# Approval Rules

> Auto-approve small agent actions under your rules; approval cards for the rest.

- name: com.botrecipe/approve
- version: 1.0.0
- connection class: R0 (autonomous)
- trust: 83/100 flags: no-repository
- quality: 73/100 (new)
- owner: not claimed
- descriptor: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/com.botrecipe%2Fapprove
- tools: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/com.botrecipe%2Fapprove/tools

**An agent can connect right now, no human step.** Remote endpoint, no authentication, reachable on the last probe.

## Connection (mcpServers)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "approve": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://approve.cloudforbots.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```


## Trust

- hygiene: 80
- liveness: 100
- freshness: 100
- provenance: 55
- drivers: +dns-namespace +website +reachable +uptime-100% +updated-5d-ago -no-repository
- Derived from observable signals (official registry feed and our own credential-free probes); no code audit performed.

## Quality 73/100 (new)

### protocol: 75 (weight 25)

- warn `protocol.modern`: newest supported version is 2025-11-25; 2026-07-28 not supported, older versions are deprecated until 2027-07-28
- n/a `protocol.stateless`: only applies to 2026-07-28 servers
- pass `protocol.transport`: streamable HTTP
- n/a `protocol.list_ttl`: only applies to 2026-07-28 servers

### authorization: n/a (weight 15)

- n/a `auth.prm`, `auth.as_metadata`, `auth.cimd`: no remote uses OAuth
- n/a `auth.secret_in_url`: no templated URL

### tool hygiene: 71 (weight 30)

- pass `tools.descriptions`: every tool has a description
- pass `tools.description_length`: descriptions are concise
- pass `tools.schemas`: every tool has an object input schema
- fail `tools.annotations`: no tool declares readOnlyHint or destructiveHint, so clients cannot tell safe calls from risky ones
- fail `tools.directory_hints`: no tool declares all four of readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint and openWorldHint; missing: get_decision (readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint); weekly_report (readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint); set_rules (readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint); …
- pass `tools.token_cost`: about 592 tokens to load every tool
- pass `tools.api_dump`: tools are not a one-to-one API dump

### stability: n/a (weight 15)

- n/a `stability.changes`, `stability.rug_pull`: tool history recorded for 4 of the 7 days needed

### dependencies: n/a (weight 15)

- n/a `deps.known_vulns`, `deps.mcp_sdk_version`, `deps.resolvable`: no npm or PyPI package

- tools: 6, about 592 tokens to load them all
- tool set hash: 4016be1b08d3d34b576c35ffe43168bc
- tools last changed: 2026-10-16T06:33:34.917Z
- badge: [![protogrid quality](https://protogrid.dev/badge/com.botrecipe/approve.svg)](https://protogrid.dev/servers/com.botrecipe/approve)
- Checks run on what our credential-free, read-only probes observe; tools are never called and no code audit is performed.

### Tool changes

- 2026-10-16 `usage_and_upgrade` changed (description)
  - before: Show today's usage for your key or IP and the $9/month upgrade link. Free tier: 200 calls/day. Not metered.
  - after: Show today's usage for your key or IP and the $49/month All Access upgrade link (cloudforbots.com/offer). Free tier: 200 calls/day. Not metered.

Full history: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/com.botrecipe%2Fapprove/changes

## Remotes

- https://approve.cloudforbots.com/mcp (streamable-http, auth none, reachable true, uptime30d 1)

## Packages

_none_

## Tools (6)

- `check_action`: Before a consequential action, ask whether the user's rules auto-approve it. Returns auto_approve, needs_approval (with a plain-English approval card and a link the user can tap) or deny. Free plan is watch-only: it reports what it WOULD decide and logs it for the weekly report, but nothing counts as approved, so ask your user as you normally would.
- `get_decision`: Check whether the user approved or rejected an approval card (by card_id and card_token). Only act when status is approved.
- `get_rules`: Show the rules in effect for your key (or the default starter rules).
- `set_rules`: Save the user's rules (needs an API key so they stay yours). Each rule: {name, when:{type:[...], max_usd, min_usd, reversible, target_ends_with:[...]}, verdict:"auto"|"ask"|"deny"}. First matching rule wins; anything unmatched needs approval. Call once without confirm to preview, then with confirm=true.
- `usage_and_upgrade`: Show today's usage for your key or IP and the $49/month All Access upgrade link (cloudforbots.com/offer). Free tier: 200 calls/day. Not metered.
- `weekly_report`: Draft a plain-English report of the last 7 days: actions checked, how many your rules would auto-approve, how many needed you, top kinds of asks, and rule suggestions. Read-only; sends nothing.