Sharing Containers
By default, only the person who creates a container can access it. You can share containers with other members of your organization by granting them a specific permission level.
Permission Levels
Section titled “Permission Levels”Each person you share with gets one of three permission levels:
| Permission | What they can do |
|---|---|
| Viewer | View container details, search, and explore |
| Editor | Everything a viewer can do, plus write entries, delete entries, upload files, and trigger analysis |
| Admin | Full access including container settings and sharing |
The container creator always has admin access.
Sharing a Container
Section titled “Sharing a Container”- Open the container in the Wire dashboard
- Go to the Sharing tab
- Search for a member by name or email
- Choose a permission level
- Click Share
The person will see the container in their dashboard under “Shared with you” immediately.
Managing Access
Section titled “Managing Access”Changing permissions
Section titled “Changing permissions”Click the permission badge next to a person’s name on the Sharing page. A dialog will open where you can change their permission level.
Removing access
Section titled “Removing access”Click the X button next to a person’s name. Their access is revoked immediately.
How Containers Appear in the Dashboard
Section titled “How Containers Appear in the Dashboard”The Wire dashboard separates containers based on your relationship to them:
- Your Containers shows containers you created
- Shared with you shows containers others have shared with you
On the full Containers page, pill tabs let you filter between All, Mine, and Shared with me.
Every container card shows stacked avatars of the people who have access, so you can see at a glance who’s collaborating on a container.
Organization Role vs Container Permission
Section titled “Organization Role vs Container Permission”Wire has two layers of access control:
- Organization role (owner, admin, member) controls what you can do across the organization
- Container permission (viewer, editor, admin) controls what you can do within a specific container
Organization owners and admins can view all containers through the Container Management page (accessible from the user menu), but they need an explicit container grant to edit or upload files to a container they didn’t create. The Container Management page also lets owners and admins pause, delete, or manage sharing for any container in the organization.
Members can only see containers they created or were explicitly shared with.
See Roles & Permissions for the full organization-level permission matrix.
Credit Usage
Section titled “Credit Usage”All tool calls on shared containers consume credits from the organization’s balance, regardless of who makes the call. The container owner’s organization is always billed.
Next Steps
Section titled “Next Steps”- Public Containers — Share containers with anyone, no authentication required
- Roles & Permissions — Organization-level access control
- Authentication — OAuth and API key setup for programmatic access