# Team invitations

Team invitations connect another person or one of your own computers to Nock's collaboration Team. Setup lives in **Settings → Team**; the compact Team conversation view has a **Team settings** shortcut.

## Invite a person

1. Open **Settings → Team**.
2. If this computer has no Team yet, enter the name you want teammates to see.
3. Choose **Invite someone**. Nock starts a Team if needed.
4. Choose **Copy invitation** and send it through a channel you trust.
5. Keep Nock open with Team on until the person joins. The invitation works once and expires after 24 hours.

They open **Settings → Team**, paste it into **Join with an invitation**, enter their name, and choose **Join**. They can paste the four-word invitation, the complete code, or an invitation link containing it. Joining turns Team on.

After joining, they appear under **People**. You can start a direct conversation in [Team Inbox](/nock/team-messaging); neither person needs to share a coding chat first.

## Link your own computer

On your connected computer, choose **For my other computer**. On your other Mac or PC:

1. Open **Settings → Team**.
2. Paste the invitation into **Join with an invitation**.
3. Enter the same name used on the first computer and choose **Join**.

Keep Nock open on the first computer until joining finishes. Your linked devices appear under **Your other computers**, rather than as another person. Signing into the same account alone does not link them.

When sending later, check the computer context beside the recipient. A contact nickname in **Details** helps you recognize a destination without changing its exact address.

## If joining does not finish

Joining can take up to a minute while Nock reaches the computer that made the invitation. Read the message under the form before retrying.

- **Expired or already used:** ask the inviter to create a new invitation.
- **Computer unreachable:** check that Nock is open there with Team on, then try again.
- **Invitation cut off:** copy and paste the complete invitation again.
- **Name already taken:** choose another name for another person. For your own computer, use an invitation made with **For my other computer** and the original name.
- **Already on another Team with people:** Nock will not silently replace that membership. Check which Team this computer should use before proceeding.

A computer that started a Team nobody else joined can still use **Join with an invitation**; you do not need to reset Nock first.

## Recognize the other kinds of invitation

A paid **Nock Team** seat invitation opens an account page where you accept a place on a multi-seat billing plan. Pasting that link into **Join with an invitation** opens its web page; it does not create a collaboration connection. See [Plans and trials](/nock/plans-trials).

**Invite friends** is Nock's referral invitation, not a Team connection. [Nock Social](/nock/social) is a separate community website with its own login. For Team messaging, use **Invite someone** or **For my other computer** in Settings.