Permission mode
The policy that decides which classes of agent action are allowed, denied, or require approval.
Illustrative conversation
- Why did the file edit run immediately while publishing asked me first?
- The permission mode allowed scoped local changes but required approval for an externally visible action.
Definition
A permission mode is a harness-level policy that maps actions to outcomes such as allow automatically, ask first, or deny. It may distinguish file reads from writes, local commands from network access, or reversible edits from external and destructive changes. The policy constrains execution regardless of how confident the model sounds; it should match the authority granted by the user's request.
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