1# Contacts and Private Calls
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 3Zed allows you to have private calls / collaboration sessions with those in your contacts.
 4These calls can be one-on-ones or contain any number of users from your contacts.
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 6## Adding a Contact
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 81. In the collaboration panel, click the `+` button next to the `Contacts` section
 91. Search for the contact using their GitHub handle
10   _Note: The contact must be an existing Zed user who has completed the GitHub authentication flow._
111. Your contact will receive a notification.
12   Once they accept, you'll both appear in each other's contact list.
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14## Private Calls
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16Simply click on a contact to start a private call.
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18_Aside from a few additional features (channel notes, etc.), collaboration in private calls is largely the same as it is in [channels](./channels.md)._