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Timely.ai’s access control is based on Roles assigned per Workspace. Each member receives a single Role that determines what they can view and perform in the Inbox and other areas of the platform.

Available Roles

RoleAccess levelDescription
ownerUnrestrictedFull Workspace access, including billing, data deletion, and ownership transfer
managerHighVisibility of all Conversations, Team creation, SLA reports, and member invitations
trainerIntermediateattendant support capabilities plus Agent editing and review of all Conversations for audit purposes
attendantOperationalFront-line support on Conversations assigned to their Team; no access to settings or reports
memberMinimalView explicitly assigned Conversations; no action capability

Role behavior in the Inbox

Actionowner / managertrainerattendantmember
View all Workspace ConversationsYesYes
View unassigned Team ConversationsYesYesYes
Claim Conversation (self-assign)YesYesYes
Activate Takeover (pause AI)YesYesYes
Transfer ConversationYesYesYes
Assign Conversation to another memberYes
Create and edit TeamsYes
View SLA reportsYes

Operational Role: attendant

The attendant has scope restricted to their Team and assigned Conversations:
  • Views Conversations assigned to them and unassigned Conversations from the Team(s) they belong to.
  • Can claim, reply, transfer, close, and add Notes on Conversations within their scope.

Administrative Roles in the Inbox

Managers and owners have global visibility and control over Teams and members:
  • Access and interact with any Workspace Conversation, regardless of assignment.
Owners are the only ones with manage_billing. Managers have manage_team, view_reports, invite_users, and manage_company — enough to operate the Workspace without needing billing access.

Usage examples

ScenarioIdeal Role
Support attendant responding to customers on WhatsAppattendant
Quality analyst reviewing Conversations and adjusting promptstrainer
Team manager creating Teams and monitoring SLAmanager
Founder with access to plan and billingowner
External stakeholder following a specific casemember

Summary

Categoryownermanagertrainerattendantmember
BillingYes
Company configurationYesYes
Manage AgentsYesYesYes
Access ConversationsYesYesYesYesYes
Invite membersYesYes
View reportsYesYes
Manage TeamsYesYes