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title: "Creating a plan"
description: "Step one of the planner: name a dive, set its date and location, choose open circuit or rebreather, and invite the divers who will run it with you."
---

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# Creating a plan

import { NewPlanDialog, InviteDialog } from "@/components/react/ModalScreens";

A new plan starts with four facts: what the dive is called, when it happens,
where, and whether you are diving open circuit or a closed-circuit rebreather
(CCR). Everything else is set afterwards, in the Plan step.

## The New Dive Plan dialogue

1. **Dive Name.** The only required field; the primary button stays disabled
   until it has content. It is the name the plan carries in your list and in
   every invited diver's list.

2. **Date and Time.** Both optional. Time uses your locale's twelve- or
   twenty-four-hour display.

3. **Location (optional).** Used only as a label. It does not set altitude, so
   a dive in a mountain lake still needs its altitude entered under
   [Environment](/planning/environment).

4. **Breathing Mode.** **Open Circuit** or **Rebreather (CCR)**. Open circuit
   is the default.

5. **Press Next** to reach the invite step. Reopening the dialogue on an
   existing plan retitles it **Edit Dive Plan**, the button reads **Save**, and
   the invite step is skipped.

Choosing **Rebreather (CCR)** adds the CCR section to the Plan step and changes
which gas roles the planner accepts; a CCR plan will not advance past the Plan
step without an onboard diluent. Changing the mode later is allowed, but expect
to revisit the gas list. See [Rebreather setup](/ccr/setup).

## The invite step

The second dialogue is **Invite Divers**. It is optional: confirming with an
empty team creates a solo plan, and divers can be added later.

1. **Add team members.** The field matches on email. Divers who already have a
   DiveLogic account appear with their name and avatar.

2. **Invite someone without an account.** Type a full email address. When no
   account matches, the results list offers an *invite this address* row
   instead, and they receive an email with a link.

3. **Assign Roles.** Once at least one diver is on the team, the primary button
   advances to **Assign Roles**. Each invitee gets **Diver** (the default),
   **Surface support** or **Observer**. See [Team plans](/planning/team-plans).

4. **Confirm.** The plan is created and every invitee is sent an invitation.
   Invitations expire seven days after they are issued.

## Next

The planner opens on the **Plan** step with the plan's name in the header and
nothing in it yet. Start at [the depth profile](/planning/levels): the depths
you plan to dive, and how long you hold each one.

Source: https://docs.divelogic.ai/planning/creating-a-plan/index.mdx