diff --git a/docs/howto/admin-mcp.mdx b/docs/howto/admin-mcp.mdx
index 36ae506a7..9fe098763 100644
--- a/docs/howto/admin-mcp.mdx
+++ b/docs/howto/admin-mcp.mdx
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@ Clients that support MCP OAuth ask you to sign in with your Context7 account on
 
 ### API key
 
-Create a Context7 API key in [the dashboard](https://context7.com/dashboard) with **Management access** ticked, and send it as a bearer token. A key without it gets `403` `management_access_required`, and a key reaches only its own teamspace. See [Management access](/howto/api-keys#management-access).
+Create a Context7 API key in [the dashboard](https://context7.com/dashboard) and send it as a bearer token. Every key can use the read tools. To make changes, tick **Write access** when you create the key; a key without it gets `403` `write_access_required` on changes. A key reaches only its own teamspace. See [Write access](/howto/api-keys#write-access).
 
-![Create New API Key dialog with Management access ticked](/images/dashboard/api-key-management-access.png)
+![Create New API Key dialog with Write access ticked](/images/dashboard/api-key-write-access.png)
 
 ```json
 {
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ One OAuth connection reaches every teamspace you are a member of, with your role
 
 ## Management API
 
-The same operations are available over the REST API at `/api/v2/teamspaces/{teamspaceId}`, so a script can use them without an MCP client. It takes the same credentials as this server: an API key with **Management access**, which reaches only its own teamspace, or an OAuth token issued for this server. See the [API reference](/api-reference/teamspaces/list-teamspaces) for the routes.
+The same operations are available over the REST API at `/api/v2/teamspaces/{teamspaceId}`, so a script can use them without an MCP client. It takes the same credentials as this server: an API key, which reaches only its own teamspace and can make changes only with **Write access**, or an OAuth token issued for this server. See the [API reference](/api-reference/teamspaces/list-teamspaces) for the routes.
 
 ## Safety and limits
 
diff --git a/docs/howto/api-keys.mdx b/docs/howto/api-keys.mdx
index 3686a36e3..d492d990b 100644
--- a/docs/howto/api-keys.mdx
+++ b/docs/howto/api-keys.mdx
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ API keys authenticate your requests to Context7's documentation services. You ca
   <Step title="Name the key">
     Enter a name (optional but recommended). Descriptive names like "Cursor", "Claude", "VS Code", or "Devin Desktop" help you identify the key later.
   </Step>
-  <Step title="Choose management access">
-    Tick **Management access** only for a key that manages the teamspace (see [below](#management-access)). Leave it off for keys that only fetch docs.
+  <Step title="Choose write access">
+    Every key can read the teamspace through the management API. Tick **Write access** only for a key that must change the teamspace (see [below](#write-access)). Leave it off for keys that only fetch docs or read.
   </Step>
   <Step title="Copy the key immediately">
     Keys are shown only once for security. The format is `ctx7sk-**********************`.
@@ -36,13 +36,13 @@ API keys authenticate your requests to Context7's documentation services. You ca
 
 <Warning>Store your API key securely. You won't be able to see it again after creation.</Warning>
 
-### Management access
+### Write access
 
-The [Context7 Admin MCP](/howto/admin-mcp) and the [management API](/api-reference/teamspaces/list-teamspaces) (`/api/v2/teamspaces/*`) accept an API key only when **Management access** was ticked when the key was created. Such a key can change the teamspace with your role: its members, libraries, rules and policies, usage, and Docs7 and Ask sites. It reaches only its own teamspace.
+The [Context7 Admin MCP](/howto/admin-mcp) and the [management API](/api-reference/teamspaces/list-teamspaces) (`/api/v2/teamspaces/*`) accept every API key, but a key is read-only there unless **Write access** was ticked when the key was created. A read-only key can list and read the teamspace with your role. A key with write access can also change it: its members, libraries, rules and policies, usage, and Docs7 and Ask sites. A key reaches only its own teamspace.
 
-![Create New API Key dialog with Management access ticked](/images/dashboard/api-key-management-access.png)
+![Create New API Key dialog with Write access ticked](/images/dashboard/api-key-write-access.png)
 
-A key without it gets `403` with the error `management_access_required`. You cannot add management access to an existing key: create a new key with the box ticked. With the Admin MCP you can also sign in with OAuth and use no key.
+A read-only key gets `403` with the error `write_access_required` when it tries to make a change. The teamspace invite link also needs write access, because the link lets anyone join. You cannot add write access to an existing key: create a new key with the box ticked. With the Admin MCP you can also sign in with OAuth and use no key.
 
 ### Revoking Keys
 
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diff --git a/packages/admin-mcp/README.md b/packages/admin-mcp/README.md
index 5553a4acc..6afe2f371 100644
--- a/packages/admin-mcp/README.md
+++ b/packages/admin-mcp/README.md
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Clients that support MCP OAuth sign in on the first request. The server answers
 
 ### API key (CI and scripts)
 
-Create a Context7 API key in [the dashboard](https://context7.com/dashboard) with **Management access** turned on, and send it as a bearer. A key without management access gets 403, and a key reaches only its own teamspace.
+Create a Context7 API key in [the dashboard](https://context7.com/dashboard) and send it as a bearer. Every key can read; turn on **Write access** when you create the key to also make changes (a key without it gets 403 on changes). A key reaches only its own teamspace.
 
 ```json
 {
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ pnpm --filter @upstash/context7-admin-mcp test
 cd packages/admin-mcp && CONTEXT7_API_URL=http://localhost:3000/api pnpm dev   # http://localhost:3100/mcp; without CONTEXT7_API_URL it calls the production API
 ```
 
-`pnpm dev` serves the `vercel.json` routes from `api/`, and its OAuth metadata names `http://localhost:3100/mcp`. An OAuth token for it works only against a management API that accepts that audience (a local context7app with `ADMIN_OAUTH_ALLOWED_AUDIENCES`, reached through `CONTEXT7_API_URL`); otherwise send `Authorization: Bearer ctx7sk-…` with a key that has Management access.
+`pnpm dev` serves the `vercel.json` routes from `api/`, and its OAuth metadata names `http://localhost:3100/mcp`. An OAuth token for it works only against a management API that accepts that audience (a local context7app with `ADMIN_OAUTH_ALLOWED_AUDIENCES`, reached through `CONTEXT7_API_URL`); otherwise send `Authorization: Bearer ctx7sk-…` with a key (with Write access for changes).
 
 The console page is a React app in `ui/` (Vite, Tailwind), built into one HTML file: `pnpm build:ui` writes `src/ui/console-html.ts`, which is committed because Vercel runs no UI build. Run it after any change under `ui/`. `pnpm demo:ui` serves the page at http://localhost:4174 inside a demo host (ext-apps' `AppBridge` and a fake backend) with theme, display mode (inline, fullscreen, or a host without fullscreen), width, Claude's theme tokens and "opened on" switches, and a log of the page's tool calls and messages.
 
diff --git a/packages/admin-mcp/api/server-card.ts b/packages/admin-mcp/api/server-card.ts
index 020f9a55a..a88139884 100644
--- a/packages/admin-mcp/api/server-card.ts
+++ b/packages/admin-mcp/api/server-card.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export const serverCard = {
         {
           name: "Authorization",
           description:
-            "Optional. Sign in with OAuth, or send a Context7 API key created with Management access.",
+            "Optional. Sign in with OAuth, or send a Context7 API key. A key can make changes only when it was created with Write access.",
           isRequired: false,
           isSecret: true,
           value: "Bearer {api_key}",
diff --git a/packages/admin-mcp/public/index.html b/packages/admin-mcp/public/index.html
index 430a684e8..3dc82c86d 100644
--- a/packages/admin-mcp/public/index.html
+++ b/packages/admin-mcp/public/index.html
@@ -121,8 +121,9 @@ <h2>Other clients</h2>
       <h2>API key (CI and scripts)</h2>
       <p>
         Send <code>Authorization: Bearer ctx7sk-…</code> with a key created in the
-        <a href="https://context7.com/dashboard">dashboard</a> with
-        <strong>Management access</strong> turned on. A key works on its own teamspace only.
+        <a href="https://context7.com/dashboard">dashboard</a>. Every key can read; a key created
+        with <strong>Write access</strong> turned on can also make changes. A key works on its own
+        teamspace only.
       </p>
 
       <h2>Good to know</h2>
diff --git a/packages/admin-mcp/src/server.ts b/packages/admin-mcp/src/server.ts
index d595dc9df..7e5d03b79 100644
--- a/packages/admin-mcp/src/server.ts
+++ b/packages/admin-mcp/src/server.ts
@@ -133,8 +133,8 @@ function withoutNulls(value: unknown): unknown {
 
 /** What the model can do about the usual API refusals. */
 const NEXT_STEP: Record<string, string> = {
-  management_access_required:
-    "The API key has no management access. Ask the user to create a key with Management access in https://context7.com/dashboard, or to sign in with OAuth.",
+  write_access_required:
+    "The API key can only read. To make this change, ask the user to create a key with Write access in https://context7.com/dashboard, or to sign in with OAuth.",
   docs7_pro_required:
     "This needs Docs7 Pro. The owner can enable it at https://context7.com/docs7.",
   paid_plan_required: "This needs a paid plan: https://context7.com/plans.",