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

# Collaborate on notes with your PeerNotes teammates

> Add collaborators to a note so teammates can read, respond, and build on your thinking — turning individual drafts into shared work.

A note doesn't have to be a solo effort. Add teammates as **collaborators** and a note becomes shared work: they can open it, read the current draft, and contribute their own thinking. Collaboration in PeerNotes is deliberate rather than chaotic — you choose who's in, and the note shows exactly who's involved.

## Add collaborators to a note

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the note">
    Collaboration is per-note: you invite people into a specific piece of thinking, not your whole library.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Add teammates">
    Open the note's share panel and add collaborators by email. Each collaborator gets access to read and contribute to the note, and the note is shared with the workspace automatically.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Work the draft together">
    Collaborators see the latest version whenever they open the note. The note lists its collaborators — <i>"With alex@…, sam@…"</i> — so everyone knows who's shaping the idea.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## What collaboration is for

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Pressure-testing" icon="circle-question">
    Invite the teammate most likely to disagree. If the argument survives their pass, it's ready for the whole workspace.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Filling gaps" icon="puzzle-piece">
    Different people hold different pieces. A note about a customer problem gets stronger when support, product, and engineering can each add what they know.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Co-authoring" icon="pen-to-square">
    Some notes are joint work from the start — a proposal two of you are drafting, a decision record for a shared project.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Review before it goes wider" icon="badge-check">
    Use collaborators as your editorial pass before a note is [shared with the whole workspace](/features/sharing).
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

<Tip>
  Keep the collaborator list small while the idea is fragile. Two or three engaged editors produce better feedback than a dozen passive readers.
</Tip>

## Collaborators vs. sharing

These are two different things:

* **Sharing a note** with the workspace lets every member **read and comment** on it — but not edit. It's a toggle you flip on and off.
* **Adding collaborators** invites specific people to **edit** the note with you. Adding one shares the note with the workspace automatically.

Only notes can be co-edited. Your [thoughts](/core-concepts/thoughts) and [sources](/core-concepts/sources) can be shared with the workspace the same way notes can, but they're never collaborative — there's nothing to co-write.

## Related

* [Sharing & privacy](/features/sharing) — the read-only alternative to collaborators
* [Writing and developing notes](/guides/writing-notes)
* [Comments & mentions](/features/comments)