addteam 0.8.6

One-command collaborator management for GitHub repos with GitOps support.

addteam

Invite GitHub collaborators from a simple YAML file.

Install

pip install addteam

Or run without installing:

uvx addteam

Prerequisite: GitHub CLI must be installed and authenticated (gh auth login).

First Run

# In your repo directory, create a team.yaml
addteam --init

# Edit team.yaml with your team members, then run:
addteam

That's it! Your collaborators will be invited.

---

team.yaml Format

default_permission: push

admins:
  - alice

developers:
  - bob
  - charlie

reviewers:
  - eve

Role names map to permissions automatically:

Role	Permission
admins	admin
maintainers	maintain
developers, contributors	push
reviewers, readers	pull
triagers	triage

Common Commands

addteam                    # invite from local team.yaml
addteam -n                 # dry-run (preview only)
addteam -a                 # audit (show drift)
addteam -s                 # sync (also removes unlisted users)
addteam owner/repo         # use team.yaml from another repo

Central Team Config

Keep one team.yaml in a shared repo, apply it anywhere:

# Anyone on your team can run this in any repo:
uvx addteam myorg/team-config

The AI summary at the end is perfect for sharing via email or Slack.

Options

Flag	Description
-n, --dry-run	Preview without making changes
-s, --sync	Remove collaborators not in list
-a, --audit	Show drift without making changes
-r, --repo	Target a specific repo
-q, --quiet	Minimal output
--no-welcome	Skip creating welcome issues
--no-ai	Skip AI-generated summaries

GitOps Setup

Automatically sync collaborators when team.yaml changes:

addteam --init --init-action

This creates:

• team.yaml - your team config
• .github/workflows/sync-collaborators.yml - runs on push

Add a TEAM_SYNC_TOKEN secret (PAT with repo scope) to your repo.

Advanced Features

Expiring Access

contractors:
  - username: temp-dev
    permission: push
    expires: 2025-06-01

GitHub Teams (orgs)

teams:
  - myorg/backend-team
  - myorg/frontend-team: pull

Multi-Repo Management

addteam --init-multi-repo

Creates repos.txt to sync the same team across multiple repos.

Welcome Issues

New collaborators automatically get a welcome issue with an AI-generated summary of your repo (requires OPENAI_API_KEY, ANTHROPIC_API_KEY, or GOOGLE_API_KEY).

License

MIT