> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://harnesscalendar.com/docs/llms.txt
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# Contacts and notifications

> Manage who is attached to a student and who receives which emails.

A student's contacts are the people around them: parents, guardians, anyone who should hear from you. Add everyone who needs lesson emails, because a contact only receives anything once you put them in a notification group, and only if they have an email on file. Both live on the student's profile.

## Add or edit a contact

A student can have up to **6 contacts** in addition to the student themselves. Manage everyone from the **Contacts** tab: **Add contact** to add someone, the pencil icon to edit their details, the trash icon to remove them.

## Change the primary contact

The primary contact is the main person for a student: the one who receives the welcome email when you add the student. To change it, click the star icon on the contact you want to make primary, then confirm. A primary contact can't be removed directly; assign a new primary first, then remove the old one.

## Choose who gets notified

The **Notifications** tab controls which contacts receive which emails. Two groups:

| Group               | What it sends                      |
| ------------------- | ---------------------------------- |
| **Lesson details**  | Lesson notes and progress updates. |
| **Lesson schedule** | Lesson updates and reschedules.    |

To change recipients, click the pencil icon on a group, toggle each contact on or off, then save. Use the copy icon to copy the group's recipient emails as a comma-separated list.

A contact with no email shows **(No email)** and can't be selected until you add one.

<Info>
  **Billing recipients are not set here.** Who receives a student's **invoices** is set on their billing **account**, not on the Notifications tab. See [Accounts and students](/docs/students/accounts-and-students).
</Info>

## FAQ

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="Who gets lesson notes?">
    The contacts in the **Lesson details** group for that student. For how notes are written and sent, see [Run a lesson](/docs/lessons/operate-a-lesson).
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>