diff --git a/backend/src/app.ts b/backend/src/app.ts
index 79561d00c..bb2450f07 100644
--- a/backend/src/app.ts
+++ b/backend/src/app.ts
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ import { healthCheck } from './routes/status';
 import { getLogger } from './utils/logger';
 import { RouteNotFoundError } from './utils/errors';
 import { requestErrorHandler } from './middleware/requestErrorHandler';
-
+// test comment
 // patch async route params to handle Promise Rejections
 patchRouterParam();
 
diff --git a/backend/src/authorization/defineAbility.ts b/backend/src/authorization/defineAbility.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4bdc076f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/authorization/defineAbility.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import { defineAbility } from '@casl/ability';
+
+export const defineWorkspaceAbilityFor = (user: any) => defineAbility((can) => {
+  // can('manage', 'all');
+  // console.log("workspace ===>", workspace)
+
+  // if (user) {
+  can(["read", "delete", "update"], "Workspace", { name: "Example Projects" })
+  // }
+
+  // if (user.isLoggedIn) {
+  //   can('update', 'Article', { authorId: user.id });
+  //   can('create', 'Comment');
+  //   can('update', 'Comment', { authorId: user.id });
+  // }
+});
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