1# Collaboration
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 3At Zed, we believe that great things are built by great people working together.
 4We have designed Zed to help individuals work faster and help teams of people work together more effectively.
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 6In Zed, all collaboration happens in the collaboration panel, which can be opened via {#kb collab_panel::ToggleFocus} or `collab panel: toggle focus` from the command palette.
 7You will need to [sign in](../authentication.md#signing-in) in order to access features within the collaboration panel.
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 9## Collaboration panel
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11The collaboration panel is broken down into two sections:
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131. [Channels](./channels.md): Ongoing project rooms where team members can share projects, collaborate on code, and maintain ambient awareness of what everyone is working on.
141. [Contacts](./contacts-and-private-calls.md): Ad-hoc private collaboration with those in your contacts list.
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18> Note: Only collaborate with people that you trust.
19> Since sharing a project gives them access to your local file system, you should not share projects with people you do not trust; they could potentially do some nasty things.
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21> In the future, we will do more to prevent this type of access beyond the shared project and add more control over what collaborators can do, but for now, only collaborate with people you trust.