# Teams and collaboration

> Source: https://sumistudio.ai/en/docs/teams-settings
> Last updated: 2026-10-29
> Index: https://sumistudio.ai/llms.txt · Full text: https://sumistudio.ai/llms-full.txt

To create on the same canvas with other people, you need a team. This chapter covers creating a team, roles and permissions, and real-time collaboration.

## Create a team and share credits

- Go to the “Teams” page (/teams; any signed-in account can, no special permission needed) and click “Create”. Enter a team name and an optional description in the dialog; whoever creates the team becomes its owner. If you don't have a team yet, “New team” in the account menu opens the same dialog; once you have one, that entry becomes “My teams”;
- A team has a shared credit pool. Generations in team projects are charged to that pool, while your personal projects still use your own credits. Once the team has a team plan, the owner can “Top up pool”, and the team detail page also has team assets and “Pool transactions”;
- The team detail page shows seat usage and the team subscription (“Team plan”, “Change subscription”, “Manage subscription”). When every seat is taken, no one else can be added. On Team Plus and above, you can also set a credit limit for each member: leave it empty for no limit, or enter 0 to freeze the member;
- To put a canvas under a team: in “Profile” in the account menu, switch to the “Team projects” tab, choose a team you have permission for, and click “New canvas”. You can also click “New team canvas” on the team detail page.

(Image: The Teams page: your teams and the “Create” button; open a team to invite members and manage the shared credit pool)

## Roles and permissions

There are four levels, from lowest to highest:

- Viewer: can only view team canvases, not edit them, and doesn't see entries such as rename or duplicate;
- Editor and above: can edit team canvas content and create canvases under “Team projects”;
- Admin and above: can invite and remove members, change member roles, and delete team canvases;
- Owner: can also “Make owner” to hand the team to someone else (you then become an admin), or dissolve the team (team projects go to the owner, and the pool's balance returns to the owner). Anyone who isn't the owner can “Leave team” at any time; the owner must hand over or dissolve the team before leaving.

Inviting members: on the team detail page, admins and above can add someone directly by email, or generate an invite link (enter the person's email; they don't need an account yet, and the default role is editor). You can also turn on the team join link, so people can ask to join and an admin approves them.

## Real-time collaboration cues

On a team canvas, other people's cursors appear live with name labels. When someone selects a node, it gets a colored outline and a “Name is editing” label, and the top bar shows “N online”. These are display cues only; they never stop you from editing and saving.

> A team has a shared credit pool, and team projects are charged to it · Four roles: viewer < editor < admin < owner · Live cursors and outlines are only cues; they don't lock editing