# Start a session from any chat
Source: https://docs.aden.space/docs/help/more/chat-new-session

Type /new session with a name and a day in any chat. Aden starts the session, invites the person or one of their teams, and posts an invite card everyone in the chat can answer and join from.
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## What it is [#what-it-is]

Type `/new session` in a chat to start a studio session with the people in
it. Everything after the command is the session's name, and a day in it is
when it starts: `/new session vocals for Nova on friday 3pm`.

## How it works [#how-it-works]

* While you type, a line above the composer shows the session you're about
  to start. Press Enter to set it up.
* If the person is on teams you've worked with, Aden asks who to invite:
  just them, or one of those teams.
* With a day and nobody to choose between, it starts straight away.
  Otherwise the start form opens with what you typed.
* The session's card is posted in the chat. Invitees accept or decline
  there, everyone sees who's coming, and Join opens the call from a quarter
  of an hour before it starts. Your team can move it and copy its
  follow-along link from the card.
* Moving the session from its card posts a note in the chat with the new
  time.
* In WhatsApp, Instagram and other chats on desktop, Aden puts the session's
  follow-along link in your message instead. That link shows as a card with
  the session's name, time and place in Links and, with the Aden extension,
  on WhatsApp and Instagram web.