> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.conversion.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Approvals

> Which actions require a confirmation before Conversion AI runs them.

Some [tool calls](/product-docs/conversion-ai/tool-calls) pause and ask you to approve before they run. This applies to anything that changes your workspace in a way worth confirming, such as creating, updating, applying, or moving assets.

## How approvals work

When Conversion AI needs approval, a card appears in the chat with a short summary of what's about to happen and two buttons:

* **Allow**: runs the tool.
* **Deny**: skips it. Conversion AI sees the denial and decides what to do next, usually stopping to ask you for direction.

If several approval-required tools are queued up in a row, you step through them one at a time, with a `1 of 3` style counter showing your progress.

Examples of approval messages:

> Are you sure you want to create a contact for "[alex@acme.com](mailto:alex@acme.com)"?
>
> Rename audience to "VIP customers"?
>
> Create campaign "Q2 launch"?
>
> Add 47 contacts to audience?

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## What requires approval

The general rule: reads don't, writes do. Anything that creates, updates, applies, or moves something asks for approval. Anything that lists, gets, or counts does not.

<Tip>
  See [Tool calls](/product-docs/conversion-ai/tool-calls) for a full list of tools that require approval
</Tip>

Renaming an email, form, workflow, audience, campaign, or folder changes the live asset immediately. There's no preview step. Artifact creation only produces a preview; the live change happens at apply time, which has its own approval.

## Best practices

* **Batch related changes in one instruction.** A request like "go ahead and rename all of these" still produces an approval per action, but you'll step through them together rather than reprompting Conversion AI each time.
* **Use Deny when something is wrong.** Denying is a clear signal. Conversion AI will stop and ask you for direction rather than guess at a different approach.