Collaboration

AuroraDocs supports shared workspaces with granular roles, comments, live presence, workspace chat, and public sharing.

Inviting members

1. Open Settings → Workspace → Members.
2. Enter the email address of the person to invite.
3. Choose a role: Editor or Viewer.
4. Click Send invite. They'll receive an email with a link to join.

Roles

Role	Can read	Can edit	Can manage members	Can delete workspace
Owner	✓	✓	✓	✓
Editor	✓	✓	—	—
Viewer	✓	—	—	—

To change a member's role, go to Settings → Workspace → Members and select a new role from the dropdown next to their name.

Presence and same-page awareness

When another member or device session opens the same page, Aurora can show their avatar or session chip near the editor. In AuroraCloud workspaces, the presence path also carries cursor and selection metadata so another active editor can see where someone is working when that runtime supports it.

AuroraCloud editor sessions use a shared Yjs document state for same-page rich-text edits. The server merges incoming Yjs updates before replacing the stored state, so concurrent editor updates should converge instead of silently replacing one side. Folder-backed workspaces still use the safer presence-and-conflict-review model until a local-folder CRDT transport ships.

Comments

Click the Comments icon on any page to open the comments panel. Leave a comment, reply to a thread, or resolve a thread when it's done.

Use @name in a comment to mention a workspace member — they'll receive a notification.

Workspace chat

The chat panel (speech bubble icon in the sidebar, or the route-backed chat page on smaller screens) is a real-time channel for the whole workspace. Use it for quick messages, sharing links, or discussing changes without leaving AuroraDocs.

@mention anyone in the workspace to notify them.

In E2EE-enabled workspaces, chat messages and comments are encrypted with the same workspace key as page content.

Viewer experience

Members with the Viewer role see a fully read-only workspace:

• The editor is locked — no text entry, no block manipulation.
• Properties cannot be changed.
• Object creation and deletion are disabled.
• Comments remain available (viewers can participate in discussions).

Viewers can still navigate, search, use the graph view, and export content. The read-only state is enforced both in the UI and server-side.

Notifications

The bell icon and /notifications show notifications for:

• @-mentions in comments or chat
• New comments on pages you've edited
• Workspace invitations
• Direct object shares
• Connector-driven notices

Presence

Workspace members currently viewing a page appear as small avatars at the top of the editor. Hover an avatar to see their name.