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Assistant: set maximum number of auto approves
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Description
Splitting this feature request out from https://github.com/posit-dev/positron/issues/8640.
Proposal
Some tool calls can be allowed to auto-run in the session/workspace, or always allowed to auto-run without user confirmation.
When users have selected "Allow in this Session", "Allow in this Workspace", "Always Allow", or even enabled the setting chat.tools.autoApprove, it is possible for the Agent to do an extensive amount of work if feeling particularly inspired.
Consider a max number of auto approves to conserve token usage so the model doesn't get too carried away.
Notes
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Can we leverage the setting
chat.agent.maxRequestsfor the max number of auto approves? Note that the setting description includes "copilot", so we'll want to make this more generic if we can use this setting as-is. -
Chat followups may be another area of inspiration
Contributor guide
First steps
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
No files or tests are named. Start by tracing the chat.tools.autoApprove and chat.agent.maxRequests settings, then check how session, workspace, and always-allowed approvals are handled. Done should include a maximum for auto approvals and clarify whether chat followups count toward it.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- ai
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100