---
title: "overlane connector approval"
description: "Post an approval request to a chat connector's channel"
---

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# overlane connector approval

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Posts a pending approval (from `overlane autonomy approvals request`) to a channel in a connected chat service (Slack, or Microsoft Teams as an Adaptive Card) with Approve and Deny buttons. A person answers there; the signed answer comes back through the connector's webhook and counts when the chat user is mapped to a team member (`overlane connector chat-user`) who is not the one who asked.

## Usage

```sh
overlane connector approval provider [--service URL] [--team TENANT_ID] --approval-id ID --channel ID --summary TEXT [--dry-run]
```

## Arguments

| Argument | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `provider` | yes | The connector, such as slack or linear (see `overlane connector list`) |

## Flags

| Flag | Type | Required | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `--service` | string | no |  | The service address (default: OVERLANE_SERVICE_URL, then the project's binding, then the hosted service) |
| `--team` | string | no |  | The team (tenant) to act on (default: the one your token belongs to) |
| `--approval-id` | string | yes |  | The pending approval to post |
| `--channel` | string | yes |  | The channel ID to post it in |
| `--summary` | string | yes |  | What is being approved, in a sentence |
| `--dry-run` | boolean | no |  | Print the requests and file changes this command would make, then stop. Needs no credentials. |

## Examples

```sh
overlane connector approval slack --approval-id aut_123 --channel C01GENERAL --summary 'Promote release 1.2.3'
overlane connector approval teams --approval-id aut_123 --channel '19:abc@thread.tacv2' --summary 'Promote release 1.2.3'
```

## Behavior

- Effect: `write` (changes local or hosted state).
- Needs credentials: yes. Uses the network: yes.
- Supports `--dry-run`: yes. Accepts `--force`: no.
- Machine-readable description: `overlane schema connector approval`.

## Result

With `--json` (the default when stdout is not a terminal) the command prints this JSON Schema's shape on stdout.

```json
{
  "anyOf": [
    {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "tenantId": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "provider": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "approvalId": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "posted": {
          "type": "boolean",
          "const": true
        },
        "next": {
          "type": "string"
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "tenantId",
        "provider",
        "approvalId",
        "posted",
        "next"
      ],
      "additionalProperties": false
    },
    {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "dryRun": {
          "type": "boolean",
          "const": true
        },
        "service": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "requests": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "method": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "path": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "body": {},
              "note": {
                "type": "string"
              }
            },
            "required": [
              "method",
              "path"
            ],
            "additionalProperties": false
          }
        },
        "commands": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        },
        "writes": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "path": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "action": {
                "type": "string",
                "enum": [
                  "write",
                  "append",
                  "delete"
                ]
              },
              "description": {
                "type": "string"
              }
            },
            "required": [
              "path",
              "action",
              "description"
            ],
            "additionalProperties": false
          }
        },
        "notes": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "dryRun",
        "requests",
        "commands",
        "writes",
        "notes"
      ],
      "additionalProperties": false
    }
  ]
}
```

See [exit codes](/cli/#exit-codes) for the status the process returns.

Source: https://docs.overlane.app/cli/connector-approval/index.mdx