Invitations and invite codes

An invite code lets a new account be created when registration is invite-only. It does not add that account to one of your teams. A team invitation adds a person to a team.

Create an invite code

Open Invite someone to Magpie near the bottom of Dashboard. Optionally type who the code is for under Who is it for? (only you see it), then select Create invite code. You can create up to 3 codes a day; the section says how long a code lasts and how many more you can create today.

Each code works once, for one person. Share it privately; it is used when the invited person finishes creating an account. Your codes are listed under the form, with whether each is still open and who used it.

When registration does not require codes, a code still works but is not needed, and it still does not add anyone to a team.

Invite people to a team

Team admins send team invitations from the team's Invite people button or its Members page. Enter handles (@alex) or email addresses, several at once, separated by commas, spaces or new lines, and choose Member, Admin or Guest. Duplicated handles or addresses receive one invitation. The admin can also choose the areas the new member will be able to use, or what a guest can use; see Choose the areas a member can use and Guests on a team. A guest can also be invited from a record's Share drawer, or by an invite link.

An invitation takes no place on the team: the place is taken when the person accepts. If the team has no free place at that moment, the person is told, the invitation stays open until it expires, and the team's admins get an email. Invitations expire after 14 days. See Create and manage a team.

Answer a team invitation

Every invitation addressed to you is listed under Invitations on Your teams, and on Your teams in the Magpie app, with who invited you, the role and what you will be able to use. Select Join or Decline. The person who invited you will be emailed your answer. Dashboard shows one line while invitations wait.

An invitation sent to your email address is listed there once the address is confirmed; see Create an account and sign in. Until then, Your teams says Confirm your email address to see invitations sent to it, with Send a new link to send the confirmation link again. The link in the invitation email works on the website before then, and answering with it there also confirms the address. In the Magpie app, joining with the link waits until the address is confirmed: the app says Confirm your email address to answer invitations sent to it, with Send a new link.

The invitation email has the same choice. Signed in to the account it was sent to, select Join or Decline. Without an account, select Create account: a valid team invitation permits signup for its email address without an invite code, and an open invite link permits signup for any address. After creating the account, return to the invitation and select Join. A guest needs a handle, chosen on the invitation page if you have none.

The invitation is checked again when you accept it: it must still be valid, and an invitation by handle or email must be answered by the account it was sent to. Accepting gives the role the admin chose and the areas or records they gave. In the Magpie app, an invitation link opens the invitation there.

If a valid, unused code is rejected, or an invitation does not open, Contact support.