--- title: "Creating a Custom Role" slug: "creating-a-custom-role" updated: 2026-04-16T05:06:31Z published: 2026-04-29T10:51:57Z canonical: "docs.britive.com/creating-a-custom-role" --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.britive.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Creating a Custom Role A custom role needs to be created for Britive to perform operations within GCP. - To scan all folders and projects in an organization, create a role with the configuration shown in [Create Custom role for GCP organization](/v1/docs/custom-role-in-gcp). - To scan a specific set of projects only, create a role with the configuration shown in [Create Custom role for GCP Projects only](/v1/docs/creating-a-custom-role-for-gcp-standalone-application).