diff --git a/zed/src/chat_panel.rs b/zed/src/chat_panel.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ec9f3f486f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zed/src/chat_panel.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+use super::channel::{Channel, ChannelList};
+use gpui::{Entity, ModelHandle, View};
+
+pub struct ChatPanel {
+    channel_list: ModelHandle<ChannelList>,
+    active_channel: Option<ModelHandle<Channel>>,
+}
+
+pub enum Event {}
+
+impl Entity for ChatPanel {
+    type Event = Event;
+}
+
+impl View for ChatPanel {
+    fn ui_name() -> &'static str {
+        "ChatPanel"
+    }
+
+    fn render(&self, cx: &gpui::RenderContext<'_, Self>) -> gpui::ElementBox {
+        todo!()
+    }
+}
diff --git a/zed/src/lib.rs b/zed/src/lib.rs
index 4cec473dfc..445647010c 100644
--- a/zed/src/lib.rs
+++ b/zed/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 pub mod assets;
 pub mod channel;
+pub mod chat_panel;
 pub mod editor;
 pub mod file_finder;
 pub mod fs;