Create roles and assign permissions

In the Clerk Dashboard, you can create roles, assign permissions to them, and change users' roles.

Create a new role for your organization

1. In your Clerk Dashboard, navigate to Organization Settings and select the roles tab.
2. Select Create new role.
3. Give the role a name, a key to reference it by in the format org:<role>, and a description.
4. Select Create role.

Assign permissions to a role

1. In your Clerk Dashboard, navigate to Organization Settings and select the Permissions tab.
2. Select Create new permission.
3. Give the permission a name, a key to reference it by in the format org:<resource>:<action>, and a description.
4. Select Create permission.

Change a user’s role in an organization

1. In your Clerk Dashboard, navigate to Organizations and select an Organization.
2. Select the Members tab.
3. In the list of members, find the one whose role you want to change.
4. Select another role from their role dropdown.