approvals

name	approvals
description	You are about to take an action that affects the outside world, cannot be undone, or involves real people — and you have not yet received explicit permission. This includes: sending any email or message to a real person, deploying code to production, posting on social media, making a purchase or financial commitment, deleting files or data, merging a PR to main, or publishing anything publicly. Stop, create an approval, block your task, and notify the user. Do not proceed until you receive the approval decision in your inbox.
triggers	["need approval","create approval","request approval","approval needed","needs sign-off","needs permission","before deploying","before sending email","before deleting","before posting","external action","irreversible action","financial commitment","purchase","deploy to production","merge to main","send to real person","publish","approval workflow","pending approval","waiting for approval","check approvals","list approvals"]

Approvals

Before any external, irreversible, or high-stakes action — stop and create an approval. The user decides. You execute only after they approve.

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When to Use

Action type	Requires approval?
Sending emails to real people	YES
Deploying code to production	YES
Posting on social media	YES
Making financial commitments	YES
Deleting data (files, DB rows, records)	YES
Merging to main branch	YES
Any action visible to external parties