# My tools

Source: https://docs.gdc-world.net/tools-manager/my-tools/

## Household invitations

When someone invites you into their household, the invitation is shown at the top of **My tools**, above everything else, until you decide.

*[Image: An invitation on My tools]*

The card names the household, who invited you, the role you would have (**member** or **household admin**) and when it was sent.

- **1** **Decline** removes the invitation. Nothing else changes.
- **2** **Accept** moves you into that household.

Think before you accept. Your data in the tools belongs to your current household. When you move:

- You see the new household's data from then on.
- What you created in your old household stays there. You no longer see it.
- You are signed out of every tool and sign in there again.

An invitation is valid for 30 days. After that it disappears and you would need a new one.

## A tool asks you to request access

A tool's **Request access** link opens **My tools** with that tool at the top, in a card **Access to …**.

- **Request access** (or **Request again**, after a decline) sends the request, exactly as under [Other tools](#other).
- **Not now** hides the card. The tool stays under **Other tools**.

If you have requested the tool already, the card is replaced by a note that you get an email once an administrator decides. If you already have access, the note says so.

## Overview

**My tools** is the first screen after signing in. It shows who you are signed in as and what you can open.

*[Image: My tools with available and pending tools]*

- **1** **Signed in** shows your email address and three numbers: **Tools available** (tools you can open), **In your household** (people who share your data) and **Awaiting access** (tools you requested that still wait for approval).
- **2** **Your household**, with **Open household**. See [Your household](#household).
- **3** **Available tools**, each with **Open tool**. See [Available tools](#available).
- **4** **Awaiting approval**: tools you requested that are not yet approved. See [Awaiting approval](#awaiting).

Below them, **Other tools** lists the tools you can ask for. See [Other tools](#other).

## Your household

The **Your household** card shows the name and ID of your household and how many members it has.

- With other members, it reminds you that everyone in it sees the same data in the tools.
- On your own, it says that what you create in tools is yours alone until someone joins.

**Open household** opens [My household](https://manager.gdc-world.net/my-household), where you see the members and, as a household admin, invite people. See [My household](https://docs.gdc-world.net/tools-manager/my-household/).

## Available tools

These are the tools an administrator has granted you. Each card shows the tool's name, **Active** and a short description.

**Open tool** opens the tool in a new tab. Sign in there with the same email address and password as in the Tools Manager.

If you have no access yet, you see **No tools available to you yet. Request access to the ones you need below.** You ask for them under [Other tools](#other).

## Awaiting approval

Every tool you have requested is listed here as **Requested**, with **Requested — pending admin approval**. The administrators were notified when you sent the request; there is nothing more to do.

When an administrator grants a tool, it moves up to **Available tools**, and you are told by email and in the notification bar. See [Notifications](#notifications). If an administrator declines, the tool goes back to [Other tools](#other). If you are waiting longer than expected, write to dev@gdc-world.de.

## Other tools

Every tool you do not have access to yet is listed under **Other tools**, with the note **Ask for access to a tool. The admins are notified, and you get an email once one of them decides.**

1. Choose **Request access** on the tool you need.
2. The tool moves to [Awaiting approval](#awaiting) until an administrator decides.

If an administrator declined your last request, the card shows **Declined** and **An admin declined your last request.** Choose **Request again** to ask once more.

New tools are tried out first: while a tool is **In development**, only GDC administrators and testers see it and can request it. It appears here for everyone once it is live.

## Offline

*[Image: A tool that has been taken offline]*

A tool that has been taken out of service is listed under **Offline**, with the note **Taken offline. It cannot be opened at the moment.** It cannot be opened or requested, and signing in to it is refused, even if you had access.

Your access is not lost: if the tool comes back, it is listed under **Available tools** again as before.

## Notifications

When your access to a tool changes, a notice appears in the bar under the header, on every page, and you also get an email:

- **Your access to … was granted. You can sign in to it now.** **My tools** opens [My tools](https://manager.gdc-world.net/my-tools).
- **Your access request for … was declined.** You can request the tool again under [Other tools](#other).
- **Your access to … was removed.** The tool is back under [Other tools](#other), and you can request it again.

× (**Dismiss**) hides a notice. With several notices, **Dismiss all** hides them all.