---
title: "AccessScope"
description: "a name an application asks for, and the permissions it stands for; it only narrows"
section: concepts
address: /concepts/accessscope
contract: 0476e35e6e275db5
---

# AccessScope

a name an application asks for, and the permissions it stands for; it only narrows

[figure: AccessScope is a row at platform scope. The drawing shows its fields and the objects that they point at.]

| property | value |
|---|---|
| kind | row |
| scope | platform |
| key | its name |
| store | postgres |
| family | people |



## Fields


| field | type | required | note |
|---|---|---|---|
| `name` | `text` | yes |  |
| `permissions` | [Permission](/concepts/permission) | yes |  |
| `holds` | [AccessScope](/concepts/accessscope) | yes | the narrower ones inside it |
| `plain_words` | `text` | yes | what it allows, shown on the consent screen |



## Routes that use it
No route takes or returns AccessScope directly. The record holds it, and the objects that point at it reach it.