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Manage project contributors

Contributors are people with direct project-level grants and defined responsibilities.

Open contributor access settings#

  1. Open the project and go to the Overview tab
  2. In the sidebar, find the Contributors section
  3. Review current contributors. If there are none, the section shows No contributors

People who can see the project through company or space membership but are not assigned appear under Who else has access? That opens Other People with Access.

Add contributors#

  1. Click Add contributor
  2. Select a company member in Person
  3. Choose access: View Access, Comment Access, Edit Access, or Full Access
  4. Enter the contributor’s Responsibility (What are they responsible for?)
  5. Click Save contributor

Update or remove contributors#

  1. Find the contributor in the Contributors section
  2. Open the menu next to their name
  3. Choose Edit contributor or Remove contributor. If the person is no longer active, you can Replace unavailable contributor

How contributor access combines with baseline access#

A person can receive project access from:

  • Company-members baseline
  • Space-members baseline
  • Contributor grant

Operately uses the most permissive grant as effective access.

Important limitation#

People with Edit Access can manage contributors, but they cannot grant contributor access above Edit Access.

For complete level definitions and project-wide rules, see Project permissions and How permissions work.