Workspace Onboarding and Governance Playbook
This playbook is for workspace owners and operators who need a repeatable setup and governance process.Phase 1: Workspace baseline setup
- Open Workspace settings and complete General tab first.
- Set workspace identity (name, brand assets, default currency, timezone).
- Confirm policy surfaces (Terms, Privacy, support paths) are visible to users.
- Confirm default dashboard/load behavior is acceptable for daily operators.
- naming and branding are production-ready
- reporting defaults match finance preference
- legal/support links are accessible
Phase 2: Access model and invitations
- Define role model before inviting users (owner/admin/member patterns).
- Invite members in controlled batches.
- Confirm each invite acceptance produces expected workspace access.
- Confirm existing-user invite and new-user invite flows both behave correctly.
- Remove or expire stale invites as part of weekly hygiene.
- avoid over-assigning admin roles
- verify role boundaries with real UI actions (not only role labels)
- enforce least privilege for finance and automation operations
Phase 3: Plan-gated tab validation
- Confirm visible workspace tabs match current plan.
- Confirm hidden tabs are truly inaccessible (not only visually hidden).
- Confirm related actions on other pages also respect plan gates.
- Re-run this check after every upgrade/downgrade.
- API keys and API apps
- custom domains
- webhooks and integrations
- tracking/revenue modules
- security/SAML/SCIM for enterprise
Phase 4: Key workspace controls
API keys and apps
- Create only keys needed for active automations.
- Use scoped permissions wherever possible.
- Rotate keys on schedule and remove unused keys.
Domains and branding
- Add custom domains only when ownership and DNS are confirmed.
- Verify domain status before assigning to high-volume links.
- Re-check domain behavior after plan changes.
Webhooks and outbound automations
- Configure destination and secret carefully.
- Test delivery and idempotency handling before enabling production triggers.
- Monitor retries and failures.
Phase 5: Security and compliance operations
- Enforce strong account practices for privileged users.
- Enable enterprise identity controls where applicable.
- Review session/member/invite activity on a defined cadence.
- Confirm incident escalation and ownership are documented.
Weekly governance routine
- Review members, roles, and pending invites.
- Review billing usage and top-up thresholds.
- Review integration health and failed deliveries.
- Review security events and suspicious access patterns.
- Review plan utilization against limits.
Offboarding and ownership continuity
- Transfer ownership only with explicit approval.
- Remove departed users promptly.
- Rotate keys and secrets when privileged members leave.
- Confirm no orphaned automation dependencies remain.
Troubleshooting matrix
| Problem | Likely cause | First action |
|---|---|---|
| User cannot see expected settings tab | Plan gate or role scope | Validate role and plan entitlements |
| Invite accepted but wrong access level | Invite role mismatch | Re-assign role and review invite policy |
| Automation fails after workspace changes | Credential or scope drift | Re-check key scopes and integration status |
| Domain unavailable for new links | Verification or plan-limit issue | Re-check domain state and domain capacity |
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