> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://harnesscalendar.com/docs/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Contacts > Every person in your studio, who they're connected to, and how to add, fix, or delete them. **People → Contacts** lists every person in your studio: parents, guardians, adult students, and anyone who pays an account. Use it to find someone, fix a broken email, or add a person before you connect them to a student or an account. ## The Contacts list | Column | What it shows | | - | - | | **Name** | The person's name, with a warning icon when their email needs fixing | | **Email** | Their email address | | **Phone** | Their phone number | | **Connections** | Who they are, in one line: "Mother of Maya and Leo", "Student", "Bill-to for Park Rentals". Hover for the full names. **No connections** when they aren't connected to anyone yet | Two tabs filter the list: * **All**: everyone. * **Needs attention**: people whose email has a problem: it bounces, it isn't valid, it's a placeholder address, or it's missing for someone who needs one. The tab shows how many. See [when an address stops working](/docs/students/emails-harness-sends#when-an-address-stops-working). People who only came in through a [sign-up link](/docs/students/invite-with-a-link) appear once you approve the student. Search finds a person by name, email, or phone number, or by the students and accounts they're connected to. Every word you type must match. Press `/` to jump to the search box. The Contacts list on the All tab with Name, Email, Phone and Connections columns, rows such as "Mother of Emma", "Father of Emma", "Student", "Bill-to for Robert Kim's Account" and "Gets invoices for Lucas Rivera's Account", warning icons beside Jin Park and Olivia Park, a Needs attention tab with a count of 2, the search box and the Add person button.

The Contacts list on the All tab with Name, Email, Phone and Connections columns, rows such as "Mother of Emma", "Father of Emma", "Student", "Bill-to for Robert Kim's Account" and "Gets invoices for Lucas Rivera's Account", warning icons beside Jin Park and Olivia Park, a Needs attention tab with a count of 2, the search box and the Add person button.

## Add a person Click **Add person**, enter a first and last name, and add an email, phone, or address if you have them. Click **Add person** to save. The person starts with no connections; connect them from their menu (below) or from a student's **Contacts** tab. Email is optional until the person takes on a role that sends them mail: primary contact, involved in a student's lessons, or on an account. ## A person's page Click a person to open their page. The sidebar shows their email, phone, address, and the date they were added. On a phone, the sidebar is the **Details** tab. A banner under the header lists any email problem, with **Edit person** to fix it. | Tab | What it shows | | - | - | | **Connections** | Everything the person is connected to (below) | | **Messages** | Every email Harness sent them, with its delivery status. See [Message history](/docs/students/message-history) | The **Connections** tab lists: * **Student**, when the person is a student themselves, with a link to their student page. * Each relationship ("Mother of"), with the students it covers. Each student shows the **Scheduling** and **Lesson progression** chips (click to turn them on or off) and **Disconnect**. * **Bill-to for** each account the person is named on, with the students it pays for and the billing rule behind each. * **Gets invoices for** each account they were added to, with **Disconnect**. To take someone off an account, use **Disconnect** on its row. A Bill-to can't be disconnected: change the Bill-to in **Edit account** first.

## The person menu The **⋯** on a person's row or page offers: | Action | What it does | | - | - | | **Edit** | Opens **Edit person**: name, email, phone, address. Changes apply everywhere the person appears | | **Make a student** | Opens [Add a student](/docs/students/add-a-student) with this person as the student. Not shown for someone who already is one | | **Attach to an account** | Adds them to an account so they get its invoices and portal access, or creates a new account with them as its Bill-to. Asks for an email if they don't have one | | **View portal** | Shows what this person sees in the [portal](/docs/students/student-portal), read-only | | **Send portal invite** | Emails them a link to the portal | | **Go to person** | Opens their page (from the list) | | **Delete person** | Deletes them (below) | Portal actions need a valid email. Without one, Harness shows **Add an email address to continue**. ## Delete a person Choose **Delete person** and confirm. This cannot be undone. Harness refuses while the person still has a role that someone depends on, and says what to fix first: | If the person is | Harness says, for example | Fix it by | | - | - | - | | A student | "Emma Chen is a student. Delete the student instead." | [Deleting the student](/docs/students/delete-a-student) | | A student's primary contact | "Sarah Chen is Emma Chen's primary contact. Set a new primary first." | Choosing **Make primary** on someone else in that student's [Contacts](/docs/students/contacts-and-notifications) | | An account's Bill-to | "Sarah Chen is the Bill-to of Chen family. Change the Bill-to in Edit account first." | Changing the Bill-to in **Edit account** | Any other connections (a contact who isn't primary, a person added to an account) are removed with them. Emails already sent to them stay in message history. ## FAQ A student is someone you teach; a contact is any person. Every student is also a person in this list, shown as **Student** in **Connections**. See [Key concepts](/docs/getting-started/key-concepts). One person is one record. A parent of two students is one contact, so **Edit person** changes their details everywhere they appear. This documentation is built and hosted on [Mintlify](https://mintlify.com), a developer documentation platform.