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

# Console Backend • AI Agent SDK

> ConsoleBackend: Interactive Rich terminal prompt.  Default for CLI usage.

# ConsoleBackend

> Defined in the [**backends**](https://praison.ai/docs/sdk/reference/praisonaiagents/modules/backends.md) module.

AI Agent

Interactive Rich terminal prompt.  Default for CLI usage.

## Methods

> [card] [request\_approval\_sync()](https://praison.ai/docs/sdk/reference/praisonaiagents/functions/ConsoleBackend-request_approval_sync.md)
>
> Synchronous approval via Rich console prompt.

> [card] [request\_approval()](https://praison.ai/docs/sdk/reference/praisonaiagents/functions/ConsoleBackend-request_approval.md)
>
> Async wrapper — runs the sync prompt in an executor.

## Source

> [card] [View on GitHub](https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/blob/main/src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/approval/backends.py#L181)
>
> `praisonaiagents/approval/backends.py` at line 181


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