Choose how Notion Agent asks for your approval

Your Notion Agent can create pages, update databases, and act in apps you connect, like Slack or Gmail. Your approval setting decides when your agent stops to ask you before it does one of those things. You can pick one of three settings when you start a chat, or switch approval modes on an existing chat. New chats will use your last approval mode, unless you change it before pressing send.

To change your approval setting:

1. Open a chat with your Notion Agent.

2. Select your current approval setting at the top of the chat.

3. Choose the setting you want. It applies right away.

Your agent asks for your ok before every action that changes content or uses a connected app. Nothing happens until you approve it. Pick this when you want to see each change before it happens, or when you’re still getting used to working with your agent.

Your agent may ask before changes like:

• Create or edit a page.

• Create or edit a database, a view, or a property.

• Bulk changes to content, like updating every row in a database.

• Send or post something through a connected app, like sending an email or posting a Slack message.

• Visit a website.

Reading doesn’t need approval. Your agent can search your workspace, open pages you can already see, read recent messages in a connected app, and answer your questions without asking first. It asks when it’s about to change something or act outside Notion.

Your agent works on its own. If it flags something as potentially unsafe, your agent pauses and asks you first. Pick this when you want your agent to keep moving without a prompt for every step. Keep in mind that this approval mode relies on the agent's review and won't always flag the same things you would.

Your agent may ask before changes like:

• Page deletions or bulk content deletions.

• Sending an email or posting a Slack message on your behalf.

• Viewing files or environment variables that may contain credentials or tokens with a computer.

• Installing dependencies or running build/test scripts with the computer.

Your agent runs every action without asking. You can still see what it did in the chat, but you won’t get a prompt first. Pick this for repeat work you already trust, like a weekly cleanup on a database only you use.

Keep in mind your agent won’t check with you before making changes, even for actions that are hard to take back, like replacing content on a page or posting in a connected app. Use this setting only when you know exactly what you’re asking for.

Learn more about requirements and availability below.

• Your choice applies to the workspace where you set it. If you use Notion in more than one workspace, set it in each one.

• You can choose an approval setting on web and on Android devices. This isn’t available for iOS devices.

• Notion AI is part of paid plans, so your plan decides which Notion AI features you can use. Learn more about Notion AI →

• Each Custom Agent has its own approval settings.