User Roles

Role	Description
Owner/Admin	Workspace administrator. Typically the creator or project manager
Member	Standard workspace participant with access to public channels
Guest	Invited participant with limited access — can only see channels they're added to

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Permissions Matrix

	Owner/Admin	Member	Guest
Workspace Management
Change name	✓
Set avatar	✓
Invite new users	✓	✓ (if enabled)
Edit description	✓
Allow public message sharing	✓
Allow public call sharing	✓
Allow guest invitations	✓
Allow member invitations	✓
User Profile
Set/change username	✓	✓	✓
Change language and theme	✓	✓	✓
Set avatar	✓	✓	✓
Personal Messages
Create chats	✓	✓	✓
Send messages	✓	✓	✓
Send/download attachments	✓	✓	✓
Add reactions	✓	✓	✓
Edit own messages	✓	✓	✓
Edit others' messages
Create threads	✓	✓	✓
Mute notifications	✓	✓	✓
Pin/unpin messages	✓	✓	✓
Channels
View public channels	✓	✓	✓
View private channels	✓	✓	✓
Create public channels	✓	✓
Create private channels	✓	✓
Invite users to channels	✓	✓
Send messages	✓	✓	✓
Message people from shared channels	✓	✓	✓
Rename public channels	✓
Rename private channels	✓	✓
Join public channels	✓	✓
Join private channels
Mute channel notifications	✓	✓	✓
Edit own messages	✓	✓	✓
Leave channel	✓	✓	✓
Threads
Create threads	✓	✓	✓
Delete threads
Read threads	✓	✓	✓
Post in threads	✓	✓	✓
Calls
Make personal calls	✓	✓	✓
Change call type	✓	✓
Disable call recording	✓	✓
View public calls	✓	✓
Channel Calls
Start channel calls	✓	✓	✓
Schedule channel calls	✓
View scheduled calls	✓	✓
Call Links
Access Call-by-Link	✓	✓
Access call recordings	✓	✓	✓
Channel Management
Add participants	✓	✓
Change participant roles	✓
Add owners	✓
Remove participants	✓
Change channel visibility	✓
Rename channels	✓
Edit channel description	✓
Delete any message	✓
Delete own messages	✓	✓	✓
Pin/unpin messages	✓
Archive channels	✓
Restore archived channels	✓
View archived channels	✓
Delete channels	✓	✓
Create permanent call links	✓	✓	✓
Create scheduled calls	✓
Announcement Channels
Post messages	✓
Create threads	✓
Add reactions	✓	✓	✓
Search
Search personal chats	✓	✓	✓
Search channels	✓	✓	✓
Search all workspace members	✓	✓
User Management
Change user roles	✓
Remove users from workspace	✓
Remove guests from channels	✓
Create workspaces (on-prem)	✓	✓
Sharing
Share messages	config
Share call recordings	config
Share user invite links	config
Share guest invite links	config

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Call Permissions

Role Definitions

Role	Description
Guest	External user — only has access to call recording after the call ends
User	Has a YuChat account but is not in the current workspace
Participant	Workspace and/or organization member
Call Owner	For channel calls: initiator, admin, or channel owner. For spontaneous calls: whoever started the call or room owner

Permissions Matrix

	Call Owner	Participant	User	Guest
Call Management
Toggle call visibility	✓	✓
Enable/disable recording	✓	✓
Transfer ownership	✓
End call for everyone	✓
Participants
Create external link	✓
Add participants	✓	✓
Remove participants	✓
Mute participant camera/mic	✓
Request camera/mic enable	✓	✓	✓
Post in call chat	✓	✓	✓
Recording
Access recording	✓	✓	✓*
Access call chat/thread	✓	✓	✓
Rename recording	✓	✓
Delete Recording
Personal calls	✓	✓
Channel calls	✓
Call room calls	✓

* Only for channels they are members of