Roles

Cothon organizations have exactly three roles: Owner, Admin, and Member. Every member holds one of them.

What Each Role Can Do

Owner

Each organization has one owner — the person who created it (or received ownership via transfer). The owner has full admin capability plus the two irreversible actions: transferring ownership to another member and deleting the organization. To leave an organization you own, transfer ownership first.

Admin

Admins manage the people and the settings: inviting and removing members, changing roles, handling join requests, and managing organization settings such as verified domains. Invites are sent with a role of Admin or Member.

Member

Members are the default role and have full use of the organization's shared features — running analyses, maintaining bid records and competitor profiles, writing lessons, and editing the company profile. What they cannot do is manage other people or organization settings.

Choosing Roles

• Default to Member; it covers all day-to-day bidding work.
• Grant Admin to the people who genuinely manage the team — and keep at least two, so an absence never blocks member management.
• Keep ownership with a stable, senior account, and transfer it deliberately when responsibilities change.