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title: Prepare your public workspace for the Postman API Network
approved: 2025-03-26T00:00:00.000Z
slug: docs/postman-api-network/showcase/prepare/public-workspace
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ux: v12
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Your public workspace is a landing page for your public APIs. It's where API consumers find your public APIs, learn about them, and can [fork your public collections to their own workspace](/docs/collaborating-in-postman/using-version-control/forking-elements/), where they can start using them.

Before you [make your workspace public](/docs/postman-api-network/showcase/publish/public-apis/#make-your-workspace-public), you'll prepare it, [prepare your public collections](/docs/postman-api-network/showcase/prepare/public-collections/), [curate them](/docs/postman-api-network/showcase/prepare/curate/overview/), and [prepare your team workspace for team collaboration](/docs/postman-api-network/showcase/prepare/team-workspace/).

## Create your public workspace

Depending on your team's workflow, you can create a private or team workspace (you'll make it public later). If you want to limit access to invited team members, create a private workspace. If you want to invite everyone from your team, create a team workspace.

You'll make your workspace public when you're ready to [publish your public APIs to the Postman API Network](/docs/postman-api-network/showcase/publish/public-apis/).

To create your public workspace, do the following:

1. In the Postman header, open the workspace switcher. Then, click **Create**.
2. If you want to use a [workspace template](/docs/collaborating-in-postman/using-workspaces/create-workspaces/#apply-a-template-to-a-workspace), choose one.
3. Click **Next**.
4. Name your workspace.
5. If you're part of an organization, choose a team.
6. Click <img alt="Team icon" src="https://assets.postman.com/postman-docs/aether-icons/v12/descriptive-team-stroke.svg#icon" width="20px" /> **Internal**. Then, choose whether to share access with everyone in your team or only you and invited people.
7. Click **Create**.

To learn more, see [Create a workspace in Postman](/docs/collaborating-in-postman/using-workspaces/create-workspaces/).

## Invite team members to your workspace

To invite team members to your workspace, do the following:

1. Open your workspace.
2. In the Postman header, click **Invite**.
3. Use the available options, such as email, to invite your team members.
4. Choose a role for your team members.
5. Click **Invite**.

You can continue to invite team members as your workspace, its collections, and your public APIs evolve.

To learn more, see [Share workspace](/docs/collaborating-in-postman/using-workspaces/internal-workspaces/manage-workspaces/#share-workspaces).

## Edit your workspace details

To edit your workspace details, do the following:

1. Open your workspace.
2. In the left sidebar, click <img alt="Options icon" src="https://assets.postman.com/postman-docs/aether-icons/v12/action-options-stroke.svg#icon" width="20px" /> **Options** > **Workspace overview**.
3. Add a summary and description.

You can continue to edit your workspace details as your workspace, its collections, and your public APIs evolve.

To learn more, see [Edit workspace details](/docs/collaborating-in-postman/using-workspaces/internal-workspaces/manage-workspaces/#edit-workspace-details).