Action authorisation

Allow, approval or block decisions before an agent acts.

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Decisions

Every action evaluated by the gate before it ran.

Last 24 hours ⌄

Evaluated3,9129 governed agents

Needs approval124 waiting over 1h

Blocked3721 state conflicts

Decisions per hour

AllowedNeeds approvalBlocked

Time	Agent	Action	Decision
14:23:07	Claims triage agent	Release settlement payment, $48,200	Blocked
14:22:41	Claims triage agent	Request missing document	Allowed
14:22:12	Broker email drafter	Send renewal terms to broker	Approval
14:21:58	Customer reply assistant	Close complaint ticket	Allowed
14:21:30	Fraud signal model	Flag claim for investigation	Allowed
14:20:12	Claims triage agent	Update claim reserve, $120,000	Approval
14:19:47	Underwriting risk summariser	Publish risk note to policy file	Blocked

Decision rcpt_7Q2K9F

Blocked

Claims triage agent, 14:23:07 AEST

Action proposedRelease payment of $48,200 on claim 88214
State checkedClaim amount conflicts: $48,200 and $41,750
Controls evaluatedOR-15 Human approval above threshold, CPS 230
Approval requiredClaims Ops Lead, requested 14:23:08
DecisionBlocked until the amount is resolved and approved

Policy: payments.clean_state v3
Replay: Same inputs, same decision

Export receiptOpen approval

Authorisation, Decisions: decisions per hour, the decision list and a receipt in the drawer.

Outcomes

Outcome	When	What happens next
Allow	State is clean and policy is satisfied	The action runs; the receipt is kept as evidence
Needs approval	Policy requires a person, for example above a payment threshold	The request goes to the named approver; the agent waits
Block	Required state is missing or in conflict, or policy forbids the action	The action does not run; reasons are returned

Through the API, approval-required outcomes are returned as WARN with the approval reason; see Decisions and verdicts.

Try the gate

Try it: release a settlement payment of $48,200Change the conditions and watch the decision. The same inputs always give the same answer.

Required state is presentclaim.amount and claim.approver are recorded and confirmedNo open conflict on that stateTwo sources agree on the claim amountAmount is under the approval thresholdPolicy: payments above $10,000 need the Claims Ops LeadApprover has signed offOnly matters when the amount is over the thresholdState is freshConfirmed within the relevance window

DecisionBlockReasons

Unresolved conflict on claim.amount ($48,200 vs $41,750)

{
  "verdict": "BLOCK",
  "action": "release_payment",
  "decision_id": "gd_7Q2K9F",
  "reasons": [
    "Unresolved conflict on claim.amount ($48,200 vs $41,750)"
  ]
}

Gate policies

Gate policies are derived from your controls. A policy names the action it applies to, the state it requires, constraints such as thresholds, who must approve, and whether a breach blocks or warns. See Policies.

Receipts

Each decision has an ID and a receipt: the action, the state that was known, the policy version and rule that applied, and the outcome. Receipts are evidence for the controls behind the policy.

Last reviewed October 2026Suggest a change