diff --git a/ui/src/components/SidebarCompanyMenu.production.tsx b/ui/src/components/SidebarCompanyMenu.production.tsx
index 8d2a50a2e3..476fcf6e87 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/SidebarCompanyMenu.production.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/components/SidebarCompanyMenu.production.tsx
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import {
 } from "@dnd-kit/core";
 import { SortableContext, arrayMove, useSortable, verticalListSortingStrategy } from "@dnd-kit/sortable";
 import { CSS } from "@dnd-kit/utilities";
-import type { Company } from "@paperclipai/shared";
+import { hidesCompanyPage, type Company } from "@paperclipai/shared";
 import { Link, useLocation, useNavigate } from "@/lib/router";
 import { authApi } from "@/api/auth";
 import { cloudApi, type CloudStackSummary } from "@/api/cloud";
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import {
 import { useCompany } from "@/context/CompanyContext";
 import { useDialogActions } from "@/context/DialogContext";
 import { useCloudInstance } from "@/hooks/useCloudInstance";
+import { useHiddenSettings } from "@/hooks/useHiddenSettings";
 import { useCompanyOrder } from "@/hooks/useCompanyOrder";
 import { useSignOut } from "@/hooks/useSignOut";
 import { navigateTopLevel } from "@/lib/browserNavigation";
@@ -234,6 +235,18 @@ export function SidebarCompanyMenu({ open: controlledOpen, onOpenChange }: Sideb
   // exactly one company, and switching means leaving this tenant host entirely.
   const cloud = useCloudInstance();
   const isCloud = Boolean(cloud);
+  // The invite shortcut points at the company Invites surface, so an operator
+  // that hides that surface via PAPERCLIP_HIDDEN_SETTINGS (company.invites or
+  // company.members) hides this shortcut too. This is the per-deployment knob
+  // Paperclip Cloud uses to drop the shortcut on its managed stacks while
+  // other hosters keep it; the streamlined menu already honors it, this shell
+  // was the gap. Until the health response resolves the hidden set is unknown
+  // — keep the shortcut out rather than flash it.
+  const { hidden: hiddenSettings, loaded: hiddenSettingsLoaded } = useHiddenSettings();
+  const showInvitePeople =
+    hiddenSettingsLoaded &&
+    !hidesCompanyPage(hiddenSettings, "company.members") &&
+    !hidesCompanyPage(hiddenSettings, "company.invites");
   const cloudBaseUrl = cloud?.cloudBaseUrl ?? null;
   const stacksQuery = useQuery({
     queryKey: queryKeys.cloud.stacks,
@@ -477,23 +490,25 @@ export function SidebarCompanyMenu({ open: controlledOpen, onOpenChange }: Sideb
             <DropdownMenuSeparator />
           </>
         )}
-        <DropdownMenuItem asChild disabled={isEditingOrder}>
-          <Link
-            to="/company/settings/invites"
-            onClick={(event) => {
-              if (isEditingOrder) {
-                event.preventDefault();
-                return;
-              }
-              closeNavigationChrome();
-            }}
-          >
-            <UserPlus className="size-4" />
-            <span className="truncate">
-              {currentName ? `Invite people to ${currentName}` : "Invite people"}
-            </span>
-          </Link>
-        </DropdownMenuItem>
+        {showInvitePeople ? (
+          <DropdownMenuItem asChild disabled={isEditingOrder}>
+            <Link
+              to="/company/settings/invites"
+              onClick={(event) => {
+                if (isEditingOrder) {
+                  event.preventDefault();
+                  return;
+                }
+                closeNavigationChrome();
+              }}
+            >
+              <UserPlus className="size-4" />
+              <span className="truncate">
+                {currentName ? `Invite people to ${currentName}` : "Invite people"}
+              </span>
+            </Link>
+          </DropdownMenuItem>
+        ) : null}
         {session?.session ? (
           <>
             <DropdownMenuSeparator />
diff --git a/ui/src/components/SidebarCompanyMenu.test.tsx b/ui/src/components/SidebarCompanyMenu.test.tsx
index 133cfea4ab..5c6cd697ef 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/SidebarCompanyMenu.test.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/components/SidebarCompanyMenu.test.tsx
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { QueryClient, QueryClientProvider } from "@tanstack/react-query";
 import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 import { queryKeys } from "@/lib/queryKeys";
 import { SidebarCompanyMenu } from "./SidebarCompanyMenu";
+import { SidebarCompanyMenu as SidebarCompanyMenuProduction } from "./SidebarCompanyMenu.production";
 
 const mockAuthApi = vi.hoisted(() => ({
   getSession: vi.fn(),
@@ -370,6 +371,56 @@ describe("SidebarCompanyMenu", () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it("shows the production-shell invite shortcut when no surface is hidden", async () => {
+    const queryClient = new QueryClient({ defaultOptions: { queries: { retry: false } } });
+    queryClient.setQueryData(queryKeys.health, { status: "ok" });
+    const root = createRoot(container);
+    act(() => {
+      root.render(
+        <QueryClientProvider client={queryClient}>
+          <SidebarCompanyMenuProduction />
+        </QueryClientProvider>,
+      );
+    });
+    await flushReact();
+    await flushReact();
+
+    await openMenu("Open Acme Labs company switcher");
+
+    expect(document.body.textContent).toContain("Invite people to Acme Labs");
+
+    act(() => {
+      root.unmount();
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("hides the production-shell invite shortcut when the operator hides the invites surface", async () => {
+    // The production shell (streamlined UI disabled) must honor
+    // PAPERCLIP_HIDDEN_SETTINGS like the streamlined menu — this is the knob
+    // Paperclip Cloud uses to drop the shortcut on its managed stacks.
+    const queryClient = new QueryClient({ defaultOptions: { queries: { retry: false } } });
+    queryClient.setQueryData(queryKeys.health, { status: "ok", hiddenSettings: ["company.invites"] });
+    const root = createRoot(container);
+    act(() => {
+      root.render(
+        <QueryClientProvider client={queryClient}>
+          <SidebarCompanyMenuProduction />
+        </QueryClientProvider>,
+      );
+    });
+    await flushReact();
+    await flushReact();
+
+    await openMenu("Open Acme Labs company switcher");
+
+    expect(document.body.textContent).toContain("Switch");
+    expect(document.body.textContent).not.toContain("Invite people");
+
+    act(() => {
+      root.unmount();
+    });
+  });
+
   it("keeps the invite shortcut out of the menu until hidden settings resolve", async () => {
     // No health data in the cache: the hidden-settings set is unknown, so the
     // shortcut must not flash in and then disappear once the response lands.