> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.mudstack.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Reviews & Feedback

> How to request and provide feedback in Mudstack.

Speed of iteration is key to the progress of a team, and feedback is an integral part of iteration. Feedback, however, tends to get misplaced. It might live in easily lost Slack/Discord chats, be forgotten in Zoom calls that no-one took notes for, or get buried in issue tracking tools.

One thing, however, is certain: without Mudstack, feedback is always detached from the file itself.

## Reviews

A daily workflow for an art team is the act of leads and directors providing their feedback to their team of artists.

**Mudstack streamlines this process**:

1. Artists can request a review and tag the relevant reviewer at any time through Mudstack.
2. This creates a to-do in the leads Mudstack dashboard.
3. The lead can either approve or request changes on the file.
4. Change requests will show up as a to-do on the assigned artist's dashboard.
5. The artist can make the changes and upload a new version, and return to step 1.

### Request a Review

When a file has reached a stage where the artist is ready for a review, they can upload the file (or new version) to Mudstack and tag their lead(s) to provide their feedback and review.

<img src="https://mintcdn.com/mudstack-docs/M8TlMfG8R2zm_oSc/images/review-request.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=M8TlMfG8R2zm_oSc&q=85&s=9701a27f1679742779aa4b56f2a2ba22" alt="requesting a review in Mudstack" width="3000" height="1268" data-path="images/review-request.png" />

1. To do this, follow the steps to [push](/features/push) a file or version to the cloud.
2. Select the file and click on the `Reviews` tab.
3. Using the dropdown, select a reviewer. This list will show any team members that has the `Review` action selected on their team access rule.
4. This creates a `Review Request` to-do for the selected reviewer.
5. Once the reviewer has either `Approved` or `Requested Changes`, the artist will see a notification in their dashboard.
6. If the review result is a `Change Request`, that will show up as a to-do in the assigned artist's dashboard under the `Changes Requests` tab.

### Provide a Review

<img src="https://mintcdn.com/mudstack-docs/M8TlMfG8R2zm_oSc/images/review.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=M8TlMfG8R2zm_oSc&q=85&s=706a0a4bad60d1440a8bba066de75233" alt="providing a review in Mudstack" width="3000" height="618" data-path="images/review.png" />

1. When an artist requests a review from an art lead, the reviewer will see a `Review Request` to-do in their dashboard.
2. To act on the review request, click the file and then the `Reviews` tab. Here, you can leave your approval or change request. When leaving a `Change Request`, you can assign it to a specific artist for action.
3. When you select `Request Changes`, this creates a `Change Request` to-do for the assigned artist on their dashboard.

## Feedback History

When viewing a file in the Mudstack cloud, you can click on the `Timeline` section to see a complete history of that file, including all feedback.

All comments, approvals, change requests and lifecycle changes (new versions, tags etc) for the file are displayed here.

<Card title="Real-time Notifications" icon="bell" href="/features/notifications">
  Learn how to set up real-time feedback notifications.
</Card>
