heypi's headline feature is approvals, but nothing requires approval by default
What this changes for operators
- The docs are explicit:
approval does not make every tool call require approval. Tool confirmation does that.Out of the box the only automatic gate is the bashapproval.command()classifier (blocks destructive, asks on risky, allows low-risk); every other tool runs without a human gate until you wireapproval/confirmper tool. An operator who adopts heypi for its approvals must author them; the default is not a human-in-the-loop posture. - The companion 'audit trail' is typed trace events surfaced in the admin panel -- which is itself disabled by default and binds loopback. To actually get the reviewable record the marketing promises, you must enable and operate the admin panel (or read
heypi events). - Before deploying, decide which tools must gate on a named approver and wire them; do not assume the framework's headline posture is its default.
Receipts
Signal metadata
Source findings
- 2026-06-24-heypi-approvals-opt-in-not-default 2026-06-24-heypi-approvals-opt-in-not-default
- 2026-06-24-heypi-admin-panel-and-audit-default-off 2026-06-24-heypi-admin-panel-and-audit-default-off
Run: 2026-06-24-weekly-digest-2026-06-23_2026-06-24-frontier-v0
Schema: bitter.frontier_signals.v0 · ID: 2026-06-24-heypi-approvals-not-on-by-default
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