What is Spend Approval?
Spend approval is the human-in-the-loop control that routes an agent's proposed transaction to a person for review before any money moves.
How it works
When a transaction crosses an approval threshold (or matches a flag rule), the firewall returns FLAGGED instead of APPROVED.
The transaction is held in an approval queue; a human reviews it in the dashboard and approves or denies.
Only after approval does the agent proceed to settlement.
Why it matters
Hard blocks stop bad spend but also stop legitimate edge cases. Approval keeps agents fast while keeping big or unusual purchases human-checked.
FAQ
What's the difference between BLOCKED and FLAGGED?
BLOCKED is final — the transaction violates a hard rule and no money moves. FLAGGED is conditional — it's held for human review, then allowed or denied.
Where do approvals happen?
In the hosted dashboard's approval queue. Self-hosted deployments wire their own queue to the API.
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