> For clean Markdown of any page, append .md to the page URL.
> For a complete documentation index, see https://developers.alephant.io/docs/overview/core-concepts/members-departments/llms.txt.
> For AI client integration (Claude Code, Cursor, etc.), connect to the MCP server at https://developers.alephant.io/_mcp/server.

# Members & Departments

> Organizing your team and setting up enterprise hierarchies

For collaborative teams and large organizations, Alephant provides powerful structures to manage access and cost attribution.

## Members (Team & Enterprise)

Adding team members allows you to give individuals access to the platform and assigns them their own Virtual Keys.

* **Attribution:** Track exactly how much API cost is generated by specific individuals.
* **Roles:** Assign different administrative roles (e.g., Admin, Billing Admin, Viewer).
* **Control:** Revoke access instantly if a member leaves the team, immediately disabling their Virtual Key.

## Departments (Enterprise Only)

The **Enterprise plan** unlocks the ability to group Members and Agents into Departments.

* **Department Budgets:** Set a strict budget for the Engineering or Marketing department. Once reached, requests can be automatically paused or throttled.
* **Policy Overrides:** Apply department-specific rules. For example, you can restrict the Marketing department to only use GPT-3.5 while allowing Engineering access to GPT-4.
* **Analytics:** View cross-department usage comparisons to understand which teams are driving AI expenses.

> Organizing your team and setting up enterprise hierarchies