You can group organization members into teams that share repository access permissions and that you can mention together..

About teams

Teams are groups of organization members that share repository access permissions and that you can mention together.

Creating a team

You can create teams to manage repository permissions and mentions for groups of people.

Adding organization members to a team

People with owner or team maintainer permissions can add organization members to teams. People with owner permissions can also add non-members to a team and the organization.

Renaming a team

Team maintainers and organization owners can edit the name and description of a team.

Changing team visibility

Team maintainers and organization owners can determine whether a team is visible or secret.

Removing organization members from a team

People with owner or team maintainer permissions can remove team members from a team. This may be necessary if a person no longer needs access to a repository the team grants, or if a person is no longer focused on a team's projects.

Deleting a team

Organization owners can delete teams at any time from the team's settings page.