Castlewatch operating library

Knowledge base for private incident coordination.

Operating references for church security teams using Castlewatch to report incidents, review submissions, manage trusted partners, maintain organization settings, and keep decisions auditable. Articles are grouped by the role doing the work.

Where to start

Pick the path that matches what you are doing this week. Each path links to the articles in the order most teams need them.

How this knowledge base is organized

Castlewatch is built around explicit operational state: reports are submitted, reviewers make recorded decisions, trusted partners are connected through deliberate workflows, and organization settings define who can do what. The articles below mirror those workflows. Each article opens with an at-a-glance summary (who it is for, what to read first, what comes next), followed by structured reference material, common scenarios, frequently asked questions, and links to related work.

For Administrators Configuration & trust

Stand up the workspace, define who can do what, and decide how reports are shared by default.

Workspace setup

Onboarding & workspace activation

Create the workspace, complete the organization profile, choose a region, and understand what must be active before live operations begin.

Administration

Organization settings

Manage members, roles, mapped sites, notification defaults, policy thresholds, sharing defaults, and organization profile details.

Trust network

Trusted partners & trust groups

Request relationships, sign template MOU/NDA records, accept or decline partners, send secure messages, and group connected organizations.

For Reporters Capturing what happened

Submit complete, scoped, searchable reports that reviewers can act on without rebuilding context.

Reporter workflow

Incident reporting

Use structured fields, saved sites, severity, visibility, tags, summary, and narrative details to submit reports that reviewers can act on.

Incident workspace

Incident records, comments, sightings & attachments

Understand the incident detail page, issue-style comments, timeline sightings, supporting files, and how records evolve after submission.

For Reviewers Moderation & verification

Claim reports, verify facts, narrow visibility, and preserve the decision context for the next reviewer.

Reviewer workflow

Review queue & moderation

Claim reports, verify facts, request changes, reject submissions, return records to review, and preserve decision context.

Incident workspace

Incident records, comments, sightings & attachments

How the incident detail page combines narrative, comments, sightings, attachments, and structured metadata after review.

For Everyone Reference & troubleshooting

Cross-cutting material used by every role: alert routing, access posture, common problems, and shared vocabulary.

Access & alerts

Notifications, roles, billing & access

Understand personal alert preferences, organization notification defaults, role thresholds, subscription gates, and account security settings.

Support reference

Troubleshooting common issues

Resolve onboarding loops, missing buttons, blocked reports, map placement problems, partner workflow blockers, and notification issues.

Vocabulary

Glossary

Shared definitions for severity, visibility, moderation states, connection states, trust groups, policy thresholds, and other operating terms.

Prefer a guided walkthrough?

The user guide covers the same workflows in the order a new team usually configures and operates Castlewatch — from signup through the first verified report.

Open user guide