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# Create a Stream

### In the [**`Streams`**](/streamly/concepts/stream.md) section of the app home, click the `Create a Stream` button. 

Alternatively, you can run the `/streamly` command from the public channel you wish to use.

{% hint style="warning" %}
Only one **Stream** can be configured per public Slack channel.
{% endhint %}

#### **Complete the following steps:**

1. Select (or if using `/streamly`, confirm) the **public Slack channel** where [**Requests**](/streamly/concepts/request.md) will post.
2. Pick your [**team**](/streamly/reference/streams/modify/team.md) **members**.  

   > Single-member teams will not have a private Slack channel created until they gain a second member.  
   >
   > Instead of a private channel, notifications, approvals, and other functionality will be handled in the member's app home `Messages` tab.
3. Enter a `Subject` **prefix**. This prefix and a five-digit, autoincrementing ID will be prepended to each **Request** `Subject`. *(optional)*

   > \- E.g., `ABC00001_Request subject`\
   > \- The following special characters are not allowed: `<`, `>`, `@`, and `#`
4. Pick a **team name**. This will be the name of the private channel created for multi-member teams. *(optional)*

#### New Streams will be created with the default request form.  To create or modify fields, use the [field library](/streamly/reference/streams/modify/field-library.md), to modify the request form, use the [form builder](/streamly/reference/streams/modify/form-builder.md).