---
title: Approvals and auto mode
description: Everything Ysra asks before doing in the desktop app — the cards and dialogs, what each answer does, and exactly what auto mode covers.
---

When something needs your OK, I stop and wait. "Not now", or no answer, always
means I don't do it.

## Cards in the thread

A card says what will happen and has two answers. ++cmd+enter++
(++ctrl+enter++ on Windows and Linux) approves the card in front of you.

![An approval card waiting for an answer](../assets/screens/desktop/docker-grant-card.webp){ width="1440" height="891" }
/// caption
A card: I wait until you answer.
///

| Card | When it appears | Answers |
|---|---|---|
| **Commit and push my changes?** | You asked to commit, or commit and push | Commit · Not now |
| **Undo my changes?** | You asked to undo | Undo · Cancel |
| **Install Node.js?** | A task needs Node.js, Python or Git and this computer has none | Install · Not now |
| **Install Go?**, **Start Docker?**, **Sign in to …** | A tool is missing, stopped or signed out | Go ahead · Not now, or I've done it · Show me how |
| **Use Docker?** | A command needs Docker, once per thread | Allow for this session · Not now |
| **Use the camera and GPU on edge-01?** | A task on a device needs its hardware | Allow for this session · Not now |
| **Look around edge-01?** | The first time I read a [target](devices-targets.md#targets) in a thread | Allow for this session · Not now |
| **Run this on edge-01?** | Every change on a target | Run it · Skip |
| **Your balance is low** | Your account balance can't cover the next step | I've added credit, continue |

A card that needs information instead of a yes or no is marked **INPUT**:
pick one of its options, or reply in the message box.

## System dialogs

Three things are asked in a system dialog, so they can't be missed. The default
button is **Not now**, and no answer within two minutes counts as no.

**Anything that reaches outside your computer** (a deploy, a publish):

```text
I'm about to run `netlify deploy --prod` in this folder with your Netlify account. OK?
This reaches outside your computer, so I ask every time, even in auto mode.
Nothing runs if you say no.
                                                   [Not now]  [Run it]
```

**A push:**

```text
I'm about to push release-1.4 to origin. OK?
I never push without asking you, every time, and I never force-push.
                                                   [Not now]  [Push it]
```

**Deleting a file I didn't create:**

```text
I'd like to delete notes/old-plan.md. It's your file; I didn't create it. OK?
I only delete files you made after asking you. Nothing happens if you say no.
                                                   [Not now]  [Delete it]
```

## Auto mode

Auto mode lets me go ahead inside the folder without asking.

- **For one thread:** the **Auto** chip in the message box.
- **As the default for new threads:** **Settings → General → Auto mode for new
  threads**.

![Auto mode switched on in the message box](../assets/screens/desktop/composer-auto-mode.webp){ width="1440" height="994" }
/// caption
Auto switched on for this thread.
///

When you switch it, I say so in the thread:

```text
Auto mode is on. I'll go ahead inside this folder and still ask before anything destructive or outside it.
```

| | Auto mode on | Auto mode off |
|---|---|---|
| Starting work, editing files and running commands inside the folder | Goes ahead | Asks before starting |
| Starting an approved plan | Goes ahead | Asks |
| Deleting your files | Asks | Asks |
| Deploying, publishing, pushing | Asks | Asks |
| A Git change you didn't ask for | Asks | Asks |
| Installing or starting a tool | Asks | Asks |
| Docker, camera, GPU | Asks | Asks |
| Anything on a device or target that changes it | Asks | Asks |

## Where to see what's waiting

- The sidebar's **Needs you** filter.
- **Home**, under *Needs you*.
- On Windows and Linux, the tray icon shows how many threads are waiting.