# Guides by who you are

dembrane looks different depending on why you are here. These guides take the
[features](../features/index.md) and retell them from your point of view: when you would
reach for each one, and what you can do in your role.

## The people of dembrane

- *[Host](./host/index.md)*: you run sessions and make sense of them. You create projects,
  collect conversations, read transcripts, ask questions, present results and write reports.
  Most people in the dashboard are hosts.

- *[Partner](./host-partner/index.md)*: you are a host who runs dembrane for a client who
  owns the data. These pages cover the client's workspace, the free observer role and data
  ownership.

- *[Staff](./staff/index.md)*: you work at dembrane. These pages cover the staff console,
  customer accounts, tiers and billing, support access and trainings.

- *[Participant](./participant/index.md)*: someone invited you to record. No account and no
  setup. Scan a code or open a link, talk, done. These pages say what to expect and what
  happens to your words.

- *[External developer](./developer-external/index.md)*: you integrate with dembrane, run
  the code yourself, or contribute to the repository.

- *[Internal developer](./developer-internal/index.md)*: you work on the dembrane codebase.
  Architecture, the data model, the processing pipeline and how it ships.

> [!TIP]
> Roles overlap. A host is often also a workspace admin, and a staff member may host
> projects of their own. Read whichever guides fit what you are doing today.