invite. |
| Administrator rights | Specific group-management powers, separate from workspace tool access. |
Check the result
New-member guidance is accurate, readable and free of private credentials.
If it does not work
If you need a longer handbook, link an appropriately shared document. The presence of a link does not automatically grant access to its destination.
Continue with the right context
Return to the Cortex Chat guide index to choose another task. Keep the current account, assistant and conversation in view when following the next guide. To use the product, open Cortex Chat.
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