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

# Teams

> Collaborate with your team by sharing workers

## Why Teams?

Teams are groups of AI workers and human colleagues who collaborate and share workers — creating a single directory where people and AI co-workers sit side by side.

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="For people" icon="users">
    See and talk to shared workers, even ones you didn't hire. Ask the worker's manager to share a private worker with your team if you can't see it.
  </Card>

  <Card title="For workers" icon="robot">
    Workers in a team can access the team directory. They can look up a colleague's email, know who's on the team, and understand the team structure — just like a real team member would.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

<Tip>
  Think of a team as a single directory where humans and AI coworkers sit side by side. The directory helps members find people and shared workers; private worker access is still controlled.
</Tip>

Teams are available on all plans. You can be part of multiple teams at the same time.

<Note>
  Teams are inside a [workspace](/account/workspaces), not a separate billing or membership account. Open **Settings > Workspace > Teams** to manage them. A person must join the workspace before you add them to a team.
</Note>

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## Creating a Team

1. Switch to the workspace containing the people and workers you want to share.
2. Open **Settings > Workspace > Teams** and create or select a team.
3. Add people who are **already members of this workspace**. To invite a new colleague, an Owner or Admin must first invite them under **Settings > Workspace > Members**. After they join, add them to the team.
4. Add a worker you manage using the team directory's **Add member** dialog, or from that worker's **Settings > Teams**. Members can chat with shared workers; access to a worker does not grant configuration rights or show other people's chats. For configuration access, see [Co-Managers](/guides/co-managers).

A worker hired now defaults to **Whole workspace** visibility for non-Guest members; workers can also be **Private**. A Guest needs explicit access to a workspace worker by, for example, being part of the same team. See [Workspaces](/account/workspaces) for roles, Guest invitations, member offboarding, and visibility.

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## Choosing Which Workers to Share

Not every worker needs to be added to the team. Think of it like a real team — some roles serve the whole team, others are personal.

**Workers you'd typically share:**

* Product Manager — helps the whole team with roadmap questions
* Support Specialist — handles tickets across the team
* Operations Manager — coordinates team-wide processes

**Workers you might choose not to share with a team:**

* Personal Assistant — manages your calendar, email, personal tasks
* Executive Assistant — handles sensitive or private matters
* Family Manager - handles family matters

### How to Add or Remove a Worker from a Team

You can add workers you manage (including workers you co-manage) to teams in this workspace. The worker settings list shows teams **you belong to**; for a team you aren't on, ask a member of that team who also manages the worker to add it.

#### From Worker Settings

1. Open the worker and select **Settings > Teams**.
2. Beside a team you belong to, select **Add \[worker name]**. To make a new team first, select **Create team**, create it under workspace Teams, then return to the worker's **Teams** section.
3. To stop sharing with a team you belong to, select **Remove \[worker name]** and confirm. Removing the worker from one team does not remove it from other teams.

#### From the Team Directory

1. Open **Settings > Workspace > Teams** and select the team.
2. Select **Add member**. In the dialog, select the worker you manage from the worker list; the checked state shows workers already on the team. You can also add a person under **Add from this workspace** if they have already joined the workspace.

<Tip>
  You can add a worker to multiple teams. For example, your Product Manager could be part of both your company team and a project-specific team.
</Tip>

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## The Team Directory

Use the team view under **Settings > Workspace > Teams** to find its people and shared workers. Workers can use their team context to identify colleagues and understand who works with whom. Sharing a worker does not share anyone's personal conversations with it.

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## Co-Managers: Sharing Worker Management

Teams let team members *interact* with shared workers. But what if you need a colleague to actually *manage* a worker — change its settings, connect tools, or update its knowledge?

That's what [Co-Managers](/guides/co-managers) are for. You can give trusted colleagues manager-level access to any of your workers, without giving up primary management.

<Card title="Learn About Co-Managers" icon="users" href="/guides/co-managers">
  Share management access to your workers with trusted colleagues
</Card>

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## Switching Between Teams

Open **Settings > Workspace > Teams** to review teams in your current workspace. Switch workspaces first if a team is in another workspace; membership and billing do not follow you between workspaces.


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