# Members and Roles > Part of the NocoDB documentation (Factory). Index of all pages: https://nocodb.com/llms.txt. Any docs page is available as Markdown by adding `.md` to its URL. URL: https://nocodb.com/docs/factory/members-and-roles Last updated: 2026-10-21 Control who can run NocoAI coding sessions in a NocoDB factory with the Owner, Maintainer and Developer roles, and how members share and watch sessions. A NocoDB factory has three roles: **Owner**, **Maintainer** and **Developer**. The role of a member sets what they can do in the factory. Every member with the **Developer** role or above can start sessions and watch the sessions of others. ## Factory roles | Role | Description | | -------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | **Owner** | "Full control, including deleting the project" | | **Maintainer** | "Manage machines, the repository connection and members" | | **Developer** | "Run sessions, use the terminal and preview, push branches and open pull requests" | A factory does not use the **Viewer** and **Commenter** roles of other projects. Members with those roles have no access to the factory. The role menu also has **No Access**, and **Inherit** to take the role from the team or the workspace. When you invite people with an invite link, you can give them the **Maintainer** or **Developer** role. ## What each role can do | Action | Developer | Maintainer | Owner | | ----------------------------------------------------- | --------- | ---------- | ----- | | Start sessions and work in their own sessions | Yes | Yes | Yes | | Watch the sessions of other members | Yes | Yes | Yes | | Open previews | Yes | Yes | Yes | | Pick a machine for a session | Yes | Yes | Yes | | Stop, archive or delete the sessions of other members | No | Yes | Yes | | Create, edit and build machines | No | Yes | Yes | | Manage members | No | Yes | Yes | | Delete the factory | No | No | Yes | Members without the **Developer** role see "Sessions need Developer access". Ask a factory **Owner** for the role. ## Add members to a factory 1. In the factory, click **Settings** (the gear icon) in the left rail. The **Members** page opens. You can also select **Settings** in the [project context menu](/docs/product/projects/actions-on-project#project-context-menu) of the factory. 2. Click **Add Members**. 3. Click the email box, and type the email addresses. Separate them with commas or spaces. 4. Under **They join as**, select a role: **Owner**, **Maintainer** or **Developer**. 5. Click **Invite to Project**. See [Project collaboration](/docs/product/projects/project-collaboration) for how invites work. The factory roles in the They join as menu ## Sessions are shared, work is not Every session of a factory is open to all members with the **Developer** role or above. Members see the chat of a session as it happens. Only the person who started a session can work in it: "Only the person who started this session can work in it." | Part of a session | The person who started it | Other members | | ------------------------- | ------------------------- | ------------- | | Chat | Send messages | Read only | | **Live screen** | Use the desktop | View only | | **Preview** | Use | Use | | **Terminal** | Use | Not shown | | **Changes** and **Files** | Comment, edit and commit | Read only | ## Good to know * The factory settings show only **Members**, **Machines**, **Audit Log** and **AI Skills**. A factory has no tables, so it has no data settings. * The workspace **Owner** connects GitHub for the workspace. The roles of a factory do not change who can connect GitHub. See [Connect GitHub](/docs/factory/connect-github). ## Related * [Sessions](/docs/factory/sessions) * [Machines](/docs/factory/machines) * [Project collaboration](/docs/product/projects/project-collaboration) --- ## Related pages - [Noco Factory](https://nocodb.com/docs/factory.md): Noco Factory is the AI coding agent of NocoDB. NocoAI takes a task to its own cloud machine and branch, and returns a GitHub pull request for you to review. - [Noco Factory and Other Coding Agents](https://nocodb.com/docs/factory/coding-agents.md): Compare Noco Factory with cloud AI coding agents such as Devin, OpenAI Codex and the GitHub Copilot coding agent, and see when Noco Factory is the right fit. - [Connect GitHub](https://nocodb.com/docs/factory/connect-github.md): Connect GitHub to Noco Factory with the NocoDB GitHub App, choose the repositories that NocoAI can reach, and see what access it gets in a session. - [Create a Factory](https://nocodb.com/docs/factory/create-factory.md): Create a NocoDB factory from a GitHub repository: pick the repository on the workspace home screen, and NocoAI sets up the project in the first session. - [Sessions](https://nocodb.com/docs/factory/sessions.md): Start a Noco Factory session to give NocoAI a coding task on a branch, a pull request or an issue, and manage sessions: rename, archive, resume and delete. - [Live Screen and Preview](https://nocodb.com/docs/factory/live-screen-and-preview.md): Watch NocoAI work on its machine's desktop in Noco Factory with Live screen, and try the app it runs in Preview, from the side panel of a session. - [Terminal and Files](https://nocodb.com/docs/factory/terminal-and-files.md): Run your own commands on the machine of a Noco Factory session in the Terminal tab, and read, compare and edit the repository's files in the Files tab. - [Review Changes](https://nocodb.com/docs/factory/review-changes.md): Review the code changes of a Noco Factory session in the Changes tab, comment on lines of the diff, and send the comments back to NocoAI to fix.