> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.worksong.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Automations, gates and Agents

> Rules, approvals, and how Agents act on boards.

## Automations

An Automation connects a trigger to actions. It is a generic rule that you configure; nothing is built per use case. Timers (scheduled and date-arrives) are fired by a workflow engine; other triggers run when the change happens. Each Automation has run history.

## Authority, gates and limits

* **Authority** is what a Member may do (read, write, manage) on a board.
* **Gates** hold a proposed action until a person approves. If an Agent proposes an action and no Gate matches, the action runs at once, so every Template that lets an Agent propose also ships its Gate.
* **Limits** cap an Agent, for example its budget.

## Agents

An Agent in Work is a Member with its own authority, tools and knowledge, and a budget you can credit. You can run it on a cell, read its run history with trace and spend, and activate or deactivate it. Agents reach Work through the same API and through MCP tools.

## Approvals

Pending proposals are listed in Approvals. Each shows who proposed it and what changes. Resolved proposals stay on the item's timeline with who resolved them.

<sub>Source: `worksong-ai/Boardy:CLAUDE.md@6775786`, `worksong-ai/Boardy:docs/remote-agents.md@6775786`. Docs version: Worksong 2.0 with Work 1.2.</sub>


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