# Roles & solo mode (/docs/roles)

> Working roles solo, ops, product and dev change how Loomaly answers. The role is guessed from your assistant and you can change it.

Loomaly has a **working role** on your account: `solo`, `ops`, `product` or `dev`. It is separate from project membership (owner / admin / member). The working role only changes how tools phrase `say` and which next step they suggest — for example whether to offer `send_to_dev`.

## The four roles [#the-four-roles]

| Role | Best for | Typical next step after `todo` |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **solo** | You build and ship alone | Apply `fixPrompt` in this repo, open a PR, then `check` (`target: fix`) |
| **dev** | Developers in a coding assistant | Same as solo: follow `fixPrompt`, open a PR, `check` (`target: fix`) |
| **ops** | Marketers / SEO ops in chat | `send_to_dev` for paste-ready task text, then `check` (`target: fix`) after the PR |
| **product** | One focus page, one change a week | Prefer `focus` / `set_goals`; ops can still `send_to_dev` |

The top `todo` item already carries `fixPrompt`. Call `problem` only when you need more detail.

## How the default is chosen [#how-the-default-is-chosen]

On first use, Loomaly looks at the OAuth client that connected:

- **Cursor**, **Codex**, **Claude Code** (and similar coding clients) → `dev`
- Everything else (Claude web, ChatGPT, unknown) → `ops`

That default is saved on your account. You can change it anytime.

## Change your role [#change-your-role]

In chat:

- `status` with `setRole: "solo"` (or `ops` / `product` / `dev`)
- `set_goals` with `memberRole: "solo"` (same values)

Or in the account UI when available (`account.setMemberRole`).

## Sites and who pays [#sites-and-who-pays]

- One site is one project. Your plan's site limit counts projects **you own**. Invited projects do not count against your limit.
- Scans and data-budget spend come from the **project owner's** plan.
- Emails (scan complete, weekly report) go to the project owner.

Invite teammates and manage ownership under [`/account`](https://loomaly.com/account) for that site. Deleting a project frees a site slot; it does not refund pages or data budget already used.