Teams

Teams provide a way to organize users inside a workspace.

Instead of assigning permissions and responsibilities to individual users one by one, organizations can group users into teams and manage access collectively.

Teams simplify collaboration and make workspace administration easier as organizations grow.

Why Teams Exist

As AI systems become larger, multiple groups of people are typically involved:

Developers building AI systems
Business users consuming AI services
Managers approving requests
Administrators governing the platform

Managing permissions individually quickly becomes difficult.

Teams provide a scalable way to manage users and responsibilities.

Common Team Structures

Organizations commonly create teams based on departments or responsibilities.

Examples include:

Engineering

Responsible for:

Building Agents
Creating AI Flows
Managing Skills
Maintaining AI infrastructure

IT Operations

Responsible for:

Reviewing access requests
Managing approvals
Operating support workflows

Human Resources

Responsible for:

Employee onboarding
Policy management
HR approvals

Finance

Responsible for:

Budget approvals
Expense reviews
Financial workflows

Creating Teams

Teams can be created from:

Settings
    ↓
Manage Teams

Each team contains:

A team name
A description
A list of users

Team Configuration

Team Name

The display name of the team.

Examples:

Engineering
IT Operations
Finance
Human Resources

Description

An optional description explaining the purpose and responsibilities of the team.

Example:

Responsible for managing internal IT systems and employee access requests.

Users

Users can be added to one or more teams.

Teams allow organizations to manage groups of users rather than assigning permissions individually.

Example:

Engineering Team
├── Alice
├── Bob
└── Charlie

Teams and Permissions

Teams themselves do not grant permissions.

Instead, teams are commonly used together with:

RBAC
Approvals
Service Catalogs

This allows organizations to assign responsibilities at the team level rather than the individual level.

Teams and Approvals

Teams are often used as approval targets.

Examples:

IT Team approves VPN access requests.
Finance Team approves expenses.
Security Team approves privileged access requests.

This allows workflows to continue operating even when individual users change roles or leave the organization.

Relationship to Other Concepts

Users
    ↓
Teams
    ↓
RBAC
    ↓
Approvals

Teams provide the organizational structure that connects users with governance policies.

The Karyam Philosophy

AI systems are rarely operated by a single person.

Teams make collaboration, governance, and ownership scalable across the organization.