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

# Rooms

> Keep people, threads, files, connectors, and shared instructions together.

A Room is a shared place for related Sidekick work. It keeps the people, threads, files, connectors, repositories, and instructions for that work together.

## Create a Room

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open Rooms">
    Select **Rooms** in Sidekick, then select **New Room**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Name the Room">
    Give it a name. You can also describe what happens there so people know what belongs in it.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Add people">
    Search for people who already have Sidekick access and add the people who should work in the Room. You can also start with a private Room and add people later.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Set what new threads start with">
    Add instructions under **Starts with** for background, constraints, or working conventions every new thread in the Room should know.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Connect Slack, if needed">
    If your workspace has Slack connected, you can connect an available channel while creating the Room or later from Room settings.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Choose what new threads start with

The Room owner can open Room settings and manage:

* **People** who can enter the Room and participate in its threads.
* **Files** that should be available to new threads.
* **Starts with** instructions, connectors, and repositories used by new threads.
* A **Slack** channel connected to the Room, when Slack is configured for the workspace.

These Room settings give new threads a starting point. Each thread still keeps its own conversation, activity, approvals, and outputs.

## Work with Room threads

Open a Room to see its threads and start a new one. Search the thread list or filter it to work that started in Slack. Messages show who sent them, and approvals show who made the decision.

Only the Room owner can change Room settings, archive or delete Room threads, or delete the Room. Deleting a Room also removes its threads from participants' Sidekick views.

## Where to go next

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Room collaboration" icon="users" href="/docs/sidekick/use/rooms-collaboration">
    Understand Room membership, ownership, and shared threads.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Slack" icon="slack" href="/docs/sidekick/use/slack">
    Continue Room work from a connected Slack channel.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>