Real-time collaboration & comments
Edit the same project together with live cursors, a shared chat, and comments.
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Collaboration
Real-time collaboration is core to nidavellir. If you’ve co-edited a Google Doc, this will feel familiar — teammates in the same project see each other’s changes instantly. This guide covers what you see on screen while co-editing, and how to talk to each other with comments.
Edits merge automatically using a technology called CRDT. The term sounds technical, but the point is simple: several people can work at once without content clashing or overwriting each other.
Live cursors
Cursors that show, in real time and labeled with a name, where each teammate is editing.
Shared chat
The AI chat that everyone in the project sees together, with each message attributed by name.
Comments & @mentions
A comment is a note left on the work; a mention (@name) pings a specific teammate so they get notified.
Co-edit
Live cursors
Shared chat
Comments & @mentions
The four axes of real-time collaboration.
Live cursors & shared chat
Live cursors: in the proposal editor you see other members’ cursors with their names in real time, so you always know who is looking where.
Shared chat: the AI conversation is shared by everyone in the project. All members see the same thread, and messages are attributed by name.
Typing indicators: when someone is composing a chat message, a typing indicator appears.
The proposal editor with live cursors and shared chat
Teammate cursors show in the editor on the left; the shared AI chat is on the right.
Comments & @mentions
Leave comments directly on the work to trade feedback; the comments panel keeps the discussion in one place. To notify a specific teammate, @mention them — the person you mention gets a notification.
Try writing comments like these:
Leave feedback
“This paragraph feels too long — could we cut it to two sentences?”
Ping with a mention
“@Alex can you double-check the numbers in this budget table?”
When the AI (or an action) “focuses” an artifact, everyone’s tab jumps to it together — handy for presenting or reviewing the same spot as a group.
You can only @mention people who’ve been invited to the project. To make sure someone gets notified, invite them as a collaborator first.
What if two people edit the same sentence at once?
Changes merge automatically, so nothing is lost or overwritten — both people’s edits are preserved.
Can teammates see the messages I send the AI?
Yes. The AI chat is shared by everyone in the project, and each message is attributed by name.
Does the other person need to be online for me to comment?
No. You can leave comments and mentions anytime; the other person sees them via notifications the next time they’re in.
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