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# Workspaces and Sharing: Collaborate with Your Team

> Add team members, attorneys, and clients to your workspace, then share Projects and Playbooks with full control over who can view or edit.

A workspace is the environment inside Gavel Exec where you add your team members, other attorneys, and clients. All items in your workspace are private to you by default — nothing is visible to others until you explicitly share it. You can share [Projects](/exec/projects) and [Playbooks](/exec/playbooks) with anyone in your workspace, and you control exactly what level of access each person or group receives.

<Tip>
  Workspaces make it easy to collaborate with clients directly inside Gavel Exec. Share a project or playbook with a corporate legal team or business partner as a read-only resource, so they stay informed without being able to alter your work.
</Tip>

## What you can share

You can share two types of items from your workspace:

* **Projects** — Deal-level contexts with uploaded files and standing instructions. See [Projects](/exec/projects) for details.
* **Playbooks** — Saved rule sets for consistent contract review. See [Playbooks](/exec/playbooks) for details.

## Two ways to share

### With everyone in the workspace

When you share with **Everyone in the Workspace**, all current and future workspace members receive access automatically. Use this approach for:

* Standardized playbooks that should apply consistently across your group
* Team-wide projects where all members need visibility

### With specific individuals

When you share with **Specific Individuals**, you select exactly who receives access. Use this approach for:

* Practice-area-specific playbooks that only some attorneys need
* Projects shared with external clients, such as corporate legal teams or business partners

## Permissions: Read-Only vs. Edit Access

When you share a Project or Playbook, you choose one of two permission levels:

<Tabs>
  <Tab title="Read-Only">
    The recipient can view and use the Project or Playbook but cannot make any changes to it.

    **Best for:**

    * Sharing standardized playbooks with junior associates or clients
    * Distributing finalized projects as reference material
    * Giving clients visibility into deal context without risk of edits
  </Tab>

  <Tab title="Edit Access">
    The recipient can make changes to the Project or Playbook and can add other people to it.

    **Best for:**

    * Collaborating with colleagues to develop a new playbook
    * Iterating on a shared project with another attorney
    * Co-managing a deal workspace with a partner or associate
  </Tab>
</Tabs>

<Note>
  Edit Access allows the recipient to add additional people to the shared item. Use it intentionally when you want to delegate sharing responsibilities.
</Note>