Roles and permissions

These tables list what each role can do. They match the checks Skyelight runs on its servers.

In a workspace

Capability	Owner	Admin	Collaborator	Reviewer
Open the workspace and read threads	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Start threads, reply, react, attach screenshots	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Resolve, defer or reopen any thread	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Change a thread’s type, add a new type	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Assign threads, set agent tasks, merge duplicates	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Create projects, edit a project’s description	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Send a thread to Linear, share it to Slack	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Invite people	Admins, collaborators and reviewers	Admins, collaborators and reviewers	Collaborators and reviewers	No
See pending invites	Yes	Yes	No	No
Resend or cancel an invite	Yes	Yes	Only invites they sent	No
Use coding agents and API tokens	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Rename, reorder or delete types	Yes	Yes	No	No
Project settings, preview addresses, integrations	Yes	Yes	No	No
Add someone already in the organization	Yes	Yes	No	No
Change roles, remove members	Yes	Up to admin	No	No
Rename, delete or restore the workspace	Yes	Yes	No	No
Transfer workspace ownership	Yes	Only if the workspace has no owner	No	No
Leave the workspace	Transfer ownership first	Yes	Yes	Yes

Rules the table doesn’t show:

Nobody can give someone a role above their own. Changing a role can’t make someone the owner. Ownership moves only by transfer.
Nobody can remove the owner.
Status applies to threads, not to individual replies.
Coding agents and API tokens also require the Pro plan or higher. See Skyelight MCP.
On Free and Pro, nobody can leave the workspace on its own, because it is the organization. Leave the organization from Account Details instead.

Reviewers can resolve any thread, including threads other people started. If a thread is resolved too early, anyone in the workspace can reopen it.

In the organization

The organization has two roles, Member and Admin. The owner is the one person who owns the organization’s billing.

Capability	Member	Admin	Owner
See People, Billing and Account Details	No	Yes	Yes
Invite people from People (Free and Pro)	No	Yes	Yes
Create another workspace (Team and above)	No	Yes	Yes
Become an admin in every workspace automatically	No	Yes	Yes
Change the plan or payment details	No	No	Yes
Transfer the organization	No	No	Yes
Delete the organization	No	No	Yes
Leave the organization	Yes	Yes	Transfer ownership first

The owner always holds the organization’s Admin role, so the owner also has every Admin capability.

Organization admins can open the Billing page and see the plan and seat counts, but only the owner can change anything there. When an admin invites someone who would take a new seat, the admin sees the list price. The owner sees the exact prorated charge.