Requires SocialMate 3. The Claude Agent arrives with SocialMate 3 — coming very soon. Today’s download is SocialMate 2; the app offers the update to 3 when it is released (on a server, update with your usual command).
Autonomy decides how much the agent may do without you. Set it on the agent’s Autonomy tab, under How freely should it act?
The four levels
- Observe — writes drafts only; nothing is sent unless you approve a draft.
- Copilot — every message and action waits for your approval.
- Autopilot — replies on its own; actions on MCP servers ask first unless you allow them, and website or MCP tools set to Ask me first wait for you. On a WordPress site each tool follows its own setting in the plugin. Most presets start here.
- Autonomous — does everything itself, MCP actions too, except the website and MCP tools you set to Ask me first.
On the Tools tab, Tool rules set any website or MCP tool to Run on its own, Ask me first or Never use; a built-in tool can be switched off with Never use.
Where approvals reach you
- In the app — the agent’s Inbox, under Waiting for your approval, with Approve and Reject.
- On your WhatsApp — with Alert owners on WhatsApp on, each owner number (up to ten) gets “⏳ Waiting for your OK” with the action and its id; reply “approve #id” or “reject #id”. You can also ask “what’s waiting?” at any time.
- From your own tools — the REST API and the
agent.approval_requestedwebhook.
An approved action is checked again at the moment it is sent. Whatever the level, the agent never chooses who it messages: replies go to the chat that wrote in, and every send goes through the same anti-ban pacing as everything else.
Step-by-step guide
See Autonomy and approvals and Run it from your WhatsApp. The full safety model is on Safety & control.