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kandev-approvals

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Clear the CEO approval queue when hire requests, budget grants, or other sensitive Office mutations are waiting for approve or reject decisions.

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Source SKILL.md: https://github.com/kdlbs/kandev/blob/HEAD/apps/backend/internal/office/configloader/skills/kandev-approvals/SKILL.md

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Approvals — clear the queue

Sensitive office mutations (hire requests, budget grants, certain task transitions) are gated behind approvals. The CEO is the default decider.

List the queue

$KANDEV_CLI kandev approvals list --status pending

Returns rows with id, type (e.g. hire_agent), requester_agent_id, reason, and created_at.

Approve or reject

$KANDEV_CLI kandev approvals decide --id AP-1 --decision approve --note "Backlog supports the hire."
$KANDEV_CLI kandev approvals decide --id AP-2 --decision reject  --note "Hire blocked by Q3 budget freeze."

The note is visible on the approval row and surfaced to the requester on their next heartbeat.

Decision criteria

For hire_agent:

  • Does the role match the workload? (agents list to verify org composition first)
  • Is the monthly budget available? (kandev-team-admin)
  • Is the reason concrete?

For budget_grant:

  • Does workspace spend justify the lift?
  • Is there a less expensive alternative (smaller model, fewer agents)?

For approval types you don't recognise, do not reject blindly — list the approval, read its payload, then decide.

Cadence

Approvals don't auto-fire reminders. If the CEO leaves them sitting, the requesters block indefinitely. Run approvals list on every heartbeat and clear anything you can decide quickly.