# Build and edit a team in Teams Canvas

Canonical HTML: [https://collty.com/help/teams/build-and-edit-a-team-in-teams-canvas](https://collty.com/help/teams/build-and-edit-a-team-in-teams-canvas)
Audience: Clients and team owners
Reading time: 8 min
Updated: 2026-07-15T00:00:00.000Z

Use the object field to add people, inspect relationships and save a reusable team.

## The Teams Canvas model

A team is displayed as a live object system. The central team object holds team-level actions, specialist objects show the people in the composition, and connections expose working or capability relationships.

Pan and zoom change the view without changing the saved team. Dragging an object changes its layout; saving the team stores the composition and object positions.

## Build the composition

1. **Open Library:** Choose a saved team, search specialists or start an AI-assisted assembly.
2. **Add an object:** Click for a single selection or drag a team card onto the field to combine it with the current composition.
3. **Inspect a specialist:** Select a specialist to view fit bars, current availability and contextual recommendations.
4. **Review relationships:** Select a specialist once to reveal relationship labels. Direct dragging does not enter relationship mode.
5. **Save with a clear name:** Combined teams must be saved as a new team so the original team records remain intact.

## Why the field remains clear while zooming

### Inside Collty: Crisp vector-first rendering

Canvas objects, labels and relationship lines are rendered as resolution-independent interface geometry. The viewport controls pan and zoom while text and controls preserve readable screen-space behavior.

- Object positions use workspace coordinates rather than screenshot pixels.
- Touch interactions distinguish a tap from a drag before opening an object.
- Relationship labels use bounded scaling so they never become larger than the objects they describe.

## Related guides

- [How Team Intelligence Works](https://collty.com/help/teams/how-team-intelligence-works)
- [Assemble Multiple Teams](https://collty.com/help/teams/assemble-multiple-teams)
- [Create A Project And Choose Its Operating Model](https://collty.com/help/projects/create-a-project-and-choose-its-operating-model)