Change acceptance for the assistant

The AI assistant can change the connector it sits beside: it writes the recipe, updates the connection settings and adds hosts to the whitelist. The change acceptance mode decides which of those changes it applies by itself and which wait for you.

Choose the acceptance mode

1. In the AI assistant beside an ANY API recipe, open the options row with + under the message box.
2. Select the Change acceptance mode picker. It shows the mode in force, and its tooltip reads Acceptance: Auto-accept or Acceptance: Manual.
3. Select Auto-accept or Manual. The choice is saved with this conversation.

• The picker becomes available once the chat has started. Before that it is greyed out, and its tooltip reads Available once the chat has started.
• While your new mode is being saved, the picker waits with the tooltip Applying the new mode....

What the modes do

• In Auto-accept, the assistant writes the recipe, config and host whitelist without asking.
• In Manual, every recipe, config and whitelist change waits for your approval. Each waiting change shows on an approval card; see Approve or reject connector changes.
• The mode decides which changes wait. Reading the connector's files and checking the connection keep working in either mode.

When your choice takes effect

• Your choice applies to tool calls the assistant evaluates after the change, and the picker carries the note "Applies to tool calls evaluated after the change. Approvals already waiting stay pending." A change that is already waiting keeps waiting, and you decide it on its card.
• Until a conversation has a choice of its own, the assistant follows the Mind's Default change acceptance setting. When that is not set, it runs in Auto-accept.

The shield beside the message box

• When a non-manual mode is active, a small shield shows in the message box control row, next to the model picker. Point to it to read the mode and what it does; screen readers announce Acceptance mode: Auto-accept.
• In Manual the shield is hidden. It also stays hidden until a conversation exists.

If the mode does not change

If the new mode cannot be saved, a toast reads Could not change the acceptance mode with the line "The assistant is still running in the previous mode." The picker goes back to the mode you had, and you can try again.

Questions, answered

What is the difference between Auto-accept and Manual?

In Auto-accept, the assistant writes the recipe, config and host whitelist without asking. In Manual, every recipe, config and whitelist change waits for your approval and shows on an approval card. Decide the card to let the change run or to stop it; see Approve or reject connector changes.

Where do I change the acceptance mode?

In the AI assistant beside an ANY API recipe. Open the options row with + under the message box and select the Change acceptance mode picker. It becomes available once the chat has started, and the choice is saved with that conversation. The rest of the message box is covered in Write and send messages to the assistant.

Why is the picker greyed out?

The tooltip names the reason. Available once the chat has started means this chat has no conversation yet, so there is nothing to change: send your first message, then set the mode. Applying the new mode... means a previous change is still saving: wait a moment. The picker is also greyed out while the panel is not connected.

Does switching affect a change that is already waiting for approval?

No. The mode applies to tool calls the assistant evaluates after the change, and approvals already waiting stay pending. Decide the waiting change on its card; see Approve or reject connector changes.

Which mode does a new conversation start in?

Auto-accept, unless the conversation's Mind sets another Default change acceptance. A choice you make in the conversation always wins over the default.

What is the small shield in the message box?

It shows the mode in force when that mode is not Manual. Point to it to read the mode and what it does; screen readers announce Acceptance mode: Auto-accept. In Manual, and before a conversation exists, it is hidden.

Why did the picker go back to the old mode?

The new mode could not be saved: a toast reads Could not change the acceptance mode with the line "The assistant is still running in the previous mode." The picker returned to the mode you had, so select the new one again.

Can I switch on Unrestricted mode in the assistant?

No. Unrestricted is not offered for the connector assistant: the picker lists Auto-accept and Manual only. Builder chats have their own modes and permissions; see Warehouse Builder and Lake Builder.

Does the choice apply to my other chats?

No. The mode is saved with the conversation you set it in, so each new conversation starts from the default again.