Answers one approval. An independent second agent satisfies an approval (a different principal from the one that asked, listing the evidence it checked); a person can always answer too. Under manual autonomy the answer must come from a person. An approval covers exactly the action it describes; a changed action needs a new approval. An answered approval does not change.
Usage
overlane guard approvals answer approval-id --decision approve|deny [--reason TEXT] [--evidence TEXT...] [--dry-run]Arguments
| Argument | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
approval-id |
yes | The approval to answer |
Flags
| Flag | Type | Required | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
--decision |
one of approve, deny |
yes | approve lets the action run; deny keeps it refused | |
--reason |
string | no | Why; kept in the approval record | |
--evidence |
string (repeatable) | no | What you checked; repeat for more (required for an agent approver) | |
--dry-run |
boolean | no | Print the requests and file changes this command would make, then stop. Needs no credentials. |
Examples
overlane guard approvals answer apr_1 --decision approve
overlane guard approvals answer apr_1 --decision approve --evidence "diff reviewed" --reason "matches the task" --dry-runBehavior
- 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 guard approvals answer.
Result
With --json (the default when stdout is not a terminal) the command prints this JSON Schema’s shape on stdout.
{
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"tenantId": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 128,
"pattern": "^[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9_.:-]*$",
"description": "tenant identifier"
},
"id": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1
},
"projectId": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 128,
"pattern": "^[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9_.:-]*$",
"description": "project identifier"
},
"ruleId": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1
},
"tool": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1
},
"requestedBy": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1
},
"summary": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1
},
"diff": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"status": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"pending",
"approved",
"denied"
]
},
"actionDigest": {
"type": "string",
"pattern": "^sha256:[0-9a-f]{64}$"
},
"decidedBy": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"approverKind": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"user",
"agent"
]
},
{
"type": "null"
}
]
},
"evidence": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"reason": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"decidedAt": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "string",
"format": "date-time",
"pattern": "^(?:(?:\\d\\d[2468][048]|\\d\\d[13579][26]|\\d\\d0[48]|[02468][048]00|[13579][26]00)-02-29|\\d{4}-(?:(?:0[13578]|1[02])-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\\d|3[01])|(?:0[469]|11)-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\\d|30)|(?:02)-(?:0[1-9]|1\\d|2[0-8])))T(?:(?:[01]\\d|2[0-3]):[0-5]\\d:[0-5]\\d(?:\\.\\d+)?(?:Z|([+-](?:[01]\\d|2[0-3]):[0-5]\\d)))$"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
]
},
"createdAt": {
"type": "string",
"format": "date-time",
"pattern": "^(?:(?:\\d\\d[2468][048]|\\d\\d[13579][26]|\\d\\d0[48]|[02468][048]00|[13579][26]00)-02-29|\\d{4}-(?:(?:0[13578]|1[02])-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\\d|3[01])|(?:0[469]|11)-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\\d|30)|(?:02)-(?:0[1-9]|1\\d|2[0-8])))T(?:(?:[01]\\d|2[0-3]):[0-5]\\d:[0-5]\\d(?:\\.\\d+)?(?:Z|([+-](?:[01]\\d|2[0-3]):[0-5]\\d)))$"
}
},
"required": [
"tenantId",
"id",
"ruleId",
"tool",
"requestedBy",
"summary",
"diff",
"status",
"actionDigest",
"decidedBy",
"approverKind",
"evidence",
"reason",
"decidedAt",
"createdAt"
],
"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 for the status the process returns.