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Seats & roles.

How Mama handles team workspaces. 4 roles with progressive permissions. Members keep their saved work even if you change their role. Removing members preserves their briefs and Orbit lists (with optional reassignment).

Time: 3 min·Updated: 2026-05-25·Audience: workspace admins

TL;DR

4 roles: Admin (everything) · Manager (edit ICP + see all team activity) · Member (default — brief, push, see own activity) · Viewer (read-only). Seat changes are immediate; billing adjusts on next renewal. Removing a member preserves their work — choose reassign to teammate or archive.

01The 4 roles

Admin
Full workspace access including billing, plan changes, deleting workspace. Usually 1-2 people max.
Manager
Can edit ICP rubric, manage saved searches and signal rules, see all team member activity. Cannot manage billing or invite admins.
Member
The default. Can brief accounts, push to CRM, use Orbit, run saved searches. Cannot edit ICP or see other members' private data.
Viewer
Read-only access. Sees briefs that have been shared with them. Cannot generate briefs or push anything.

02Full permission matrix

CapabilityAdminManagerMemberViewer
Generate briefs
Push to CRM
Use Orbit
Read shared briefs
Edit own saved searches
Edit ICP rubric
Manage signal rules
See all member activity
Invite Member / Viewer
Invite Manager / Admin
Remove members
Change billing plan
Manage integrations
Delete workspace

03Inviting members

Settings → Team → "Invite member" → email + role. Invite email arrives within minutes; expires in 14 days if not accepted.

SSO-domain auto-provisioning (Pro+) — if enabled, any user signing up with your company domain auto-joins as Member. Useful for fast team rollouts.

04Changing a role

Click the role dropdown on the member row → pick new role → confirm. Changes are immediate. The affected member sees the role change reflected on their next page load.

Downgrades preserve work. A Manager-to-Member downgrade doesn't delete their saved searches; the searches just become non-editable by them (read-only).

05Removing a member

Settings → Team → "..." menu on the member row → Remove. The flow:

  1. Confirm removal — explicit confirmation step
  2. Choose what happens to their data — reassign to teammate / archive / keep visible
  3. Removal is immediate — their session is invalidated, they lose access
  4. Seat freed — billing reflects on next renewal

Removed members' email + name remain visible on past briefs (for audit). Their Orbit list and saved searches transfer per your choice in step 2.

06Common mistakes

Giving everyone Admin
Admin lets users change billing and delete the workspace. Most people should be Member. Reserve Admin for 1-2 people.
Removing a member without reassigning their work
Their saved searches and Orbit list become orphaned. Always reassign or explicitly archive.
Using Viewer for "the marketing person who shouldn't be in here"
Viewer is for cross-functional read-only access. If someone shouldn't be in Mama, don't add them. Don't invite as Viewer as a workaround.
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