Nock agent access modes

Settings → Agent → Agent access controls when Nock’s own agent waits for your approval. It does not control Claude Code or Codex permissions, Team message delivery, or what your connected apps can access.

Choose a mode

Mode	What it means
Full (default)	Nock asks before consequential actions, such as most commands, sensitive changes, publishing, or actions it cannot classify. It also asks before sending a message, deleting something, using your screen when you did not ask it to, and actions you set to ask first.
Autopilot	Nock proceeds without approval cards. This is also called YOLO. Actions or apps you turned off and built-in refusals still apply.
Ask	Nock asks before actions other than reading and searching.

The labels are easy to misread: Full is the default and asks before consequential actions; Autopilot is the least restrictive. The separate coding-agent option called Full access has different meaning and applies to Claude Code or Codex runs Nock starts.

Change the mode

Choose a button in Agent access. Moving to a mode that asks less shows a system confirmation; choose Change only if you intend it. Switching to a stricter mode does not need that confirmation. A failed change leaves the previous mode in place.

You can also say a mode phrase as the whole request:

• Say “yolo” to turn on Autopilot for the rest of the day. It returns to the previous mode at local midnight. If Autopilot was already selected permanently, it stays on.
• Say “ask me first” to switch back to Full. This is not the Ask mode; it turns YOLO off and restores Full.

These phrases must be the whole request. “Ask me first about this email” is an ordinary instruction, not a mode change. Check Nock’s reply or the selected button if you are unsure what changed.

When a change takes effect

A new mode applies to the next request; it does not cancel work already running. Background workers may need to finish before their own updated rules take effect. If you switch to a stricter mode while a worker is running, Nock can hold new actions to the stricter policy while it finishes that transition.

Changing to Autopilot also accepts actions already waiting in Nock’s approval queue. Review the queue before changing modes if you do not want those actions to proceed.

Keep separate controls separate

• Actions can be turned off individually in Settings → Agent → Actions. An off action stays off in every mode. See Desktop actions.
• Connected apps have their own access switches under Settings → Apps. Turning one off does not disconnect its account. See App access controls.
• Coding-agent permissions separately govern supported Claude Code and Codex work. See Coding permissions.
• Task approvals explain which Nock actions ask and how to review a card.

In Full and Ask, an unanswered Nock approval card expires and is declined. Autopilot does not show approval cards; it does not override an action or app you disabled.