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Drive members

Autessa Drive separates joining a drive from seeing what is in it. Adding people, teams or Anyone at your company as drive members puts the drive in their list and, for Editor members, lets them add their own items at the top level, but members see a folder or file only once it is shared with them.

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Share “Acme Legal” driveDrive membersSAMPLE

Add members

Person or teamEditor ▾Share
Legal teamEditor
Anyone at AcmeViewer
Members see this drive in their list. They see a folder or file only once it is shared with them.

the-problem.md

Shared drives over-share by default

In many tools, adding someone to a shared drive opens everything in it. One forgotten HR folder later, you are cleaning up access by hand. Making membership and access separate decisions keeps sensitive folders private while the drive is open to the team.

README · what you get
  • A new drive is empty and private: only its creator and drive admins can see it.
  • Share the drive itself from the Share button in the drive header to add members as Viewer or Editor.
  • Members can be people, teams (including people who join the team later) or Anyone at your company.
  • Members see the drive in their list but no folder or file in it until that item is shared with them.
  • Editor members can add folders and files at the top level; they own what they add and nobody else sees it until they share it.
  • A member with nothing shared yet sees “You’re a member of this drive. Folders and files appear here once they’re shared with you.”
  • Use Share with drive members on a folder to give every current member access in one step.

how-it-works

How does drive members work in Autessa Drive?

  1. 1

    Click Share in the drive header

    This shares the drive itself, not its contents.

  2. 2

    Add members

    Search for a person or team, pick Viewer or Editor, and click Share; or use the Anyone at your company row.

  3. 3

    Share the folders they need

    Open a folder’s Share dialog and use Share with drive members, or share it with specific people and teams.

  4. 4

    Adjust later

    Change or remove a member from the role menu next to their name.

every-option

Membership options

OptionWhat it does
Member typesPeople, teams, Anyone at your company.
Viewer memberSees the drive and browses what is shared with them.
Editor memberAlso adds folders and files at the top level, which they own.
Share with drive membersGives each current member their own share on a folder.
Members summaryThe drive’s Share dialog lists members in one line.
CLIautessa drive share / --team Finance --role editor

permissions

Who can do what?

WhoCan
Drive owner and drive adminsAdd, change and remove members; see everything.
Editor memberAdd items at the top level that only they can see until shared.
Viewer memberSee the drive and browse what is shared with them.
Everyone elseNothing; the drive does not appear in their list.

AI agents

How AI agents use it

Because membership never reveals files, an agent acting for a member sees only the folders that member was given. Adding a new hire to the drive does not quietly let an agent read the board folder on their behalf.

Agents only reach files the person they act for can open, and every agent write is a version you can undo.

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connected

How it connects to the rest of Autessa Drive

DRIVE FEATURE

Folder sharing

The second level: who sees each folder and file.

DRIVE FEATURE

Drive admins

Admins see and manage everything.

DRIVE FEATURE

Agent access

Agents inherit exactly the person’s access.

faq.md

Questions about drive members

If I add someone to a drive, can they see every file?

No. Drive members see the drive in their list, but only the folders and files shared with them (and anything they add themselves).

How do I give the whole team a shared folder?

Add the team as drive members, then open the folder’s Share dialog and use Share with drive members. Each current member gets their own share on the folder.

Do new members automatically get folders shared with members?

No. Share with drive members gives each current member a share. Share the folder with new members, or use Share with drive members again. Sharing with a team does cover people who join that team later.

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Try drive members in Autessa Drive

Autessa Drive separates joining a drive from seeing what is in it: members see the drive, and only the folders and files shared with them.

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