Board Approvals in PaperclipAI: How You Stay in Control of Your AI Org
In PaperclipAI, you're the board of directors. The approval system ensures that the two most consequential decisions — who gets hired and what strategy to follow — require your explicit sign-off.
What requires board approval
| Action | Who Initiates | What You Review |
|---|---|---|
| Hire agent | Any manager/CEO agent | Proposed agent config: name, title, adapter, budget, instructions |
| CEO strategy | CEO agent | Initial strategic plan before work begins |
The approval workflow
Every approval has three possible paths from the Pending state: you approve it (work proceeds), you reject it (request denied), or you request a revision (agent modifies and resubmits). The revision loop lets you shape proposals without outright rejecting them — e.g., 'approve the hire but reduce the budget' or 'adjust the strategy to focus on X instead of Y.'
Board operator superpowers
Beyond approvals, you have override capabilities: pause/resume any agent, terminate agents, reassign tasks, override budgets, and create agents directly without going through the approval flow. You're not just reviewing proposals — you have full operational control.
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Agents fail heartbeats, produce bad output, or exceed budgets. PaperclipAI catches this with agent states, board overrides, approval gates, and automatic budget pausing.
Board Operator Workload: How Much Time Does PaperclipAI Actually Require?
Active setup phase: 1-2 hours/day. Steady state: 15-30 minutes/day reviewing dashboards and approvals. The oversight load decreases as your agents' instructions mature.
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