Documentation/Workspace Management

Workspace Management

Manage your team, roles, and permissions

Overview

A workspace is your team's shared environment in IdeaLift. It contains all your captured ideas, integrations, and settings. Each workspace can have multiple team members with different roles and permissions.

👥
Team collaboration
🔐
Role-based access
⚙️
Centralized settings

Roles & Permissions

Owner
  • Full access to all features
  • Manage billing and subscription
  • Delete workspace
  • Transfer ownership
  • All Admin permissions
Admin
  • Add and remove team members
  • Configure integrations
  • Manage workspace settings
  • Access all ideas and analytics
  • All Member permissions
Member
  • View dashboard and ideas
  • Capture ideas from integrations
  • Vote on ideas (Growth+)
  • View analytics
  • Search and filter ideas

Seat Limits by Plan

Each plan includes a set number of team seats. Need more? Upgrade your plan or contact us for custom seat packages.

Starter
1
seat
Pro
3
seats
Growth
10
seats
Scale
25
seats
Enterprise
Unlimited
seats

Adding Team Members

Owners and Admins can add new team members from the Team page.

  1. Go to Dashboard → Team
  2. Click "Add Team Member"
  3. Enter their email address
  4. Select a role (Admin or Member)
  5. Click "Add Member"

How it works:

  • • The new member receives access immediately
  • • They can sign in with any supported auth method using that email
  • • No invitation email is sent — they just need to log in

Managing Roles

Change a team member's role anytime from the Team page.

To change a role:

  1. Go to Dashboard → Team
  2. Find the member in the list
  3. Use the dropdown to select "Admin" or "Member"
  4. Changes take effect immediately

Note: The Owner role cannot be changed via the dropdown. To transfer ownership, contact support.

Removing Members

Remove team members who no longer need access to your workspace.

  1. Go to Dashboard → Team
  2. Click "Remove" next to the member's name
  3. Confirm the removal

What happens when a member is removed:

  • • They lose access to the workspace immediately
  • • Their previous activity (captured ideas, votes) is preserved
  • • The seat becomes available for a new member
  • • They can be re-added later if needed

Workspace Settings

Configure your workspace from the Settings page (available to Owners and Admins).

General Settings

  • • Workspace name
  • • Default destination (GitHub/Linear/Jira)
  • • Trigger emoji for Discord

Integrations

  • • Connected chat platforms
  • • Issue tracker configuration
  • • API keys and webhooks

Best Practices

👤Limit Admin Access

Only give Admin role to team leads or those who need to manage integrations. Most team members only need the Member role.

🔄Regularly Review Members

Periodically check your team list and remove members who have left the company or no longer need access.

📧Use Work Emails

Add members using their work email addresses. This makes it easier to manage access when team members change roles.

Troubleshooting

"Team member limit reached"

You've hit the seat limit for your plan. Remove inactive members or upgrade your plan to add more seats.

New member can't access workspace

Ensure they're signing in with the exact email address you added. Auth providers must match the email (e.g., if you added a Gmail, they should use Google sign-in).

Can't remove or change a member

Only Owners and Admins can manage team members. Check your role in the Team page. Owners cannot be removed or demoted via the UI — contact support for ownership transfers.

Need Help?

Questions about workspace management?