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

# Your roster and team view

> See every AI coworker you've hired, what each has been doing, how often they needed you — and which ones hand work to each other.

One screen shows your whole team: who's on it, what they've been doing, and how much of it needed you.

## What it does

Open **Cowork → Roster**. Every coworker you've hired appears as a card with its name, role, and what it's working on.

Above the cards sits a strip of numbers for the workspace as a whole, and below them a small diagram of who's been asking whom for help. Both cover a time window you can change.

## The numbers worth watching

Three figures, and the interesting ones aren't what people expect.

|                    | What it tells you                                    |
| ------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------- |
| **Tasks finished** | Volume. Useful for a sense of scale, not much else.  |
| **Asked for you**  | How often your coworkers stopped and needed a human. |
| **Got stuck**      | How often something didn't work.                     |

**Asked for you** is the one to watch. A coworker that asks constantly usually has instructions that are too vague, or capabilities too narrow for its job. A coworker that never asks on sensitive work may need [permission rules](/cowork/control/permission-rules) tightened rather than loosened.

**Got stuck** rising is normally a connection that's stopped working, or a job that's outgrown one coworker.

<Frame caption="Volume, then the two that actually tell you something. Both are also shown per coworker.">
  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/glorium/JBtd_griZWPnHu68/images/cowork/coworkers/roster/01-stats.webp?fit=max&auto=format&n=JBtd_griZWPnHu68&q=85&s=772fd80b77940bbe653a53a5641d80ad" alt="The workspace stats strip showing tasks finished, asked for you, and got stuck" width="1280" height="156" data-path="images/cowork/coworkers/roster/01-stats.webp" />
</Frame>

Both numbers are also shown per coworker, so you can tell which one is the outlier.

## How work moves

Underneath, a diagram titled **How work moves** — who asked whom for help, with a thicker line for a busier pair. Each coworker is a circle sized by how much of the workspace's work runs through it.

It answers questions a list can't:

* Is one coworker doing everything while the others idle?
* Are two coworkers constantly asking each other, when one would do?
* Did the specialist I hired ever actually get used?

<Frame caption="Nora is doing most of the asking, and the Nora–Sam pair is much busier than Nora–Ivy.">
  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/glorium/JBtd_griZWPnHu68/images/cowork/coworkers/roster/02-how-work-moves.webp?fit=max&auto=format&n=JBtd_griZWPnHu68&q=85&s=b4ffdf7ffe7e6d43b9d9e1ed75a88f20" alt="The How work moves panel showing three coworkers on a circle joined by lines of different thickness" width="1088" height="702" data-path="images/cowork/coworkers/roster/02-how-work-moves.webp" />
</Frame>

The panel also shows how many exchanges are still open.

<Note>
  The diagram only appears once your coworkers are actually handing work to each other, which needs [Working with coworkers](/cowork/capabilities/working-with-coworkers) switched on. A team of one has nothing to draw.
</Note>

## Good to know

<Tip>
  **Check the roster weekly, not daily.** The numbers are about patterns. Change the window to a longer period and the signal is much clearer than day-to-day noise.
</Tip>

<Note>
  A very large team shows the busiest dozen coworkers in the diagram, and tells you how many it left out rather than quietly dropping them.
</Note>

## Common questions

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="What does a coworker look like when it is busy?" icon="spinner">
    Its card shows what it's currently working on. Open it to follow along — see [Managing your tasks](/cowork/chat/tasks).
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="One coworker is doing all the work. Is that a problem?" icon="scale-unbalanced">
    Not necessarily, but it's worth asking whether it's doing things a specialist would do better. A lopsided diagram is usually the moment to hire a second coworker rather than push the first harder.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Can I see everything one coworker has done?" icon="clock-rotate-left">
    Yes — open it and choose the **Activity** tab for its full history in order.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="How do I get an idle coworker off the roster?" icon="box-archive">
    Pause it. It stays on the roster, stops working, and keeps everything it learned. See [Retiring, re-hiring and templates](/cowork/coworkers/templates).
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>

## Next steps

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Working with coworkers" icon="users-between-lines" href="/cowork/capabilities/working-with-coworkers">
    What the diagram is drawing.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Managing your tasks" icon="list-check" href="/cowork/chat/tasks">
    Everything in flight.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Retiring and templates" icon="box-archive" href="/cowork/coworkers/templates">
    Pause, re-hire, reuse.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Hiring a coworker" icon="user-plus" href="/cowork/coworkers/hiring">
    Add someone to the team.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>
