Understanding Abilities in SureMembers

SureMembers includes a set of Abilities that let AI assistants and connected tools read and manage your membership data. Whether you want a quick snapshot of your site or need to grant access to a member, Abilities make it possible without leaving your AI client.

Applies to SureMembers Core 1.2.0+ and Pro 3.0.1+.

Before You Begin

• Your connected account must have Administrator access on your WordPress site.
• Navigate to SureMembers > Settings > AI Abilities to find the toggle controls.

How Access Is Controlled

Every Ability is protected on two levels.

1. WordPress Capability

The connected account must be an Administrator with the manage_options capability. Abilities never expose membership data to lower-level users.

2. Ability Toggles

These toggles act as master controls for what assistants and connected tools can do.

Toggle	What It Unlocks
Enable Abilities API	Required for any Ability to work. When disabled, all Abilities are unavailable.
Allow Edits	Required for Abilities that create or modify data (grant, revoke, create, import, etc.).
Allow Deletes	Required only for destructive delete actions.
Enable MCP Server	Exposes Abilities to external AI clients through the SureMembers MCP endpoint.

Tip: Keep Allow Edits and Allow Deletes disabled unless you actively want an assistant to modify data. Read-only insights work with only the master toggle enabled.

Ability Categories

SureMembers Abilities are grouped into four categories:

• Read-only: Analytics and Insights — Understand your membership site, activity, and trends.
• Read-only: Lookups — Retrieve specific membership or member information.
• Write: Management — Create memberships and modify member access.
• Destructive — Permanently delete memberships.

Abilities marked (Pro) require SureMembers Pro.

Read-Only Abilities: Analytics and Insights

Permission required: Administrator + Enable Abilities API

Ability	What It Does
Get Membership Overview	A site-wide snapshot including published/draft memberships, active members, and total active grants.
Get Membership Stats	Detailed stats for a membership including active/revoked members and integration breakdowns.
Get Integration Breakdown	Shows where active memberships originate from (WooCommerce, SureCart, manual grants, etc.).
Find Expiring Memberships	Lists memberships expiring within a specified number of days, including exact expiration dates.
Get Members By Status	Retrieves members filtered by active, revoked, or expired status.
Get Drip Schedule (Pro)	Displays drip-content release schedules for memberships.
Get Downloads Report (Pro)	Shows which memberships protect downloadable files.
Get Login Restriction Stats (Pro)	Displays concurrent login rules and session/device limits.
Get Role Sync Status (Pro)	Shows which WordPress roles are assigned by memberships.

Read-Only Abilities: Lookups

Permission required: Administrator + Enable Abilities API

Ability	What It Does
List Memberships	Lists all memberships with active member counts, expiration settings, and restriction status.
List Members	Paginated member listing with membership filters, role filters, and search support.
Get Member Details	Full membership profile for a user including grants, expirations, and access source.

Write Abilities: Management

Permission required: Administrator + Enable Abilities API + Allow Edits

Ability	What It Does
Grant Membership	Grants a user access to a membership and optionally sends notification emails.
Revoke Membership	Removes membership access while preserving historical records.
Update Membership Expiration	Sets or clears a custom expiration date for a user’s membership.
Create Membership	Creates a new membership/access group.
Bulk Grant Membership (Pro)	Grants one membership to multiple users at once.
Import Members via CSV (Pro)	Bulk imports users from CSV data and optionally sends onboarding emails.

Destructive Ability

Permission required: Administrator + Enable Abilities API + Allow Deletes

Ability	What It Does
Delete Membership	Permanently deletes a membership and its restriction configuration. This action cannot be undone.

Recommendation: To temporarily disable a membership, set it to Draft instead of deleting it.

Permission Summary

Ability	Type	Admin	Master Toggle	Allow Edits	Allow Deletes	Plan
Get Membership Overview	Read	Yes	Yes	—	—	Core
List Memberships	Read	Yes	Yes	—	—	Core
Get Membership Stats	Read	Yes	Yes	—	—	Core
List Members	Read	Yes	Yes	—	—	Core
Get Member Details	Read	Yes	Yes	—	—	Core
Find Expiring Memberships	Read	Yes	Yes	—	—	Core
Get Members By Status	Read	Yes	Yes	—	—	Core
Get Integration Breakdown	Read	Yes	Yes	—	—	Core
Grant Membership	Write	Yes	Yes	Yes	—	Core
Revoke Membership	Write	Yes	Yes	Yes	—	Core
Update Membership Expiration	Write	Yes	Yes	Yes	—	Core
Create Membership	Write	Yes	Yes	Yes	—	Core
Delete Membership	Destructive	Yes	Yes	—	Yes	Core
Get Drip Schedule	Read	Yes	Yes	—	—	Pro
Get Downloads Report	Read	Yes	Yes	—	—	Pro
Get Login Restriction Stats	Read	Yes	Yes	—	—	Pro
Get Role Sync Status	Read	Yes	Yes	—	—	Pro
Import Members via CSV	Write	Yes	Yes	Yes	—	Pro
Bulk Grant Membership	Write	Yes	Yes	Yes	—	Pro

Example Requests for AI Assistants

Here are some things you can ask your AI assistant once Abilities are enabled:

• “Give me an overview of my membership site.”
• “Which memberships expire in the next 30 days?”
• “Where are my members coming from?”
• “Grant the Gold Plan membership to this user.”
• “Delete the Test Plan membership.”

With Abilities set up, your AI assistant can handle routine membership tasks and pull up insights without you having to dig through the dashboard. Start with read-only Abilities to get a feel for it, then enable edits when you’re ready.

If you have any questions or need further help, feel free to reach out to our support team. We’re always happy to help!