Kinly is built for couples. A household has two members; everything you track can be marked as Shared (visible to both of you) or Private(visible only to you). Here’s how to invite your spouse after you’ve created your household.
Send the invite
From the Kinly dashboard, click Invite your spouse in the quick-actions area. Enter their email and click Send invite. They’ll receive a one-time link valid for 7 days.
What your spouse sees
Your spouse gets an email with the subject “Join [your household name] on Kinly.” The email explains that you invited them and contains an “Accept invite” button. When they click it:
- If they don’t have a Kinly account, they’ll be prompted to sign in with their email — same magic-link flow you used.
- Once signed in, they confirm they want to join your household.
- They become the second member of your household (visibility slot “USER_B”, behind the scenes), and from now on they see all your Shared transactions, budgets, and statements.
What they can’t see
Any transaction, chat thread, or note you marked Private to meis invisible to them. Not just hidden in the UI — the database query physically can’t return it. This is enforced by a predicate injected into every read inside Kinly, and we’ve added CI tests that fail the build if any query forgets to apply it. Read more in our private-expenses guide.
What if I sent the invite to the wrong address?
Wait for the 7-day expiry, or email hello@kinlyhq.comand we’ll revoke it manually. (Phase 1.5 will let you revoke invites directly from the dashboard.)
What if my spouse already has a Kinly account?
Each Kinly user can belong to one household at a time in this beta. If your spouse already has their own household set up, they’ll need to close that account (Settings → Privacy → Delete account) and then accept your invite. We’re considering multi-household memberships post-beta — let us know if that matters to you.
Removing a member
Phase 1 doesn’t expose a self-serve “remove member” action — household membership is intended to be stable. If you need to remove your spouse (separation, dissolution, switching addresses), email hello@kinlyhq.comand we’ll handle it manually with appropriate care for data handling on both sides.