Approve or deny an action

Approval cards are blocking decisions. Approve only when the card describes the action you actually want.

Use the product path below before trying to solve this from chat alone.

Menu labels are written as they appear in Homie.

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   Open Pending items or the action card.

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   Read what Homie wants to do, who it affects, and whether it happens now or later.

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   Tap Approve, Deny, or ask Homie to edit the draft/plan before approving.

Use this when Homie has prepared an action but needs a human decision before it continues.

This page is about the controls a household member can use today, not the internal system behind them.

Start from the card shown on the shared dashboard, personal Homie, or pending items. Read the action, recipient, owner, and timing before tapping anything.

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   Open the approval card.

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   Read what Homie wants to do and who it affects.

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   Check whether the action happens now or later.

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   Approve only if the wording, recipient, and timing are right.

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   Deny when the action should not happen.

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   Ask Homie to edit the draft or plan if it is close but not ready.

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   Refresh pending items if a card disappeared before you decided.

Use these controls to correct Homie, reduce noise, or make the home match how the household actually works.

• Approve or deny the pending action.
• Cancel queued calls before they happen.
• Edit drafts by asking Homie to revise before approval.
• Restart or run approved work when a card is waiting for a decision.

Homie should stay honest about what changed. If an action needs a trusted device, a claimed member, a connected account, or an approval, it should say so before claiming success.

• It will not send, call, share, or start risky future work from a stale approval.
• It will not count hiding a card as approval.
• It will not approve a member-private action from the wrong shared surface.
• It will not skip approval just because the draft was generated successfully.

A personal approval belongs with the member who owns the request. A household approval belongs on the household surface.

If the card contains a private draft or personal recipient, handle it from personal Homie rather than the shared screen.

After making an operational change, do one small check. It is the easiest way to catch a wrong member, wrong device, stale link, or missing permission while the context is still fresh.

• Look for a confirmation after approving or denying.
• Check pending items if you are not sure whether the action is still waiting.
• Ask Homie what happened to the approval if the result is unclear.

Name the trigger and the action separately. Homie should know what it is waiting for, what it will do, and whether the action needs approval.

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   Read recipient names twice.

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   Deny instead of approving a draft you plan to rewrite.

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   Ask why approval is needed when the reason is unclear.

Most Homie issues come from setup, identity, or approval state. Work through these checks before assuming Homie ignored the request.

• Check whether the request is a reminder, commitment, tracked topic, routine, or Agent Run.
• Look for an approval card if the action sends, calls, books, shares, or affects the household.
• Remember that recurring household work runs from the trusted home setup. A separate background helper should not quietly change saved home information.

Stay in charge: A generated draft is not a sent message. The approval is the handoff from preparation to action.

• Read recipient names twice.
• Deny instead of approving a draft you plan to rewrite.
• Ask why approval is needed when the reason is unclear.

• Approve this action.
• Deny that draft.
• Show me what is waiting for approval.