# Can I control staff access for specific Mechanic tasks? Not with regard to the in-app Mechanic experience. Access to the Mechanic app (as it shows up within the Shopify admin) is all or nothing for staff members of a Shopify store. Like a machine shop, Mechanic is modeled as a trusted technical environment. If you're in, it's assumed you can be responsible with the tools within reach. We hold this to be an important aspect of Mechanic's natural posture. Having said that, we get it. :) There are workarounds! ## Workarounds * [Mechanic webhooks](/platform/webhooks.md) can be used to Mechanic tasks from outside the app. We've seen teams build small staff dashboards with buttons that invoke an array of Mechanic tasks, sometimes with staff input. * [Mechanic email](/platform/email.md#receiving-email) supports inbound messages too! This allows tasks to be triggered by emails sent to your store's built-in Mechanic email address. * If you've got a specific scenario that you feel should be possible but isn't workable with webhooks or email, [post it in our community Slack](/resources/slack.md). --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://learn.mechanic.dev/faq/can-i-control-staff-access-for-specific-mechanic-tasks.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.