Understanding Organizations
What is an organization?
A Chainlink Platform organization is a collaborative workspace that allows multiple team members to deploy, manage, and monitor workflows together. When you create an account, you either start a new organization (becoming the Owner) or join an existing one (becoming a member).
An organization serves as a container for:
- Multiple team members with roles assigned per product
- Linked wallet addresses from all team members
- Product resources such as CRE workflows, ACE policies, and CRE Connect channels, visible to members according to their roles
- API keys for programmatic access to products
Organizations enable teams to collaborate on workflows while maintaining individual control over their own wallet addresses and secrets.
Organization structure
Single Owner model
Every organization has exactly one Owner: the person who first created the organization account. The Owner role:
- Cannot be transferred or changed
- Includes every permission for every product
- Can invite new members to join
- Can link wallet addresses and deploy workflows
Multiple Members
Members are users invited to join the organization. Each member:
- Joins automatically after accepting the invitation and creating their account
- Has a role for each product, such as CRE, ACE, or CRE Connect
- Can link their own wallet addresses to the organization
- Can deploy and manage their own workflows, depending on their roles
- Views product resources, such as CRE workflows, when their role for that product includes view access
Shared visibility
Organization resources are shared across the whole organization, but each member sees only what their roles permit:
- Linked wallet addresses - Every Platform role (Admin, User) can see all addresses linked to the organization by any member.
- Product resources - A member with any role for a product can view that product's resources in the organization, such as CRE workflows, ACE policies, or CRE Connect channels.
See RBAC for the permissions each role includes.
Organization roles
Chainlink Platform uses role-based access control (RBAC). Each member has a role for each product, and each role determines what the member can do with that product. For example, a member can be an ACE Admin and a CRE Viewer at the same time. A member with no role for a product cannot access that product.
The Owner role includes every permission for every product. See RBAC for the full list of roles and what each role can do.
Key points:
- There is only one Owner per organization
- Owner permissions cannot be transferred
- Members with the invite permission, such as Platform Admins and the Owner, can invite new members
- Members automatically join after accepting the invitation and creating an account
API keys
Organizations can create API keys for programmatic access to products, such as the CRE CLI and the ACE APIs. A single API key can include permissions for multiple products. See API Keys to learn how to create and manage API keys.
Learn more
- RBAC - Learn about member roles and what each role can do
- API Keys - Create and manage API keys for programmatic access
- Inviting Team Members - How members with the invite permission can add members to the organization
- Linking Wallet Keys - How to link your wallet address to deploy workflows
- Creating an Account - How to create an account and join or create an organization
- Deploying Workflows - Deploy your first workflow after linking a key