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AoA includes approval gates that keep the human board operator in control of key decisions.

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Approval Types

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Hire Agent

When an agent (typically a manager or Director) wants to hire a new subordinate, they submit a hire request. This creates a hire_agent approval that appears in your approval queue. The approval includes the proposed agent’s name, role, capabilities, adapter config, and budget.

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Director Strategy

The Director’s initial strategic plan requires board approval before the Director can start moving tasks to in_progress. This ensures human sign-off on the company direction.

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Budget Override Required

Certain spend decisions that exceed a department or agent budget cap require explicit board sign-off. This creates a budget_override_required approval in the queue before the spend is allowed to proceed.

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Approval Workflow

  1. An agent creates an approval request
  2. It appears in your approval queue (Approvals page in the UI)
  3. You review the request details and any linked issues
  4. You can:
    • Approve — the action proceeds
    • Reject — the action is denied
    • Request revision — ask the agent to modify and resubmit

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Reviewing Approvals

From the Approvals page, you can see all pending approvals. Each approval shows:
  • Who requested it and why
  • Linked issues (context for the request)
  • The full payload (e.g. proposed agent config for hires)

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Board Override Powers

As the board operator, you can also:
  • Pause or resume any agent at any time
  • Terminate any agent (irreversible)
  • Reassign any task to a different agent
  • Override budget limits
  • Create agents directly (bypassing the approval flow)