Syno

Roles and Permissions

Roles and Permissions

Syno uses composable, Discord-style roles for permissions. A person can hold multiple roles, and each role controls what its holders can do at the workspace, project, and task level.

What a Role Contains

Each role is a bundle of permission categories.

  • Workspace permissions: invite members, manage roles, billing, settings
  • Project permissions: create, delete, configure, archive projects
  • Task permissions: create, edit, delete, transition, assign
  • Document permissions: read, write, delete
  • Comments & reactions: post, delete, react

Default Roles

Every new workspace ships with these.

RoleUse case
OwnerEverything + billing
AdminEverything except billing
MemberStandard collaboration
GuestRead-only, for outside collaborators

Custom Roles

Go to Settings → Roles → New Role.

  • Name and color — Like Discord, color helps you recognize roles at a glance.
  • Permission matrix — Toggle checkboxes by category.
  • Order — Higher rows beat lower ones when permissions conflict.

Per-Project Overrides

When a single project needs different rules, open that project's settings and override role permissions there.

Example: in a design-only project, the Engineer role can only create tasks, while the Designer role keeps full access.

How Roles Get Assigned

  1. A user joins the workspace → receives the default Member role.
  2. Settings → Members lets you assign additional roles.
  3. Project settings let you override per-project as needed.

Next Steps