# Collaboration

Source: https://docs.arcweave.com/introduction/quick-tour/collaboration
Section: Introduction > Quick tour
Description: Quick tour of collaboration in Arcweave, with workspace members and guests, real-time co-editing, notes, and comments

Arcweave is built for teams, keeping every member aligned throughout the creative process. Its collaboration features operate at two levels:

- **Workspaces**:
   Manage members, guests, access levels, and permissions.
- **Projects**:
   Co-create in real time, leave notes on boards, and exchange comments with your team.

## Workspaces

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Arcweave's workspace tools let you control who has access to your projects and what they can do. It distinguishes between workspace **members** and **guests**, each with different access levels and permissions.

![The People section of Arcweave's workspace environment, showing the Members tab, with 3 users as members.](https://docs.arcweave.com/assets/people-members.CMM_gLcx.png)

### Members

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Members are users with workspace-wide access.

### Guests

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Guests are users with access to one or more specific projects, without full workspace access.

See [Your workspace](https://docs.arcweave.com/introduction/quick-tour/workspace) for details.

## Projects

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Arcweave offers two in-project tools for team communication and feedback: notes and comments.

### Notes

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![Arcweave's project screen open at the Interactive Fiction Example project, highlighting the board's notes with orange rectangles.](https://docs.arcweave.com/assets/castle-notes.XC_xHnxw.png)

**Notes** are colorful, rich text boxes you can place anywhere on a board — ideal for leaving context, flagging areas for review, or guiding collaborators through your project structure.

> Read all about [notes](https://docs.arcweave.com/project-items/notes) under **Project Items**.

### Comments

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![An orange arrow pointing at the Comments icon, at the bottom menu of an Arcweave project.](https://docs.arcweave.com/assets/castle-comments.C04AIHDJ.png)

For direct team communication, **comments** offer a more focused channel. Drag the **Comment** icon from the bottom menu onto any board area to place one.

Comments support **replies** and **@mentions**, and the comments sidebar can [filter](https://docs.arcweave.com/project-items/comments#filters) them, for example to show only comments you are involved in. Users receive **email notifications** according to their [email notification settings](https://docs.arcweave.com/project-items/comments#email-notification-settings), which can include all comments, mentions and replies only, or none.

> Read all about [comments](https://docs.arcweave.com/project-items/comments) under **Project Items**.