approve-action - SKILL.md Agent Skill

name: approve-action description: List and manage pending approval requests for sensitive actions like emails, social posts, and payments. Use when user asks to see pending approvals, wants to approve or reject actions, check what's waiting for approval, or manage the approval queue.

Approve Action

List and manage pending approval requests in the human-in-the-loop workflow.

Usage

/approve-action [list|approve|reject] [--id <approval_id>]

Quick Start

# List all pending approvals
scripts/manage_approvals.py list

# Approve a request
scripts/manage_approvals.py approve --id email_20260204_100000

# Reject a request
scripts/manage_approvals.py reject --id email_20260204_100000

Examples

# List with JSON output
scripts/manage_approvals.py list --json

# Approve specific request
scripts/manage_approvals.py approve --id abc123

# Reject specific request
scripts/manage_approvals.py reject --id def456

List Output

## Pending Approvals (3)

| ID | Category | Expires | Summary |
|----|----------|---------|---------|
| email_20260204... | email | 22h | To: client@... Subject: Meeting... |
| linkedin_20260... | social_post | 23h | LinkedIn post |

JSON Output

{
  "success": true,
  "count": 2,
  "approvals": [
    {
      "id": "email_20260204_100000",
      "category": "email",
      "expires_at": "2026-02-05T10:00:00",
      "time_remaining": "22h"
    }
  ]
}

Approval Categories

email - Email send requests
social_post - LinkedIn/social media posts
payment - Payment/financial actions
file_operation - File move/delete/copy
custom - Other sensitive actions

Manual Approval via Obsidian

Approvals can also be managed by moving files in the vault:

Open /Pending_Approval/ in Obsidian
Review the approval request file
Move to /Approved/ to approve
Move to /Rejected/ to reject

Expiration

Approvals expire after 24 hours
Expired approvals auto-rejected
Dashboard shows stale warnings