# Repository access settings

`/{owner}/{repo}/settings/access` (the **Access** entry in repository
settings) manages who can reach a repository directly. Only repository admins
can load it; everyone else sees the server's permission error.

## Collaborators

The table lists each collaborator with their avatar, handle, and role. Roles
are Reader, Triager, Writer, Maintainer, and Admin.

- **Add collaborator** opens a dialog: search users by handle (two characters
  or more), pick one, choose a role, and confirm.
- Change a collaborator's role with the role menu in their row.
- The trash icon asks for confirmation before removing the collaborator.

If someone else changes a collaborator's access while you are editing it, your
change is rejected and the list refreshes. Review the updated role before retrying.

## Teams

For repositories owned by an organization, a **Teams** table follows the
collaborators. Each of the organization's teams appears with its current role
on this repository, or **No access**. Pick a role to grant it, change it in
place, or use the trash icon to revoke the team's access. If the team or its
access changes while you are editing, refresh and review the current values
before retrying.

Personal repositories have no Teams section.