Tools, Approvals, and Sandbox

OpenSquilla tools give the agent useful capabilities. Policy layers, approval surfaces, workspace constraints, and sandbox posture control how those tools are allowed to act.

Use this page before running unattended automation, file edits, shell commands, or channel-connected agents.

For a focused permissions guide, see approvals-and-permissions.md.

Built-In Tool Areas

Area	Examples
Filesystem	`read_file`, `write_file`, `edit_file`, `list_dir`, `glob_search`, `grep_search`, spreadsheet reads.
Shell and code	`exec_command`, `background_process`, `process`, `execute_code`.
Git	`git_status`, `git_diff`, `git_log`, `git_commit`, `apply_patch`.
Web	`web_search`, `web_fetch`, `http_request`.
Memory	`memory_search`, `memory_save`, `memory_get`, `memory_delete`.
Sessions	`sessions_send`, `sessions_spawn`, `sessions_list`, `sessions_history`, `session_status`.
Artifacts	`publish_artifact`.
Media	image generation, PDF, TTS, and media helpers.
Skills	`skill_list`, `skill_view`, `skill_create`, `skill_edit`, `install_skill_deps`, `meta_invoke`.
Admin	cron and gateway administration.
Channels/platforms	messaging and Feishu/Lark docs, chat, drive, wiki, media, and permission helpers.

Permission Modes

Use stricter modes when running unattended:

opensquilla agent --permissions restricted -m "Inspect this repo"

Use broader modes only when you trust the task and workspace:

opensquilla agent --permissions full --workspace /path/to/project -m "Run tests and fix failures"

For interactive work, the Web UI approvals surface can pause sensitive tool calls for review. For automation, choose a permission mode and workspace policy before the run starts.

Read: approvals-and-permissions.md

Approval Flow

Sensitive actions may pause for human approval depending on permission mode, tool policy, channel surface, and runtime configuration.

Approvals are most important for:

filesystem writes;
shell commands;
external channel or webhook delivery;
generated artifacts that will be published;
actions that affect another service.

Use the Web UI approvals page when you want durable review outside the chat scrollback.

Workspace Controls

Read-side restriction:

opensquilla agent --workspace /path/to/project --workspace-strict -m "Summarize this repo"

Write containment:

opensquilla agent \
  --workspace /path/to/project \
  --workspace-lockdown \
  --scratch-dir /path/to/project/.scratch \
  -m "Investigate and prepare a minimal patch"

--workspace-lockdown is intended for automation where writes must stay inside the workspace or scratch directory.

Sandbox Commands

opensquilla sandbox status
opensquilla sandbox on
opensquilla sandbox full
opensquilla sandbox bypass
opensquilla sandbox reset

Sandbox behavior is platform-dependent. Treat sandbox status and doctor as the source of truth for the current machine.

Recommended Patterns

Task	Recommended posture
Read-only repo summary	`--workspace` plus `--workspace-strict`
Local patch with tests	`--workspace`, `--workspace-lockdown`, and a scratch dir
Chat with possible writes	Web UI with approvals visible
Channel-connected agent	Conservative permissions and explicit channel config
Provider/debug investigation	Diagnostics on, minimal tool permissions

Web Safety

OpenSquilla web tools use provider configuration and guardrails. Use provider diagnostics when web search behaves unexpectedly:

opensquilla search status
opensquilla search query "test query"
opensquilla diagnostics on

Search results and fetched pages are external data. They should inform the answer, not override tool policy or user instructions.

Tool Compression

Large tool results may be compacted before they are shown to the model. This is normal and protects the active context window. See features/tool-compression.md.

Artifacts and Media

Tool calls can publish artifacts and generate media. See artifacts-and-media.md for user-facing artifact, document, image, PDF, and TTS workflows.

Troubleshooting

If a tool does not run:

Check permission posture:

opensquilla sandbox status
opensquilla doctor

Check whether the gateway or channel surface requires approval.
Confirm the workspace path is correct.
Use diagnostics for repeated failures:
```
opensquilla diagnostics on
```

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