# applying-a-permission-policy

Configures OpenRig command permissions in the agent environment before starting work. It cuts down repeated manual approvals for permitted tasks.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 8227
- Author: mvschwarz
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/mvschwarz/openrig/tree/HEAD/packages/daemon/assets/plugins/openrig-core/skills/applying-a-permission-policy/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-25
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/applying-a-permission-policy

## What it does

This skill writes OpenRig execution rules directly into the configuration files of harnesses like Claude Code or Codex. The agent locates paths using `HOME`, `CODEX_HOME`, or `CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR`, reviews active restrictions, and prepares a minimal diff. Existing deny rules and sandbox postures stay untouched.

Permissions can cover the entire `rig` command family or narrow prefixes like `rig ps`. Whole-family rules include verbs that modify topology or trigger secondary processes. In Claude Code, lifecycle commands such as `rig up` and `rig down` still trigger manual prompts regardless of this setting. The skill backs up edited files. It then verifies rule matching with harmless test commands.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mvschwarz/openrig --skill applying-a-permission-policy -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/applying-a-permission-policy/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/applying-a-permission-policy/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mvschwarz/openrig --skill applying-a-permission-policy -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/applying-a-permission-policy/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mvschwarz/openrig --skill applying-a-permission-policy -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/applying-a-permission-policy/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install mvschwarz/openrig applying-a-permission-policy
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/applying-a-permission-policy/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mvschwarz/openrig --skill applying-a-permission-policy -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/mvschwarz/openrig --path packages/daemon/assets/plugins/openrig-core/skills/applying-a-permission-policy
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/applying-a-permission-policy/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mvschwarz/openrig --skill applying-a-permission-policy -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/mvschwarz/openrig/tree/HEAD/packages/daemon/assets/plugins/openrig-core/skills/applying-a-permission-policy/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- Reduce repetitive confirmation prompts for OpenRig commands
- Apply scoped allowances for prefixes like `rig ps` or `rig queue list`
- Enforce an agreed permission policy before launching an agent team
- Preserve native deny rules and sandbox isolation during config updates

## Example prompts
- Remember selected OpenRig commands in native settings for this project
- Configure permissions only for rig ps and rig queue list
- Apply the OpenRig permission policy before launching the team

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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---
name: applying-a-permission-policy
description: >-
  Use before launching a team during agent-guided setup, or when a user asks to
  configure OpenRig command permissions, reduce repeated native approval prompts,
  or apply a selected rig/seat permission policy.
metadata:
  openrig:
    stage: established
    docs_checked: "2026-09-29"
    verification_status: "Verify the installed harness version and effective settings; a rule-parser result is not a native permission test."
---

# Applying a permission policy

Configure the user's chosen permissions in the harness that runs the agent.
OpenRig operating posture, native command rules, sandbox access and launch flags
are separate controls. A command rule grants execution capability, not authority
to invent tasks, publish work or change another host.

## Ask once before team launch

Reuse an existing explicit choice for these harnesses and this scope from the
user's onboarding context; do not ask again. Existing rules are configuration,
not evidence of consent to expand their scope. Preserve them without expansion.

For a team with no explicit policy, recommend keeping the team default. Claude
already allows ordinary `rig` commands, project reads and common tests, while
lifecycle commands ask. Codex already has writable workspace and pod state;
its `on-request` policy does **not** guarantee lifecycle prompts. Explicit
policies, seat choices and named Codex profiles keep their existing meaning.

Native restrictions can still prompt for installs, commits, other shell
commands and writes outside writable roots. With the Claude team default, an
allow does **not** override lifecycle ask rules: `rig up`, `rig down` and the other listed
lifecycle commands still ask even after Yes. Do not promise prompt-free operation.

Only offer additional persistent allowances when wanted, for the selected
project or explicitly user-wide scope, or to adjust an explicit seat policy:

> Remember these selected OpenRig commands in your native settings for this
> project? This is separate from the team launch default; stricter rules and
> Claude lifecycle asks remain. **Yes / No — keep the team default**

- **Yes:** require an affirmative answer, then apply the procedure below only
  at the agreed scope. Do not replace ask/deny rules or substitute user-wide
  settings when project rules are unsupported.
- **No / no answer:** leave settings and any existing explicit choice unchanged.
  With no policy selected, keep it unset; never record `none` to mean keeping
  the team default. Do not repeat the question during this setup.

A recommendation is not consent. Broader filesystem/network access requires
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