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

# Create a workspace

> Open a new workspace from the workspace control in the dashboard, name it, and land inside it immediately as its owner.

Every screen in the dashboard names the workspace you are currently in, in a
small control near the top of the page. Click it and it opens every workspace
you belong to, oldest joined first, with **New workspace** waiting at the foot
of that list. That is the only door to a workspace that does not exist yet.

## Create one

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the workspace control">
    Click the name of the workspace you are in, wherever you are in the dashboard.
    It opens the workspaces you belong to.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Choose New workspace">
    It sits below the workspaces you already have. Choosing it swaps the list for a
    small form in place, and puts you straight into the name field.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Name it">
    The form has one field: **Name**. There is no second field, nothing to invite
    and nothing to configure. You can rename a workspace later; this step is only
    about opening it.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Create it">
    The button reads **Create workspace**, and **Creating** while the request is in
    flight. On success you do not have to do anything else: see
    [What happens next](#what-happens-next).
  </Step>
</Steps>

## The name

A workspace name has to trim to somewhere between 1 and 40 characters. A name
outside that is refused:

> A workspace name is 1 to 40 characters.

It also has to be different from every workspace you already belong to, ignoring
case. This is checked against your own workspaces, not against every workspace on
the platform, so two different customers can each open a workspace with the
same name. A duplicate against one of yours is refused:

> You are already in a workspace with that name.

If either refusal happens, what you typed stays in the box. The fix is editing
the name, not retyping it from scratch.

## What happens next

You become the new workspace's **owner**, in the same step that creates it. The
form tells you this before you press the button:

> A new workspace has its own balance starting at zero, its own keys and its own
> members, and you will be its owner.

There is no separate step to switch into it. You land inside the new workspace
right away, on its Usage screen, with nothing to reload and no second click.

**It starts from nothing.** Its balance is zero, and it shares no credit with a
workspace you already had. Its member list holds only you, and it holds no keys
until you or somebody else creates one. See
[Create an API key](/guides/create-an-api-key) and
[Invite and manage members](/guides/invite-and-manage-members).

Being the owner is what lets you buy credit for it in the first place: only an
owner can buy credit, manage the card, or pause requests. See
[the owner and money](/concepts/workspaces-and-members#the-owner-and-money).

## How many you can have

There is no limit on how many workspaces you can create, own, or belong to.
Each one is separate: its own name, its own members, its own keys, and its own
balance.

## What we did not verify

The workspace control, the create form, and the immediate switch into the new
workspace are what the product does today. This guide was not walked end to end
against a deployed environment. If a screen disagrees with this page, trust the
screen and tell us.

## Next

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Workspaces and members" href="/concepts/workspaces-and-members">
    Roles, invitations, and what belongs to a workspace rather than to you.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Invite and manage members" href="/guides/invite-and-manage-members">
    Bring somebody into the workspace you just opened.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>