Antigravity Auto Accept: Safe Approval Rules for Agent Workflows

Auto accept can make Antigravity faster, but it should not mean approving every terminal command, file deletion, credential access, or MCP action. Use this guide to decide what can run automatically and what still needs human review.

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Antigravity Auto Accept Safety Guide

Works with current v2.2.1-era builds Windows, macOS, Linux July 9, 2026
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Default to review for destructive, network, credential, and broad file-system actions

Antigravity IDE workspace used for reviewing agent approvals
Antigravity IDE project view for reviewing auto accept agent changes
Use auto accept inside a controlled repository, then inspect the diff before trusting broader agent actions.

Quick answer: Use auto accept only for narrow, reversible agent actions such as reading files, editing a known file, formatting code, or running a trusted test command. Keep manual approval for deletes, package installs, shell scripts from the web, secrets, git history changes, broad directory moves, and MCP tools that can touch external accounts.

Guide contents

What Antigravity Auto Accept Actually Means

In Antigravity, auto accept is best understood as a convenience layer around agent approvals, not as a promise that every action is safe. The agent may suggest file edits, terminal commands, dependency installs, MCP tool calls, browser actions, or workspace-wide searches. Some of those steps are routine. Others can change code, send data to external services, or remove files. The practical goal is to reduce repeated low-risk prompts while keeping a review gate around actions that are hard to undo.

This page is intentionally conservative because antigravitydownload.org is a download and setup site. Readers often arrive before they fully trust an installer, an extension, or a command copied from a forum. If you are configuring auto accept on a work machine, follow your organization policy first. If you are experimenting on a personal machine, use a test repository before allowing an agent to run broad commands automatically.

The latest-version check for this update treated the site as a software download site. Local site data already points users to Antigravity IDE v2.2.1 pages and the official download destination. The official antigravity.google download and changelog pages were checked on July 9, 2026 but timed out from this runner, so this article links users back to the official download page for final installer verification instead of inventing a newer version, file size, or direct package URL.

Approval Matrix: Auto Accept, Ask First, or Never

Use this matrix before turning a repeated prompt into an automatic rule. The safest setting depends on the command, the workspace, and whether you can easily undo the change.

Action type Suggested level Rule of thumb
Read files, list folders, inspect git status Usually safe to auto accept Allow in the active workspace when no secrets or private customer data are exposed.
Edit one known source file Often safe after review pattern is clear Allow after the agent has shown the exact file path and you use version control.
Run tests, linters, formatters, type checks Good auto accept candidate Allow trusted project commands such as python build.py, npm test, or lint scripts that you already use.
Install packages or run downloaded scripts Ask first Review package name, source, lockfile impact, and whether the command can execute post-install scripts.
Delete files, move directories, rewrite git history Manual approval Require review because the blast radius can be larger than the agent summary.
Read environment variables, tokens, browser sessions, or cloud accounts Manual approval or blocked Do not auto accept actions that can expose credentials or send private data outside the workspace.

How to Set a Safe Auto Accept Workflow

Start with a small repository and one repeated workflow. Good examples are running a formatter after edits, executing a unit test command, or accepting a patch to a single file that you can review in git. Avoid creating a global rule on the first day you use Antigravity. The first few sessions are when you learn which commands the agent tends to request and which prompts are actually protecting you.

Keep the approval scope narrow. If the setting lets you choose between workspace-only actions and unrestricted shell access, prefer workspace-only. If it lets you remember a command, remember the exact command rather than every command from the same tool. A safe rule says “allow this test command in this repository”; a risky rule says “allow any shell command forever.”

Antigravity panel used while choosing safe approval behavior
Start by observing the agent panel, then allow only repeated low-risk actions.
  1. Step 1 - Update Antigravity and verify the About dialog before changing approval settings.
  2. Step 2 - Open a non-critical repository and let the agent complete a small task while approvals stay visible.
  3. Step 3 - Auto accept only the repeated low-risk actions you understand, then confirm the git diff after each run.
  4. Step 4 - Keep manual approval for destructive, network, credential, installer, and account-connected actions.

A Practical Safe Mode for Daily Agent Work

A productive Antigravity setup does not need to be fully manual. The middle ground is to let the agent move quickly inside a controlled lane. Reading files, applying a small patch, and running a known validation command can be automatic. Decisions that change dependencies, call external services, or remove data should pause for human review.

Use git as your recovery boundary. Before a larger auto-accepted session, start from a clean status, make a small commit, or at least know which files are expected to change. After the session, inspect the diff before you run or publish anything. Auto accept saves clicks; it does not replace code review.

Antigravity About dialog used before changing approval settings
Verify the installed version before debugging approval or automation behavior.
  • Good default - Allow read-only exploration and known validation commands.
  • Review checkpoint - Inspect the diff before dependency, deployment, database, or workflow changes.
  • Rollback plan - Keep changes small enough that one git revert or file restore can undo them.
  • Team rule - Document which commands are approved so teammates do not inherit hidden risky defaults.

When You Should Not Use Auto Accept

Disable auto accept when you are working in a repository with production credentials, private customer data, regulated records, payment flows, or deployment permissions. The cost of one wrong command is too high, and the agent may not know every internal boundary. Manual prompts are cheap compared with rotating secrets or restoring deleted data.

Also avoid auto accept while debugging a broken MCP server, a failing terminal environment, or a suspicious installer. If a command is failing, repeating it automatically can create confusing partial state. Fix the environment first, then re-enable only the commands that are now predictable.

Security note

Never auto accept a shell command copied from an unknown page, a curl-to-shell installer, a command that prints secrets, or a broad delete/move operation. If the command would make you nervous in a normal terminal, it should not be automatic inside an IDE agent.

Troubleshooting Auto Accept Problems

If automatic approvals create errors or unexpected changes, narrow the scope instead of turning every prompt back on.

The agent keeps asking anyway

The action probably falls outside the remembered scope. Check whether the path, command arguments, shell, or MCP tool changed.

Auto accepted commands fail

Run the same command in a normal terminal. If PATH, npx, permissions, or PowerShell policy differ, fix the environment before allowing repeats.

A diff is larger than expected

Stop the session, review each file, and restore unrelated changes before continuing. Then replace broad approval with a narrower rule.

A rule feels too broad

Delete the remembered approval and recreate it only after you see the exact action pattern you want to allow.

FAQ - Antigravity Auto Accept

Is Antigravity auto accept safe?

It can be safe for narrow, reversible actions such as reading files, applying known edits, and running trusted checks. It is not safe as a blanket approval for deletes, installs, secrets, cloud actions, or unknown shell scripts.

Should I auto accept terminal commands?

Only for commands you already trust in that repository, such as test, lint, format, or build commands. Ask first for package installs, network calls, database changes, and deployment commands.

Can auto accept expose secrets?

Yes, if a tool can read environment variables, config files, browser sessions, or cloud accounts and then send data elsewhere. Keep those actions manual or blocked.

What is the best beginner setting?

Keep approvals visible for the first few sessions, then allow only read-only exploration and known validation commands. Expand slowly after reviewing several clean diffs.

Does updating Antigravity change approval rules?

It can change features or defaults, so verify your settings after an update and test in a non-critical workspace before using automatic approvals on important code.