# Command approval Every command the AI wants to run appears in full and waits. Three buttons end that wait, and the middle one changes more than this one call. ## What you see when it stops waits here the command, in full When the command can be edited, that box is a text field. Change the text, press Approve, and what runs is what you typed. Approve Always in this chat Deny A line here says what **Always in this chat** does: it ends the questions for the whole chat. A chat has four settings: Ask every time, Allowlisted commands only, Auto-accept edits and Never ask. - **Approve**: Runs it once. - **does more than this callAlways in this chat**: Switches the whole chat to Auto-accept edits, so every later tool runs without asking. Change it back under the chat's settings. - **Deny**: Refuses and returns `[denied by user]` to the model. *Deny is not next to Approve, so a destructive command is never one mis-tap away.* fewer questions ## The command allowlist Set a chat to **Allowlisted commands only** and commands on your list run without asking. Everything else still waits for you. When a command asks, **Always allow** approves it and adds a pattern to the list. Edit the list under Settings, Command allowlist; it applies to all your chats. how a pattern matches - `npm test` allows exactly that command - `npm run:*` allows that start with any arguments - in a chained command (`;` `&&` `||` `|`), every part must be on the list - `$(…)`, backticks, redirection and `\` always ask if you do not respond ## The request expires After five minutes, the pending request expires. The assistant stops and reports what remains undone. after it runs ## In the chat A command that runs keeps its exit code and output in the chat. a command card holds - the command - its exit code - its output ## What happens to one command Mermaid source of the diagram on this page: ```mermaid %% Command approval: what happens to one command the AI wants to run. Facts from server/routes/chats.js (gateFor, approval wait, 5 min), server/befehlsliste.js, web/apps/web/components/chat/tool-card.tsx. flowchart TB ask["1. The AI asks to run a command"] mode["2. The chat's setting decides"] wait["3. Shown in full,
waits for you"]:::hot run["4. The command runs
exit code and output
stay in the chat"] deny["Denied
the model gets
[denied by user]"] late["Request expires
the assistant stops
and sums up"] ask --> mode mode -->|"Never ask, Auto-accept edits"| run mode -->|"Allowlisted: every part is on your list"| run mode -->|"Ask every time, or not on the list"| wait wait -->|"Approve, Always in this chat, Always allow"| run wait -->|Deny| deny wait -->|"no answer in 5 min"| late classDef hot stroke:#8f7ac9 ```