Fireflies.ai Enterprise RBAC

Overview

Manage workspace access control in Fireflies.ai using roles, channels, privacy levels, and the sharing API. Fireflies uses per-seat licensing with workspace roles and channel-based transcript organization.

Prerequisites

• Fireflies Business or Enterprise plan
• Workspace admin privileges (or API key from admin account)
• Understanding of your team structure

Workspace Roles

Role	Capabilities
Admin	Full workspace control, manage members, access all transcripts
Member	Record meetings, view own + shared transcripts
Guest	View shared transcripts only (may not consume a seat)

Instructions

Step 1: List Workspace Members

set -euo pipefail
curl -s -X POST https://api.fireflies.ai/graphql \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FIREFLIES_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"query": "{ users { name email user_id is_admin num_transcripts } }"}' \
  | jq '.data.users[] | {name, email, admin: .is_admin, transcripts: .num_transcripts}'

Step 2: Set User Roles via API

// Promote or change a user's role
async function setUserRole(userId: string, role: string) {
  return firefliesQuery(`
    mutation($userId: String!, $role: String!) {
      setUserRole(user_id: $userId, role: $role)
    }
  `, { userId, role });
}

// Usage: setUserRole("user-id-123", "admin")

Step 3: Organize Transcripts with Channels

// List all channels
const channels = await firefliesQuery(`{
  channels {
    id
    title
    is_private
    created_by
    members { user_id email name }
  }
}`);

// Move transcripts to a channel
async function assignToChannel(transcriptIds: string[], channelId: string) {
  return firefliesQuery(`
    mutation($ids: [String!]!, $channelId: String!) {
      updateMeetingChannel(transcript_ids: $ids, channel_id: $channelId)
    }
  `, { ids: transcriptIds, channelId });
}

Organize by department:

• Sales channel: All client/prospect calls
• Engineering channel: Sprint reviews, architecture discussions
• Leadership channel (private): Board meetings, strategy sessions

Step 4: Control Transcript Privacy

// Privacy levels (most restrictive to least)
type PrivacyLevel =
  | "owner"                    // Only meeting organizer
  | "participants"             // Only meeting participants
  | "teammatesandparticipants" // Workspace members + participants
  | "teammates"               // All workspace members
  | "link";                    // Anyone with the link

async function setTranscriptPrivacy(transcriptId: string, privacy: PrivacyLevel) {
  return firefliesQuery(`
    mutation($id: String!, $privacy: String!) {
      updateMeetingPrivacy(transcript_id: $id, privacy_level: $privacy)
    }
  `, { id: transcriptId, privacy });
}

// Default new transcripts to participants-only
await setTranscriptPrivacy("transcript-id", "participants");

Step 5: Share Meetings with External Users

// Share a transcript with up to 100 email recipients
async function shareMeeting(transcriptId: string, emails: string[], expiryDays = 30) {
  return firefliesQuery(`
    mutation($id: String!, $emails: [String!]!, $expiry: Int) {
      shareMeeting(transcript_id: $id, emails: $emails, expiry_days: $expiry)
    }
  `, { id: transcriptId, emails, expiry: expiryDays });
}

// Revoke access
async function revokeAccess(transcriptId: string, email: string) {
  return firefliesQuery(`
    mutation($id: String!, $email: String!) {
      revokeSharedMeetingAccess(transcript_id: $id, email: $email)
    }
  `, { id: transcriptId, email });
}

// Rate limit: 10 share operations per hour, up to 50 emails each

Step 6: User Groups for Bulk Access

// List user groups
const groups = await firefliesQuery(`
  query($mine: Boolean) {
    user_groups(mine: $mine) {
      id name
      members { user_id email name }
      created_at
    }
  }
`, { mine: false });

// Use groups to manage channel membership in bulk

Step 7: Audit Transcript Access

async function auditTranscriptAccess(transcriptId: string) {
  const { transcript } = await firefliesQuery(`
    query($id: String!) {
      transcript(id: $id) {
        id title
        privacy
        organizer_email
        shared_with
        channels { id }
        workspace_users
      }
    }
  `, { id: transcriptId });

  console.log(`Transcript: ${transcript.title}`);
  console.log(`Privacy: ${transcript.privacy}`);
  console.log(`Owner: ${transcript.organizer_email}`);
  console.log(`Shared with: ${transcript.shared_with?.join(", ") || "none"}`);
  console.log(`Channels: ${transcript.channels?.map((c: any) => c.id).join(", ") || "none"}`);
  console.log(`Workspace users: ${transcript.workspace_users?.join(", ") || "none"}`);

  return transcript;
}

Recommended Enterprise Configuration

privacy_defaults:
  internal_meetings: "teammatesandparticipants"
  external_meetings: "participants"
  leadership_meetings: "owner"

channel_structure:
  - name: "Sales"
    private: false
    auto_assign: "meetings with external participants"
  - name: "Engineering"
    private: false
    auto_assign: "meetings with 'sprint' or 'standup' in title"
  - name: "Leadership"
    private: true
    members: "C-suite + VPs only"

sharing_policy:
  max_expiry_days: 30
  require_approval: true  # For external sharing

Error Handling

Issue	Cause	Solution
Cannot set role	Not workspace admin	Use admin API key
Channel not found	Invalid channel ID	List channels first
Share rate limited	10/hour limit	Queue share operations
Privacy update fails	Transcript not owned	Only organizer can change privacy

Output

• Workspace members audited with roles and utilization
• Channels created for department-based transcript organization
• Privacy levels configured per meeting type
• Sharing controls with expiry and revocation

Resources

• Fireflies API Docs
• User Query

Next Steps

For migration strategies, see

fireflies-migration-deep-dive

.