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Chrome notifications for generated filters in Sourcing

Learn how to turn on Chrome desktop notifications so you know the moment your Sourcing search finishes.

💡 This feature works in Google Chrome only. Other browsers (Edge, Safari, Firefox) won’t show the prompt or notifications.

Overview

When you run a Sourcing search, SourceWhale’s AI builds your ideal profile and ranks candidates in the background. If you switch to another tab or minimise your browser while that’s happening, you can receive a desktop notification the moment it finishes – so you don’t have to keep checking back.

This is useful whenever a search takes a little time to generate: a new search, refining filters manually or via chat, or recalibrating through feedback.

1. Turn notifications on

  1. Open Sourcing. Just above the search bar you’ll see a prompt: “Want to be notified when the Agent responds?” with Enable and Dismiss buttons.

  2. Click Enable. Chrome’s own permission pop-up appears – click Allow.

  3. That’s it. From now on, if a search finishes while you’re on another tab or have minimised Chrome, you’ll get a desktop notification titled “Your search is ready” (“Ideal profile and AI rankings have been generated.”). If the Agent needs input instead, you’ll see “Question about your search”. Clicking the notification brings you straight back to your results.

Note: the notification only fires if you tabbed away or minimised during generation. If you stay on the Sourcing tab you’ll watch it complete live, so no notification is sent.

2. Mute or turn notifications off

  • In the results heading there’s a bell icon: 🔔 means on, 🔕 means muted. Click it to toggle, and hover to see the current state.

  • Clicking Dismiss on the banner hides the prompt so it won’t reappear.

  • Your choice is remembered across sessions and reloads.

  • If notifications are blocked in Chrome, the bell appears greyed out with the tooltip “Notifications are blocked in your browser settings.” To unblock: click the padlock/tune icon in Chrome’s address bar → Site settings → set Notifications to Allow → reload.

3. Allow Chrome to show notifications at the OS level

Even with Chrome’s permission granted, your operating system must let Chrome display notifications.

On macOS

  1. Apple menu → System Settings → Notifications.

  2. Find Google Chrome in the application list.

  3. Turn Allow notifications on, and pick a style (Banners or Alerts).

  4. Make sure Do Not Disturb / Focus is off – these silently suppress notifications.

On Windows

  1. Start → Settings → System → Notifications.

  2. Ensure the master Notifications toggle is On.

  3. Scroll to Google Chrome in the app list and toggle it On.

  4. Make sure Do not disturb / Focus assist is off.

If your OS is set to Do Not Disturb, the search still completes normally – the notification is just held back by your operating system, not by SourceWhale.

FAQs

Does this require any setup?

No setup beyond clicking Enable on the banner and allowing notifications in Chrome (and at the OS level, as above). There’s nothing for an admin to configure.

Why didn’t I get a notification?

Notifications only fire if you tabbed away or minimised Chrome while the search was generating. If you stayed on the Sourcing tab, or your OS / Chrome notifications are blocked or set to Do Not Disturb, you won’t see one.

Which browsers are supported?

Google Chrome only. Other browsers won’t show the prompt or the notifications.

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