Approve OpenClaw agent actions before they go out
“I want to OK the e-mail before my agent sends it.”
The agent drafted a reply to an upset customer. It’s a good draft, mostly. You’d still like to read it before it goes.
You told the agent to ask first. You’re not sure it always will.
Why it happens in OpenClaw
- OpenClaw’s exec approvals ask before running commands on a computer, and the prompt appears wherever OpenClaw is set to show it, often a terminal, the Control UI or its own app.
- Actions such as sending an e-mail or posting depend on the agent’s tools and instructions. “Ask me first” in a prompt is a request, not a gate.
How Octopus Prime solves it
Important steps wait for one tap.
Steps you mark as important, such as sending, publishing, deleting and moving money, wait for your OK. A card appears in the chat, and you approve with one tap on your computer or phone.
- Allow once, Always allow or Deny, right in the chat.
- Approve from your iPhone as easily as from your desk.
- OpenClaw’s own approvals for an agent can come to its owner in Octopus Prime too.
- Ask me first: sensitive logins wait for your OK every time.
- Rules for each website, with risky steps approved by a tap.
Where to find it in the app
- Choose which actions need your OK first, such as sending an e-mail or using a login.
- To get OpenClaw’s own approvals in the app, turn on Approve agent actions in Octopus in Settings › Plugin.
- When a card appears, tap Allow once, Always allow or Deny.
Related features
More on this: Stop or approve what your AI agents do · An AI agent for email that asks first
Questions
Can I approve OpenClaw actions from my phone?
Yes. Approval cards appear in the chat in the iPhone app and the web app. Tap Allow once, Always allow or Deny.
Can OpenClaw’s exec approvals come to Octopus Prime?
Yes. Turn on Approve agent actions in Octopus in Settings › Plugin, and an agent’s OpenClaw approvals come to its owner in the app.
Which actions should need approval?
Anything hard to undo: sending, publishing, deleting and moving money are the usual ones.
