# Organization Concept

> How organizations work in this repo.

*Canonical: https://makerkit.dev/docs/nextjs-prisma/organizations/organization-concept*

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Organizations are separate records in the database. Users join them through memberships, and the active organization is stored on the session.

## Source of Truth

- organizations: `packages/database/src/prisma/schema.prisma`
- session context: `packages/better-auth/src/context.ts`
- client hook: `@kit/better-auth/hooks/use-account-context`

## Important Repo Detail

This repo does not model a shared `accounts` table for personal and organization contexts. Personal context is the absence of an active organization; organization context is driven by `session.activeOrganizationId`.