# Chats linked to sessions, tracks and more
Source: https://docs.aden.space/docs/help/more/chat-linked-items

Link a chat to a studio session, track, milestone, release or show. It pins the item's card, and messages turn into to-dos, comments, notes, links, files and new session times with one click.
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## What it is [#what-it-is]

A chat can be about one thing in Aden: a studio session, a track, a
milestone, a release or a show. Link it, and the chat works on that thing
with you. Its card is pinned at the top, and what people write can land
there in one click.

## How it works [#how-it-works]

* **Link a chat.** Use the target button in the chat's header (or ⌘K, "Link
  this chat…"), pick the kind and search. You link it yourself: Aden doesn't
  guess from who's in the chat. Everyone in the chat sees a note, and the
  same button unlinks it.
* **The pinned card** shows what it is, when, who's coming (sessions), and
  the open to-dos to tick off. "Open" goes to it in Aden. A session also has
  "Canvas" (its ideas board) and "Share", which puts its follow-along link in
  your message for people who aren't on Aden.
* **Messages become work.** A message's sparkle menu, and the chip above
  the composer for the newest message, offer what fits:
  * a list ("can you fix the vocal, bounce stems and send the split?", or
    bullet lines) becomes to-dos, after you untick any you don't want
  * on a track, a message becomes a comment, at the point in the song it
    names ("the kick at 1:32")
  * on a session, "can we do Saturday 2pm?" moves it, links go on its
    inspiration board, lyrics and ideas go in its notes, and voice notes go
    into the session
* **Start a session from a group chat.** "Start a session" takes the chat's
  name, the day someone proposed, and lets you pick who from the chat to
  invite. The chat is linked to it right away. A message proposing a day in
  an unlinked chat offers the same.
* **On the desktop app** this works in every Links chat, WhatsApp and
  Instagram groups included: files sent there can go into the session too.