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title: "Working together"
description: "See who else is in a project, catch up on changes others make, and avoid editing over each other."
---

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# Working together

MySpec shows you who else is working, tells you when something changed under
you, and keeps two people from silently saving over each other.

## Who can see a project

Your [project role](/guides/teams-and-project-access/) decides whether you can
open a project and what you can do in it. With **Read** you can follow along
but not change anything; **Write** lets you edit specs, comment and chat with
the AI; **Admin** also manages the project and who has access. People with no
role on a project can't see it at all.

To see who has access to a project, open its **Settings** tab and select
**Access**.

## See who is here

The top bar of a project, and the header of a session, show the other people
who have the project open right now. In a project's top bar they appear when
the window is wide enough to fit them beside the tabs. You are never shown in
your own list.

| Badge | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Pencil | Working in a session: **Generating a spec** or **Editing a spec** |
| Eye | **Viewing** the project |

People working in a session are listed first. Point at an avatar to see the
person's name, their role in the organization and what they are doing. When
there are too many to fit, a counter shows how many more are viewing or in a
session. The list is hidden on the smallest screens.

### Viewing or working

Opening a session counts as viewing. You count as working once you send a message
or open the spec editor in that session, and you stay working until you leave the
session page. A completed or archived session only ever counts as viewing.

### When you step away

If you do not use the keyboard, mouse or touch screen in a MySpec tab for a
while, you drop out of everyone's list. You come back as soon as you use
the tab again or switch back to it. While the AI is replying in a session you
have open, you stay listed.

## People in a project

Open the project's **Settings** tab and select **Access**. Below the **Access**
card are two lists:

- **People with access**: everyone who can open this project, with their role.
  Project Admins change access in the **Access** card above.
- **Collaborators**: everyone who has written a revision in this project, with
  their number of revisions and when they were last active. You are included.

To change who is in the organization, or their roles, see
[Organizations and members](/guides/organizations/). To change who can open a
project, see [Teams and project access](/guides/teams-and-project-access/).

## Who is on this spec file

When you open a spec file in the editor, a bar above it shows who else has the
same file open in the editor. People with unsaved changes are listed first. Point
at an avatar to see what the person is doing:

- **Viewing this file**: they have it open.
- **Editing — has unsaved changes**: they have changes they have not saved yet.
- **MySpec AI**: the AI is writing to the file.

The bar also tells you when the file changed since you opened it, for example
"Rev 4 saved by Jane.", with a **Compare** button so you can see the difference
before you save.

### Edit locks

When you have unsaved changes in a file, other people see that you are editing
it. If someone else is already editing, the bar says "Jane is editing this file." Select
**Edit anyway** to take over. The lock is a warning, not a block: if two people
save, MySpec catches the conflict and lets you choose what to keep, so nobody's
work is lost silently. See [View and edit spec files](/guides/spec-editor/) for
locks, save conflicts and recovering unsaved drafts.

## When someone adds to a chat

Several people can open the same session. If someone else adds a turn to the chat
you are looking at, a banner appears above the message box, for example:

```text
Jane just added a new turn to this chat. Refresh to see the latest.
```

Select **Refresh** to load the latest messages, or **Dismiss** to hide the
banner. You see the same banner, worded "You (in another tab or device) just
added a new turn to this chat.", when you used the session from another tab or
device.

If you send a message while the session is still busy with a turn started on
another device, MySpec shows **Session is busy**. Dismiss it and use **Refresh**
to load the latest chat.

## Discuss the specs

Use [comments](/guides/comments/) to discuss a passage of a spec file. Threads
stay attached to the text, and teammates can reply, resolve and reopen them.

Source: https://docs.myspec.dev/guides/collaboration/index.mdx