Classify permission by the action’s impact

List the resources each tool can read, modify, send, and delete, then apply organizational policy to decide which actions require human approval. Reading public material and sending a file externally have different consequences even when one tool can do both. The application should maintain permissions while the model proposes actions.

Describe the target, expected effect, and recovery route for each operation. A request to organize material does not automatically authorize sending messages or deleting files. Before execution, show the actual content and destination rather than a generic continue button that hides consequential arguments.

Bind approval to the concrete pending action

Represent the pending action with a stable identifier, tool name, validated arguments, and content summary. If the destination, document, or message changes after approval, request renewed approval according to policy. Keep approval evidence in a trusted application record; model-generated text claiming that permission exists is not evidence.

Define applicable expiry and execution counts, and handle simultaneous confirmations or repeated events. Recheck authorization and target state immediately before executing. Access available at approval time may have changed. Apply stricter existing policies to secrets, payments, and other high-impact actions instead of treating a generic example as organizational policy.

Test the gate without real side effects

Replace the executor with a harmless local fixture and test missing approval, changed arguments, expiry, duplicate execution, and revoked access. Confirm that rejection actually stops execution rather than displaying a warning while work continues. Do not use real recipients or real deletion to discover whether the gate works.

Retain redacted audit identifiers, approved scope, and execution outcomes. Separate a known failure before execution from an unknown result after submission. The latter must not trigger an automatic repeat of a consequential action. An approval gate is an application control, not something a model can waive by claiming to understand the risk.

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