Standing Approvals

Pre-authorize agents for repeated actions

Standing Approvals

Standing approvals let you pre-authorize an agent to execute a specific action type without asking for approval each time. They’re useful for routine, trusted actions that you don’t want to review individually.

How They Work

When a standing approval is active and an agent submits a matching request:

1. Permission Slip checks the action type and parameters against the standing approval’s constraints.
2. If everything matches, the request is automatically approved — no notification, no manual review.
3. The execution count increments.
4. The action is logged in the activity feed.

If no standing approval matches, the request falls through to the normal one-off approval flow.

Create a Standing Approval

1. Open the Standing Approvals card

   On your dashboard, find the Standing Approvals card and click Create Standing Approval.

2. Fill in the details

   • Agent — select which agent this applies to (deactivated agents are excluded).
   • Action Type — the action type to pre-authorize (e.g., github.create_issue).
   • Version — the action version (defaults to 1).
   • Max Executions — how many times the agent can use this approval. Leave blank for unlimited.
   • Expires At — when the standing approval expires. Defaults to 30 days, maximum 90 days.
3. Create

   Click Create. The standing approval is immediately active and appears in the table.

Monitoring Usage

The Standing Approvals table shows:

Column	Description
Action	The pre-authorized action type
Agent	Which agent can use it
Executions	Current count vs. maximum (e.g., 5 / 20 or 12 / ∞)
Expires	When the standing approval expires

The execution badge turns red when usage reaches 90% of the maximum, so you know when it’s about to be exhausted.

Standing Approval States

State	Description
Active	Can be used by the agent
Expired	Duration has elapsed
Revoked	You manually cancelled it
Exhausted	Max execution count reached

Revoke a Standing Approval

To revoke a standing approval at any time:

1. Click Revoke on the standing approval row.
2. Confirm in the dialog.

After revocation, the agent will need per-request approval for that action type going forward. Revocation cannot be undone — you’ll need to create a new standing approval if you want to re-authorize the action.

Standing approvals are also automatically revoked when you deactivate an agent or remove a connector.