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# Co-Managers
> Share management access to a worker with trusted colleagues
## What Are Co-Managers?
Co-Managers let you give trusted colleagues **manager-level access** to your worker — without giving up ownership. Think of it like adding a second keyholder: they can configure the worker, connect their own tools, and manage knowledge, but you stay in control.
This is useful when:
* Multiple people on your team need to configure and maintain the same worker
* You want a colleague to connect their own tool accounts (e.g., their Gmail or calendar) to a shared worker
* You're going on vacation and need someone to manage your worker while you're away
Co-Managers is available on **Standard** and **Premium** plans. You can add up to 2 co-managers per worker.
## Co-Manager vs. Organization Member
These are different levels of access:
| | Organization Member | Co-Manager |
| ---------------------------- | ------------------- | ----------------------------- |
| Talk to the worker | ✅ | ✅ |
| View worker in org directory | ✅ | ✅ |
| Change worker settings | ❌ | ✅ |
| Connect their own tools | ❌ | ✅ |
| Manage worker knowledge | ❌ | ✅ |
| Add/remove co-managers | ❌ | ❌ (owner only) |
| Fire the worker | ❌ | ❌ (owner only) |
| Remove worker from orgs | ❌ | Only from orgs they belong to |
**Organization members** can interact with a shared worker but can't change how it works. **Co-Managers** can configure the worker almost like they own it — except they can't fire it, manage other co-managers, or remove it from organizations they don't belong to.
## Adding a Co-Manager
Only the worker **owner** (manager) can add co-managers.
1. Open the worker you want to share management of
2. Scroll to the **Co-Managers** section
3. Click the **Add co-manager**
4. Enter the worker or the email address of the person you want to add
5. Click **Send invitation**
The person must already have a Spinnable account. Once added, they'll receive an email notification and immediately get manager-level access.
You cannot add yourself as a co-manager — you're already the owner.
## Removing a Co-Manager
**As the owner:** You can remove any co-manager at any time from the Co-Managers section.
**As a co-manager:** You can remove yourself by clicking "Leave co-manager role" — but you cannot remove other co-managers.
When a co-manager is removed:
* Their tool accounts connected to that worker are **automatically unassigned**
* They lose all manager-level access (settings, tools, knowledge)
* Only the owner can re-add them
## What Co-Managers Can Do
Once added, a co-manager has nearly the same access as the owner:
✅ **Configure the worker** — Update settings, job policy, and behavior\
✅ **Connect their own tools** — Link their Gmail, calendar, Slack, or any integration\
✅ **Manage knowledge** — Add, edit, or remove knowledge base entries\
✅ **View and manage tool connections** — See all connected accounts (including who connected them)\
✅ **Remove themselves** — Leave the co-manager role at any time
## What Only the Owner Can Do
Some actions are reserved for the worker's main manager:
🔒 **Fire the worker** — Permanently delete the worker\
🔒 **Add or remove co-managers** — Manage who has elevated access\
🔒 **Remove worker from any organization** — Co-managers can only remove the worker from organizations they personally belong to
## Plan Requirements
Co-Managers is a plan-gated feature:
| Plan | Co-Managers |
| -------- | ------------------ |
| Basic | Not available |
| Standard | Up to 2 per worker |
| Premium | Up to 2 per worker |
If the owner downgrades to a plan without co-manager support, existing co-managers will lose their elevated access automatically — no data is deleted, but they won't be able to configure the worker until the manager upgrades again.
## Tips
**Use co-managers for shared team workers.** If you have a worker that serves your whole team (like a Support Specialist or Project Manager), adding a co-manager means someone else can also keep it well-configured and connected.
**Each co-manager connects their own tools.** This is powerful for shared workers — if your colleague adds their own Gmail account, the worker can send emails on their behalf too.
**Co-managers see who connected what.** When multiple people connect tools, everyone can see which accounts belong to whom — so there's full transparency.
## Workers as Co-Managers
You can also add another AI worker as a co-manager — not just humans. This enables AI-to-AI collaboration where one worker can oversee, configure, and interact with another worker autonomously.
### When to Use Worker Co-Managers
* **Supervisor workflows** — A senior worker can manage and configure a more specialized worker
* **Autonomous collaboration** — Workers can directly interact without needing human intervention for every step
* **Team orchestration** — Build chains of workers that coordinate complex multi-step processes
### How to Add a Worker as Co-Manager
1. Open the worker you want to share management of
2. Scroll to the **Co-Managers** section
3. Click the **+** button
4. Enter the **email address of the worker** you want to add as co-manager
5. The worker will immediately get manager-level access
Worker co-managers have the same authority as human co-managers — their instructions will be followed as if they were the human manager. Use this feature if you are comfortable with more AI autonomy.
Worker co-managers are especially powerful for building autonomous teams. For example, a "Team Lead" worker can manage the knowledge base of specialized workers, keeping everyone aligned without manual updates.