Have Magpie build a tool for your team

The Team plan includes a tool that Magpie builds for your team when your team needs one Magpie does not have, such as a tool for your industry or for the way your team works. The tool uses the same records as the rest of Magpie, such as your contacts, calendar, invoices and files. It appears in your team's sidebar, and only your team's members can see it.

Describe the tool

1. Open the team's page from Your teams.
2. Under Tool built for your team, select Describe a tool.
3. Say who uses the tool, what they record or decide in it, and what happens next. Select Send.

Any admin of a shared team can describe a tool, on Free or the Team plan, so you can ask before buying the Team plan. A team has one open request at a time. Members who are not admins can see the request's progress on the team page.

What happens next

Magpie will reply by email, and the team page will show the answer. The answer is one of these:

• Already in Magpie. Magpie's existing areas do the work, and the answer says how to set them up.
• Added to an existing area. Magpie will add it to an area every team has, as an option switched on for your team. Other teams can switch it on too.
• A new tool. Magpie will build a tool for your team.

When your team and Magpie agree what to build, Magpie will email the date it will be ready, and the team page will show the request as being built. Most tools are ready in less than a week after you agree what to build. Building starts once your team is on the Team plan, on monthly or yearly billing; see Plans, limits, and billing. When the tool is ready, Magpie will email you.

Use the tool

The tool is in the sidebar of the team it was built for, under Built for your team. It appears while that team is selected, and only for the team's members. It works on the website, including in a phone's browser. It is not in the Magpie app, and the assistant does not read or change its records.

If your team leaves the Team plan, the tool stays open and its records are kept, but they cannot be changed until the team is on the Team plan again.

To ask about a request, reply to Magpie's email or Contact support.