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Time-of-Day Spend Policy

A time-of-day policy decides what happens when agents spend outside business hours — the window where runaways happen.

The policy

Allowed window: [09:00–18:00, TZ].

Outside window: [BLOCK / FLAG].

Approved overnight exceptions: [AGENT / REASON].

Review cadence for overnight flags: [NEXT MORNING].

The rule evaluates the transaction timestamp against the window.

{
  "time_of_day": {
    "window": ["09:00", "18:00"],
    "tz": "Europe/Athens",
    "outside": "flag"
  }
}

Overnight spend waits for a human.

What if my team is global?

Set per-agent windows for each region.

Block or flag?

FLAG is the balanced default — overnight work proceeds after morning review.

One API call (or MCP tool) in front of every agent transaction — APPROVED, BLOCKED, or FLAGGED, deterministic, ~5 ms, fully logged.