Fig 05 - Where approvals belong

Atomic Glue — The Approval Nobody Reads · Figure 5 of 5

Block — fig-approval-boundary · ink · end of "More approvals is the wrong answer."

Fig. 05

Approve the boundary, not every step

Sandbox

Read files Run tests Draft changes

No approval needed

Any live system Informed approval

Production Informed approval

Published content Informed approval

Merged code Informed approval

Routine work stays in the sandbox with no prompt. Anything that crosses into any live system, production, published content or merged code gets an informed approval.

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Diagram showing routine agent actions inside a sandbox with no approval, and actions that cross into any live system, production, published content or merged code requiring informed human approval.