Valve

In plain language

A hook that checks a tool request and denies specific dangerous actions.

In a sentence

• The valve refused a force push command in the arc session.
• The valve returned a denial for destructive SQL before the tool ran.

Examples written for this glossary

Usage note

The hook matches force push flags in command text but has a force push refspec gap. It contains no rule for changing branch protection.

Not to be confused with

• Kill switch

  The kill switch is a committed halt file read by seats. The valve checks tool requests in a session.

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Why it matters

A denial tells the agent which action is reserved for a human, while the hook's matching gaps still need separate controls.

See also

• Pause

  Recorded control that commits a global or seat scoped halt file so a covered seat stops before its agent starts and a running job's later push is checked again.