# Luau help center

> Luau (luau.co) is an event planning app: hosts create an invite page, guests RSVP, and a host can turn any event into a "Group Effort" — a sign-up board of volunteer roles, shifts, and supplies that guests claim straight from the invite. This file indexes the official help articles. Each article is available as plain markdown at the .md URL listed; fetch it before answering a question about how Luau works, and prefer it over guesses about menus or settings that may not exist.

Platforms: the web app at https://app.luau.co works in any browser and is the only surface on Android. Luau for iPhone is on the App Store. Articles mark steps that differ between web and iPhone.

Support: support@luau.co.

## Hosting an event

- [Create an event](https://luau.co/help/create-an-event.md): Start with Kai (type one sentence) or the classic form, and what you can and can't set at creation time.
  - What's the fastest way to create an event on Luau?
  - Do I need the iPhone app to create an event?
  - Can Kai set up volunteer sign-ups when it creates the event?
  - Can I create a recurring event or a series?
  - Where do I set a guest limit, a waitlist, or hide the guest list?
  - Can I start planning before I have an account?
  - What kinds of events can I create?
- [Edit your event](https://luau.co/help/edit-your-event.md): Edit mode is inline on the event page. What the ••• menu controls (guest list, capacity, plus-ones, PartyPass, sharing) and what it doesn't.
  - How do I change the date or time after guests have RSVP'd?
  - Is there a way to close or turn off RSVPs?
  - Can I hide who's coming?
  - Can co-hosts edit the event?
  - Can I edit an event after it's over?
  - How do I cancel an event?
  - Where did the Next Steps cards go?
- [The Next Steps cards](https://luau.co/help/next-steps-cards.md): Invite Guests, Gift Registry, Make it a Group Effort, and Potluck. What each card does, when it shows, and where PartyPass and check-in actually live.
  - What are the Next Steps cards?
  - Why did the Invite Guests card disappear?
  - How do I invite guests?
  - What is PartyPass?
  - Where is check-in?
  - Should I use Potluck or Group Effort?
  - Is the gift registry on iPhone?

## Mutuals, invites & Hangvites

- [Mutuals, your real crew on Luau](https://luau.co/help/mutuals.md): What a mutual is, how two people become mutuals, what the list shows, why you can't import contacts, and how connection strength works.
  - What is a mutual?
  - How do I make mutuals?
  - I went to an event with someone. Why aren't we mutuals?
  - Why can't I import my contacts as mutuals?
  - What does connection strength mean?
  - Can I remove or block a mutual?
  - Where do I see my mutuals?
- [Invite guests](https://luau.co/help/invite-guests.md): Every way to invite people, what Luau sends and when, why there's no contact import, and how Luau follows up for you until people RSVP.
  - How do I invite people to my event?
  - Can I invite people who aren't on Luau?
  - Why can't I import my contacts or text a list from Luau?
  - What happens after I share with a mutual?
  - Do guests need an account to RSVP?
  - What does the Sharable setting do?
  - Can Luau RSVP someone for me?
  - Why did I get a heads-up that nobody's seen my event?
- [Hangvites, the same-day invite](https://luau.co/help/hangvites.md): What a Hangvite is, why it exists, how to send one from your iPhone, who gets it, and what "in or out" does.
  - What is a Hangvite?
  - Why does Luau have Hangvites when it already has events?
  - Can I send a Hangvite from the web or Android?
  - Who can I send a Hangvite to?
  - How many Hangvites can someone receive?
  - How long does a Hangvite stay open?
  - Can guests bring or invite other people?
  - Can I have two Hangvites going at once?

## Sign-ups (Group Effort)

- [Make it a Group Effort](https://luau.co/help/group-effort-setup.md): Turn an event into a sign-up board of roles, shifts, supplies, and zones with the two-step wizard, then publish it.
  - What kinds of sign-up events can I create?
  - What's the difference between a role and a supply?
  - Can I ask for different headcounts on different shifts?
  - Do shifts have to fall inside the event hours?
  - Can I set units like gallons or cases?
  - Does publishing send a message to my guests?
  - Can I run a potluck and a Group Effort on the same event?
  - Can Kai build the board for me?
- [Manage sign-ups after publishing](https://luau.co/help/manage-sign-ups.md): Get back into the wizard, change counts and shifts, remove a role or the whole board, and what happens to people who already signed up.
  - How do I edit the sign-up counts after publishing?
  - Why won't it let me lower a count?
  - What happens to volunteers if I remove a shift or role?
  - Can I remove the whole sign-up board without touching RSVPs?
  - Can I mark a role or supply as urgent?
  - If I change the event date, do my shifts move too?
  - Can I cancel a guest's sign-up for them?
- [See who signed up and export the roster](https://luau.co/help/who-signed-up.md): The host-only roster by shift and item, printing it, exporting a CSV, and what it deliberately leaves out.
  - How do I see who signed up for each shift?
  - Can I export the sign-ups to Excel or Google Sheets?
  - Can I print the roster?
  - Do I get volunteers' phone numbers or email addresses?
  - Can co-hosts see the roster?
  - What does Held mean next to a name?
  - Can guests see the roster?
- [Sign-up reminders and confirmations](https://luau.co/help/sign-up-notifications.md): Exactly what Luau sends around a Group Effort, when, and on which channel, for guests and for hosts.
  - Do guests get a confirmation when they sign up?
  - When are volunteers reminded about their shift?
  - Do reminders go out by text message?
  - Will publishing the board message my guests?
  - Do I get notified when someone signs up?
  - Are volunteers told when I change or remove something?
  - Can guests turn reminders off?
- [Assign someone or share a need](https://luau.co/help/assign-and-share-needs.md): Put a specific person on a spot (or hold it for someone not on Luau yet), share the whole board, and send one exact ask to the right person.
  - Can I sign someone up myself?
  - What if the person isn't on Luau?
  - Will Luau text people for me?
  - How do I share just one role or supply?
  - Does the share link need the app?
  - Can guests share the board too?
  - Can I move or release a held spot?

## For guests

- [RSVPs, your guest list view, and your account](https://luau.co/help/rsvp-and-your-account.md): How to RSVP and change it, plus-ones and the waitlist, series RSVPs, what guests see, signing in, your profile, notification settings, and deleting your account.
  - How do I RSVP, and how do I change my answer later?
  - Do I need an account or the app to RSVP?
  - How do I bring a plus-one?
  - What does it mean that I'm waitlisted?
  - How do I RSVP to a whole series at once?
  - Can I see who else is going?
  - How do I change my notification settings?
  - How do I change my name, photo, email, or phone number?
  - How do I delete my account?
  - The sign-in code never arrived. What do I do?
  - Is Luau free?
  - Where do I find events I've been invited to?
- [How guests sign up](https://luau.co/help/how-guests-sign-up.md): What guests see on the board before and after RSVPing, how claiming works, what Going, Maybe, and Can't can do, and how to change or cancel a sign-up.
  - Do I need to download an app to sign up?
  - Do I need an account to sign up?
  - Can I sign up if I'm not coming?
  - Can I sign up for more than one shift?
  - How do I cancel or change my sign-up?
  - What happens to my sign-up if I change my RSVP to Maybe or Can't?
  - Can I see who else signed up?
  - Can I add a note to my sign-up?

## PartyPass & check-in

- [PartyPass, tap to RSVP](https://luau.co/help/partypass.md): What PartyPass tags are, how to get and claim them, assigning them to an event, what a guest's tap does, the tap-to-RSVP lock and time limit, and reuse.
  - What is PartyPass?
  - How do I get PartyPass tags?
  - How do I set up a tag?
  - What happens when a guest taps a tag?
  - Can I make the tap the only way to RSVP?
  - Can I reuse tags for another event?
  - Can a guest share their tap link with a friend?
- [Check-in and automatic attendance](https://luau.co/help/check-in-and-attendance.md): Check guests in with a PartyPass tap, a printed QR, or their location; what the app does automatically on iPhone; what hosts see; and the attendance recap.
  - How do I turn on check-in?
  - How does location check-in work automatically?
  - Do guests need the app to check in?
  - How close do guests have to be?
  - What if someone shows up without RSVPing?
  - What does the host see?
  - Is there a report afterwards?
  - What location data is stored?
  - How do I turn location off?

## Kai & your calendar

- [Train Kai to be your social life assistant](https://luau.co/help/train-kai.md): The five-minute training conversation, what Kai asks, what it remembers, what it does with it afterwards, and how to change your answers.
  - What does training Kai do?
  - How long does it take?
  - What does Kai ask?
  - What changes after I finish?
  - Can I change my answers later?
  - Can I start the training over?
  - Where does my data go? Is it used to train AI?
  - Can Kai message my friends for me?
- [Connect your calendar](https://luau.co/help/connect-your-calendar.md): What connecting Google Calendar does (events land on your calendar automatically), what Luau reads, and how Kai uses free time to suggest hanging out.
  - What happens when I connect Google Calendar?
  - Can Luau see what's on my calendar?
  - Can my friends see when I'm free?
  - How does Kai suggest hanging out?
  - Do I have to connect a calendar to use Luau?
  - Does Luau work with Apple Calendar or Outlook?
  - What happens if I disconnect?

## Reference

- [Where settings live](https://luau.co/help/where-settings-live.md): A map of every Luau setting on the web app and in the iPhone app, so you (or your assistant) can find the right screen first time.
  - Where are my notification settings?
  - Where do I edit what Kai learned in training?
  - Where do I turn Kai on or off?
  - Where is calendar sync?
  - Where are the settings for one event?
  - Where do I turn location off?
- [What Luau does not have](https://luau.co/help/what-luau-does-not-have.md): Settings, menus, and pages people (and AI assistants) assume exist but don't, with what to do instead.
  - Is there a Signup Settings menu?
  - Can I turn RSVPs off?
  - Is there an Android app?
  - Can I duplicate an event?
  - Is there a text blast to all guests?
  - Does Luau give hosts my phone number or email?
  - Can I sell tickets or collect money for my event?
  - Can I export my RSVP list?
  - Is there a separate page for editing my event?

## Everything in one file

- [All help articles, full text](https://luau.co/help/llms-full.txt)