Dashboard Overview

The SimpleCommenter dashboard is your central place for managing feedback, projects, members, and project settings.

The sidebar changes depending on where you are.

Workspace View

Outside a project, the sidebar shows workspace-level areas:

Projects - All your websites and domains
Project template - Default settings stamped onto new projects at creation (workspace admins only)
Members - Invite teammates and manage workspace access (workspace admins only)
Billing - Subscription and payment details (workspace admins only)
Branding - White-label and branding options (workspace admins only)
Notifications - Your personal notification preferences
MCP & AI connections - Hosted ChatGPT/Claude setup, local API tokens, and connected app access

Workspace settings remains visible while you are inside a project, so you can reach these account controls without leaving the project first. Client accounts do not see workspace settings.

Project View

Inside a project, the sidebar shows the project's work areas:

Comments - Review and respond to feedback, page by page
Preview - Open your live website inside the dashboard to leave and review comments (Site Preview)
Board - Kanban view of comments grouped by status
Assets - Files and designs shared for feedback
MCP - A separate, direct item for external AI connections; it is not nested under project settings or integrations

Workspace owners authorize external connections. Team members can find the setup page and ask the owner to connect; client accounts do not see MCP. The sidebar's AI Assistant button opens the built-in dashboard chat and needs no MCP token. See MCP setup or AI Assistant for the relevant workflow.

Projects

Each project represents a website or domain where you have installed the widget.

Creating a Project

Click + New Project in the dashboard
Enter your domain
Copy the installation code
Add it to your website

Project Settings

Each project has a flat settings list in the sidebar:

General - Project name, domain, and the installation snippet
Access - Visibility, sign-in requirements, and client access
Workflow - Statuses and tags used to organize comments
Notifications - How your team is alerted to new feedback
Widget - Theme, functionalities, screenshots, and localization
Clients - External stakeholders invited to leave feedback
Integrations - Slack, Trello, webhooks, and other connected tools
Developers - JavaScript API and REST API setup
Advanced - Advanced project options

You can have multiple projects on a single account. Each project tracks feedback for one website or domain.

Archiving a Project

Workspace admins can archive a project that is finished. The project leaves the project list but keeps its comments and settings, and you can restore it at any time from the Archived projects link at the bottom of the list. See Archive Project.

Comments Workspace

The comments workspace is designed for day-to-day review work:

Page-by-page review - Open a page and see the feedback collected there
Status filters - Narrow the current view to the statuses you care about
Sorting - Order comments by newest, oldest, or priority
Thread actions - Reply, change status, update priority, or delete a comment
Attachments - Review screenshots and other files attached to the thread
Export CSV - Download all website feedback or the complete current filtered set from Comments or Board; both exclude archived and asset feedback

Mobile Access

The dashboard is responsive, which makes it practical to:

Review new feedback on the go
Reply to urgent comments
Check project settings away from your desk