# Understanding Organizations
Source: https://docs.chain.link/cre/organization/understanding-organizations
Last Updated: 2025-11-04


## What is an organization?

A CRE organization is a collaborative workspace that allows multiple team members to deploy, manage, and monitor workflows together. When you create a CRE 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 different roles (Owner and Members)
- **Linked wallet addresses** from all team members
- **Deployed workflows** visible to all organization members
- **Shared monitoring** of workflow executions and activity

Organizations enable teams to collaborate on CRE 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
- Has full administrative control
- Can invite new Members to join
- Can link wallet addresses and deploy workflows

### Multiple Members

Members are users invited by the Owner to join the organization. Each member:

- Joins automatically after accepting the invitation and creating their account
- Can link their own wallet addresses to the organization
- Can deploy and manage their own workflows
- Views all organization workflows in the shared dashboard

### Shared visibility

All organization members can:

1. **View linked wallet keys** - Use `cre account list-key` to see all addresses linked to the organization by any member
2. **Monitor all workflows** - Access <a href="https://app.chain.link/cre/workflows" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">app.chain.link/cre/workflows</a> to view:
   - All deployed workflows across the organization
   - Recent execution history
   - Workflow status (Active, Paused, Pending)
   - Execution success/failure metrics
   - Activity graphs and trends

## Organization roles

CRE uses a simple role-based access control system with two roles:

| Role       | Description                                           | Permissions                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | How to obtain                                                                             |
| ---------- | ----------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Owner**  | The person who first created the organization account | <ul><li>Full access to all organization resources and workflows</li><li>Invite new members to the organization</li><li>Manage organization settings</li><li>Deploy, activate, pause, update, and delete workflows</li></ul> | Automatically assigned when you create a new organization by signing up directly          |
| **Member** | Users invited to join an existing organization        | <ul><li>View all organization workflows</li><li>Link wallet addresses to the organization</li><li>Deploy and manage workflows under their linked addresses</li><li>Access workflow execution data</li></ul>                 | Invited by the Owner through the [invitation process](/cre/organization/inviting-members) |

**Key points:**

- There is only one Owner per organization
- Owner permissions cannot be transferred
- Only Owners can invite new Members
- Members automatically join after accepting the invitation and creating an account

> **NOTE: Future role enhancements**
>
> Additional roles with more granular permissions may be added in future releases to provide more flexible access control for larger teams.

## Learn more

- **[Inviting Team Members](/cre/organization/inviting-members)** - How Owners can add Members to the organization
- **[Linking Wallet Keys](/cre/organization/linking-keys)** - How to link your wallet address to deploy workflows
- **[Creating Your Account](/cre/account/creating-account)** - How to create an account and join or create an organization
- **[Deploying Workflows](/cre/guides/operations/deploying-workflows)** - Deploy your first workflow after linking a key