Permissions
Permission cards, questions, plans, and each agent's permission modes.
When the agent asks to use a tool, Newen shows a permission card in the conversation, and the sidebar marks the session Needs your input. The card names what is asked: Allow Claude to run npm test?, Allow Claude to edit src/main.rs?
| Choice | Shortcut | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Allow once | Ctrl+Enter | This call only |
| Always allow | Ctrl+Shift+Enter | Saved in the project’s local settings, when the agent offers it |
| Deny | The agent is told no |
Your last choice becomes the card’s main button.
Questions
Section titled “Questions”An agent can ask you to choose: the card lists its options and an Other field to write your own. Several questions page with Back, Next and Submit; Ctrl+Enter goes on.
In plan mode the agent writes a plan before touching anything. While it waits, the plan card offers Reject, Revise… (Esc) and Accept: Accept and allow edits or Accept and auto mode (Ctrl+Enter accepts into the most trusting mode the agent offers), or plain Accept (Ctrl+Shift+Enter). When a plan arrives at the end of a turn instead, its card says Claude proposed a plan, with Open plan, Revise… and Implement in a mode of your choice.
The permission mode decides how often the agent asks. Each agent has its own modes, shown in its own words; pick one with the mode chip (Ctrl+Shift+M), with /permissions, or set the default for new sessions in Settings › (agent).
| Agent | Modes (default first) |
|---|---|
| Claude Code | Manual (always ask before making changes), Accept edits, Plan, Auto (the agent decides; only on models that offer it) |
| Codex | Auto, Read only, Plan |
| OpenCode | Build, Plan, Ask |
| Hermes | Ask, Accept edits, Don’t ask |
The browser
Section titled “The browser”The agent’s browser has its own permission, per site: Allow the agent to use the browser on example.com? — Allow once, Always allow for this website or Don’t allow. Local addresses never ask. See The browser pane.