Groups

A group is a named set of people (e.g. Admin, Founders, DevGroup, Suppliers). Groups belong to a hive and are attached to contexts to grant visibility. They are the only thing that decides who sees what.

Create a group

1. In a hive, open Groups from the icon rail.
2. Choose Create, give the group a name and description.
3. Add people to the group.

Edit who is in a group

From the Groups page, open a group and choose Edit users — a two-column editor shows who is in the group and who else is in the hive. Move people in and out and Save; their visibility across every context where the group is active updates immediately.

You can also work from the person's side: on the People page, use a person's ⋮ → Change groups to adjust all their memberships at once.

Activate a group on a context

A context shows its Active groups on the dashboard. Activating a group on a context is what makes that context (and everything below it) visible to the group's members. Deactivate a group to remove that access instantly.

Because visibility flows down, activate a group as high in the tree as the access should reach — and no higher.

Everyday patterns

• Admin group — created automatically with the hive; active everywhere admins need to manage.
• One group per audience — Staff, Clients, Suppliers, Board. Messages are then targeted by audience with one chip.
• Project circles — a group per project team, active only on the project's context; the rest of the hive stays invisible to them.
• Temporary access — activate a group for the duration of an engagement, then deactivate it. No cleanup of individual permissions needed.