Reference

Permissions & Roles

Understand who can do what in Projectyl.

Projectyl uses a role-based permission system at two levels: workspace and project. A person's effective permissions are determined by their roles at both levels.

1 Workspace roles

CapabilityOwnerAdminMember
Create projects
Delete workspace
Manage billing / plan
Transfer ownership
Invite members to workspace
Remove members from workspace
Change member roles
Configure workspace settings
Connect integrations (GitHub)
Access assigned projects
View workspace member list

Each workspace has exactly one Owner. Ownership can only be transferred by the current Owner.

2 Project roles

Within a project, members can be either Admin or Member:

CapabilityProject AdminProject Member
Create and manage tasks
Create and edit documents
Send chat messages
Create and manage targets
Create branches from tasks (GitHub)
Create chat channels
Manage channel settings
Add/remove project members
Change project member roles
Edit project settings
Create/edit/delete labels
Set preferred repository
Archive project
Delete project

3 How roles interact

  • A workspace Admin is automatically a project Admin on every project they're added to.
  • A workspace Member can be either a project Admin or project Member, depending on how they're assigned.
  • Workspace Owners have full access to everything, regardless of project-level role assignments.

4 Common scenarios

"I want someone to manage one project but not others." Add them as a workspace Member, then make them a project Admin on the specific project. They'll have admin capabilities only in that project.

"I want someone to help manage the workspace and all projects." Make them a workspace Admin. They'll be able to invite members, create projects, and manage integrations.

"I need to hand off ownership of the workspace." Only the current Owner can transfer ownership. Go to workspace settings to transfer it to another member.

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