OwnCapabilitiesContext

OwnCapabilitiesContext is provided by Channel. It exposes the current user's capabilities on the channel. For details, see: /chat/docs/javascript/chat_permission_policies/

If you are not familiar with the React Context API, see the React docs.

Best Practices

• Use useOwnCapabilitiesContext to gate UI actions consistently.
• Hide or disable controls when capabilities are false to avoid invalid actions.
• Treat capabilities as read-only; change permissions via server configuration.
• Re-check capabilities when channel membership changes.
• Keep capability checks close to the UI elements they govern.

Basic Usage

Consume OwnCapabilitiesContext in any child of Channel:

import { useContext } from "react";
import { OwnCapabilitiesContext } from "stream-chat-react-native";

const { uploadFile, updateAnyMessage, deleteAnyMessage } = useContext(
  OwnCapabilitiesContext,
);

Alternatively, use the useOwnCapabilitiesContext hook.

import { useOwnCapabilitiesContext } from "stream-chat-react-native";

const { uploadFile, updateAnyMessage, deleteAnyMessage } =
  useOwnCapabilitiesContext();

Values