# Governance — Pencel.ai

> Anything irreversible waits for a person. Each workflow uses only the tools it is given, every run is recorded, and spending is capped per run and per room.

Canonical: https://pencel.ai/product/governance

[Product](https://pencel.ai/product) Governance

Governance

# Agents act. People decide.

Anything irreversible waits for a person. Each workflow touches only the tools it needs, and every run leaves a record.

What it does

## What you get

### Approval gates

Sends, submissions and money stop for approval. Approve once, or give a standing approval for one room, tool and account.

### Scoped access

Each workflow can use only the tools it is given. Credentials stay on your device, never in our database or the model.

### A record of every run

What each run read, which tools it used, and what it did, kept for review.

### Spending caps

A cost cap per run and a monthly cap per room. Neither can be exceeded.

In the product

## An approval, and the record behind it

Cora wants to send a payment reminder

To: accounts@acme.example · Invoice 1043 · $8,400, 34 days overdue

Approve and send Edit Reject

8:01 Read A/R aging QuickBooks

8:01 Read Acme history Gmail

8:02 Drafted reminder Cora

8:02 Waiting for your approval Gate

Example. Names and numbers are illustrative.

Where it stops for you: financial and destructive actions always ask again, even with a standing approval. Team-level roles and pooled approvals are in the Teams pilot.

### Your data

- Your workspace, memory and credentials stay on your device, encrypted.

- Only the model calls leave your machine, to the provider you choose.

- Your data is never used to train models.

[Read how we handle your data →](https://pencel.ai/privacy)

Works with

## The rest of the product

[Agents](https://pencel.ai/product/agents) [Workflows](https://pencel.ai/product/workflows) [Knowledge and memory](https://pencel.ai/product/knowledge-and-memory) [Team sharing](https://pencel.ai/product/team-sharing) [Workspace](https://pencel.ai/product/workspace) [Integrations](https://pencel.ai/product/integrations)

## Try it on your own work

Desktop app for Mac and Windows. Your first real result in one session. Scheduled runs catch up when your computer is back on.

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