Jonathan Bredo
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Added a bit of enhanced context for better agentic coding, based on this [Discord conversation](https://discord.com/channels/1130383047699738754/1130383048173682821/1501538550301331477). --------- Co-authored-by: Félix Malfait <felix@twenty.com> Co-authored-by: Félix Malfait <felix.malfait@gmail.com>
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---
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title: Roles & Permissions
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description: Declare what objects and fields your app's logic functions and front components can read and write.
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icon: "shield-halved"
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---
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A **role** is a permission set: which objects an app can read or write, which fields it can see, and which platform-level capabilities it can use. Every app's logic functions and front components inherit the permissions of the role declared as `defaultRoleUniversalIdentifier` in [`defineApplication`](/developers/extend/apps/config/application).
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```ts src/roles/restricted-company-role.ts
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import {
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defineRole,
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PermissionFlag,
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STANDARD_OBJECT_UNIVERSAL_IDENTIFIERS,
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} from 'twenty-sdk/define';
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export default defineRole({
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universalIdentifier: '2c80f640-2083-4803-bb49-003e38279de6',
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label: 'My new role',
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description: 'A role that can be used in your workspace',
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canReadAllObjectRecords: false,
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canUpdateAllObjectRecords: false,
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canSoftDeleteAllObjectRecords: false,
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canDestroyAllObjectRecords: false,
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canUpdateAllSettings: false,
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canBeAssignedToAgents: false,
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canBeAssignedToUsers: false,
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canBeAssignedToApiKeys: false,
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objectPermissions: [
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{
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objectUniversalIdentifier:
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STANDARD_OBJECT_UNIVERSAL_IDENTIFIERS.company.universalIdentifier,
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canReadObjectRecords: true,
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canUpdateObjectRecords: true,
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canSoftDeleteObjectRecords: false,
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canDestroyObjectRecords: false,
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},
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],
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fieldPermissions: [
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{
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objectUniversalIdentifier:
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STANDARD_OBJECT_UNIVERSAL_IDENTIFIERS.company.universalIdentifier,
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fieldUniversalIdentifier:
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STANDARD_OBJECT_UNIVERSAL_IDENTIFIERS.company.fields.name.universalIdentifier,
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canReadFieldValue: false,
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canUpdateFieldValue: false,
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},
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],
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permissionFlags: [PermissionFlag.APPLICATIONS],
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});
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```
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## The default function role
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When you scaffold a new app, the CLI creates a default role file:
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```ts src/roles/default-role.ts
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import { defineRole, PermissionFlag } from 'twenty-sdk/define';
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export const DEFAULT_ROLE_UNIVERSAL_IDENTIFIER =
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'b648f87b-1d26-4961-b974-0908fd991061';
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export default defineRole({
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universalIdentifier: DEFAULT_ROLE_UNIVERSAL_IDENTIFIER,
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label: 'Default function role',
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description: 'Default role for function Twenty client',
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canReadAllObjectRecords: true,
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canUpdateAllObjectRecords: false,
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canSoftDeleteAllObjectRecords: false,
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canDestroyAllObjectRecords: false,
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canUpdateAllSettings: false,
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canBeAssignedToAgents: false,
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canBeAssignedToUsers: false,
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canBeAssignedToApiKeys: false,
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objectPermissions: [],
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fieldPermissions: [],
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permissionFlags: [],
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});
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```
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This role's `universalIdentifier` is referenced from `application-config.ts` as `defaultRoleUniversalIdentifier`:
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- **`*.role.ts`** declares what the role can do.
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- **`application-config.ts`** points to that role so your functions inherit its permissions.
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## Best practices
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- Start from the scaffolded role, then progressively restrict it — the default grants broad read access, which is rarely what you want in production.
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- Replace `objectPermissions` and `fieldPermissions` with the exact objects and fields your functions actually need.
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- `permissionFlags` control access to platform-level capabilities. Keep them minimal.
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- See a working example: [`hello-world/src/roles/function-role.ts`](https://github.com/twentyhq/twenty/blob/main/packages/twenty-apps/hello-world/src/roles/function-role.ts).
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