Approvals
Brea asks for your approval before it does something important in a connected app or on a website.
What needs approval
Section titled “What needs approval”Brea asks before it does any of these:
- Send, reply, forward, post, or share something to another person
- Invite someone, or accept or decline an invitation
- Delete something
- Pay or move money
- Change permissions, settings, or passwords
Reading, searching, and small changes to your own things that are easy to undo usually happen without asking. Examples are marking an email as read, adding a label, archiving, or saving a draft. When Brea isn’t sure, it asks.
Brea doesn’t ask again when your own message already asked for exactly that action. For example, if you text “Email Sam that I’m running late”, Brea sends it.
Purchases are different. You approve each payment in Link, so Brea doesn’t ask again in chat. See Purchases with Link.
What a request looks like
Section titled “What a request looks like”Brea asks in plain words. It says what it wants to do, with the details that matter, and ends with a yes-or-no question.
For an email, Brea first shows you the draft: who it goes to, the subject, and the message. Then it asks, like “Should I send it?”
How to answer
Section titled “How to answer”Answer in your own words:
- “Yes”, “ok”, or “go ahead” does it this one time.
- “Always” or “don’t ask again” does it now, and Brea doesn’t ask again for that action.
- “No” or “cancel” doesn’t do it. Brea replies “Okay, I won’t do it.”
If you answer with a change, like “Yes, but send it to John”, Brea takes it as a new request.
About “always”
Section titled “About “always””“Always” covers every later use of that action, not only this one. For example, “always” on sending an email lets Brea send any email you ask for without asking again. For a browser task, it covers browser tasks on the same websites only.
You can’t undo “always” in settings. To remove one, contact support.
Requests expire
Section titled “Requests expire”A request expires after 1 day. If you answer after that, Brea replies “That request expired, so I did not do it. Ask me again if you still want it.”