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

# Create & Manage a Squad

> Create a Squad from Cowork, add members, and update settings from the Squad panel

## Overview

Create and manage Squads from the **Mesh Canvas** — use **Create Squad** (or the squad creation flow from **Hire → Assemble Team** when available). Cowork does not expose a separate Project Rooms product screen.

## Create a Squad

1. On the Mesh Canvas, open **Create Squad** (or **Hire → Assemble Team**).
2. Fill in:
   * **Name** (required)
   * **Color** (optional — helps spot the squad on the canvas)
   * **Goal** (optional — short description of what the squad should achieve)
   * **Execution mode** — how members coordinate (see [Squads fundamentals](/en/cowork/squads/squads-fundamentals))
   * **Output format** — working document update, new document, or review only
3. **Add members** — pick at least one Digital Employee, up to **8**. Optionally mark one as **lead** and set member order for handoff modes.
4. **Save** — the squad appears as a node on the mesh with a shared working document.

<Warning>
  An employee can only be in **one** active squad. Adding them to a new squad removes them from any other squad first.
</Warning>

## Squad panel

Click a **squad node** on the mesh to open the **Squad panel**. From there you can:

* View members and the lead
* Open the **shared working document**
* Start or monitor a squad run
* Edit name, goal, color, execution mode, and output format
* Add or remove members (still capped at 8)
* Archive the squad when the initiative is done

## Tips

* Use descriptive names (e.g. “Q4 Market Research”) so squads stay recognizable on a busy canvas
* Keep squads small — coordination cost grows quickly beyond a handful of members
* Plan membership knowing each employee can only belong to one squad at a time

## Next steps

* [Squads fundamentals](/en/cowork/squads/squads-fundamentals)
* [Squad runs](/en/cowork/squads/squad-runs)

## Other languages

* [Português (BR)](/pt/cowork/squads/criacao-squad)
* [Español](/es/cowork/squads/creacion-squad)