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Documentation Index

Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.trellistech.com/llms.txt

Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

Your people, organized

Everyone you work with - guests, property owners, vendors, and prospects - lives in the Contacts section. The current Contacts view focuses on fast lookup, saved contact methods, WhatsApp checks, and the conversation threads connected to each person or group.

Contact types

Trellis uses contact roles throughout inbox, property, and workflow views:
TypeWho they are
GuestAnyone who stays at one of your properties. Guest contacts are created automatically when reservations sync from your PMS.
OwnerProperty owners you manage for. Link them to their properties for a complete owner relationship view.
VendorCleaners, maintenance crews, inspectors, and other service providers your team works with.
ProspectPotential owners or partners you are reaching out to through outbound campaigns.

Finding a contact

Use the search field at the top of Contacts to find people by name, email address, or phone number. The list shows each contact’s primary methods so you can identify the right record before opening it.
Contacts are auto-created as messages arrive from WhatsApp, SMS, email, and PMS threads.

Contact profiles

Click any contact to open their profile. The current profile view is organized around contact methods and connected threads:
View saved email addresses and add another email method when you have a verified address for the contact.
View saved phone numbers and add another phone method when your team has a confirmed number.
Check whether a phone number is available on WhatsApp and save the WhatsApp method to the contact when it is found.
Review other saved handles from connected channels.
See the PMS, WhatsApp, SMS, email, and other channel threads currently connected to the contact.

Cleaning up unknown contacts

When someone reaches out by SMS, WhatsApp, email, or another channel and is not yet in your system, they can appear as an unknown contact in the conversation. Supported inbox flows let you convert that unknown sender into a contact or connect the conversation to an existing contact.

Importing contacts

Contacts are primarily created from messages, PMS reservations, workspace members, supported inbox conversion flows, and import tooling. Bulk contact import is handled through the import tooling available in your workspace; it is not a dedicated Contacts-page CSV wizard in the current Contacts view.

Tips for managing contacts

Keep methods current

Add confirmed email addresses, phone numbers, and WhatsApp methods so teammates can reach the right person from the right channel.

Check WhatsApp first

Use the WhatsApp check on phone methods before relying on a number for direct WhatsApp outreach.

Prepare contact data

Before bulk importing, confirm which import tool is available in your workspace and normalize names, emails, phones, and contact types.

Link contacts to properties

Connecting owners and vendors to their properties gives everyone on your team the full picture without switching between pages.