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# Require Approval • AI Agent SDK

> require_approval: Decorator to mark a tool as requiring human approval.

# require\_approval

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> This function is defined in the [**approval**](../modules/approval) module.

Decorator to mark a tool as requiring human approval.

## Signature

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
def require_approval(risk_level: RiskLevel) -> Any
```

## Parameters

<ParamField query="risk_level" type="RiskLevel" required={false} default="'high'">
  No description available.
</ParamField>

### Returns

<ResponseField name="Returns" type="Any">
  The result of the operation.
</ResponseField>

## Uses

* `get_approval_registry`
* `reg.add_requirement`
* `add`
* `is_already_approved`
* `func`
* `is_yaml_approved`
* `mark_approved`
* `is_env_auto_approve`
* `is_async_context`
* `RuntimeError`

## Source

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  `praisonaiagents/approval/__init__.py` at line 203
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