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## Add `runAgent()` to the Logic Function SDK

Lets an app's logic function run one of its own AI agents server-side
and get the result back synchronously — reusing the existing agent
executor instead of a new bespoke transport.

  ### Backend
- New **`runAgent` GraphQL mutation** (metadata schema) in
`ai-agent-execution`, wrapping the existing
`AgentAsyncExecutorService.executeAgent`. Scopes the agent lookup to the
calling
  application and runs it under an application auth context.
- New `@AuthApplication()` param decorator (mirrors `@AuthWorkspace()`)
— first GraphQL resolver authenticated by an **application access
token**.
- Guarded by `WorkspaceAuthGuard` +
`SettingsPermissionGuard(PermissionFlagType.AI)`: the app's role must
grant the `AI` permission flag.

  ### SDK
- `runAgent({ agentUniversalIdentifier, prompt })` posts the mutation to
`/metadata` with the app token via a new runtime GraphQL transport.
Returns `{ result, hasNoMoreAvailableCredits
  }`.
- Refactored the connections helpers onto a shared `postAppEndpoint`
util (removes duplicated transport logic).

  ### Frontend
- App install permission modal now shows an explicit consent line —
_"Run AI agents and bill AI credits to your workspace"_ — when the app's
role requests the `AI` flag.

  ### Docs
- Documented `runAgent` and its `AI` permission-flag requirement in
_Skills & Agents_.
- Fixed outdated role-permission examples in _Roles & Permissions_
(`permissionFlags` → `permissionFlagUniversalIdentifiers`,
`PermissionFlag` → `SystemPermissionFlag`).

  ### Test plan
- [x] SDK unit tests (`run-agent.spec.ts`) — request shape, GraphQL/HTTP
error handling, missing env vars
- [x] `twenty-server`, `twenty-front`, `twenty-shared` typecheck + lint
- [ ] Manual: install an app granting the `AI` flag, call `runAgent()`
from a logic function, confirm the agent runs and credits are billed

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---
title: Roles & Permissions
description: Declare what objects and fields your app's logic functions and front components can read and write.
icon: 'shield-halved'
---
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 marked with `defineApplicationRole()` (see [The default function role](#the-default-function-role) below).
```ts src/roles/restricted-company-role.ts
import {
defineRole,
STANDARD_OBJECT_UNIVERSAL_IDENTIFIERS,
SystemPermissionFlag,
} from 'twenty-sdk/define';
export default defineRole({
universalIdentifier: '2c80f640-2083-4803-bb49-003e38279de6',
label: 'My new role',
description: 'A role that can be used in your workspace',
canReadAllObjectRecords: false,
canUpdateAllObjectRecords: false,
canSoftDeleteAllObjectRecords: false,
canDestroyAllObjectRecords: false,
canUpdateAllSettings: false,
canBeAssignedToAgents: false,
canBeAssignedToUsers: false,
canBeAssignedToApiKeys: false,
objectPermissions: [
{
objectUniversalIdentifier:
STANDARD_OBJECT_UNIVERSAL_IDENTIFIERS.company.universalIdentifier,
canReadObjectRecords: true,
canUpdateObjectRecords: true,
canSoftDeleteObjectRecords: false,
canDestroyObjectRecords: false,
},
],
fieldPermissions: [
{
objectUniversalIdentifier:
STANDARD_OBJECT_UNIVERSAL_IDENTIFIERS.company.universalIdentifier,
fieldUniversalIdentifier:
STANDARD_OBJECT_UNIVERSAL_IDENTIFIERS.company.fields.name
.universalIdentifier,
canReadFieldValue: false,
canUpdateFieldValue: false,
},
],
permissionFlagUniversalIdentifiers: [SystemPermissionFlag.APPLICATIONS],
});
```
## The default function role
When you scaffold a new app, the CLI creates a default role file declared with `defineApplicationRole()`:
```ts src/roles/default-role.ts
import { defineApplicationRole } from 'twenty-sdk/define';
export const DEFAULT_ROLE_UNIVERSAL_IDENTIFIER =
'b648f87b-1d26-4961-b974-0908fd991061';
export default defineApplicationRole({
universalIdentifier: DEFAULT_ROLE_UNIVERSAL_IDENTIFIER,
label: 'Default function role',
description: 'Default role for function Twenty client',
canReadAllObjectRecords: true,
canUpdateAllObjectRecords: false,
canSoftDeleteAllObjectRecords: false,
canDestroyAllObjectRecords: false,
canUpdateAllSettings: false,
canBeAssignedToAgents: false,
canBeAssignedToUsers: false,
canBeAssignedToApiKeys: false,
objectPermissions: [],
fieldPermissions: [],
permissionFlagUniversalIdentifiers: [],
});
```
`defineApplicationRole()` is a thin wrapper around `defineRole()` that flags **the** role used as your application's default at install time. Validation is identical to `defineRole`, but the build pipeline auto-wires its `universalIdentifier` into the application manifest's `defaultRoleUniversalIdentifier` — so you do not need to reference it from [`defineApplication`](/developers/extend/apps/config/application) yourself.
Notes:
- Exactly **one** `defineApplicationRole(...)` is allowed per app — the manifest build will fail if it finds more than one.
- Use `defineRole()` (not `defineApplicationRole()`) for any **additional** roles your app ships.
- Setting `defaultRoleUniversalIdentifier` explicitly on `defineApplication()` is still supported for backward compatibility, but is deprecated in favor of `defineApplicationRole()`.
## Best practices
- Start from the scaffolded role, then progressively restrict it — the default grants broad read access, which is rarely what you want in production.
- Replace `objectPermissions` and `fieldPermissions` with the exact objects and fields your functions actually need.
- `permissionFlagUniversalIdentifiers` control access to platform-level capabilities. Keep them minimal.
- 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).