Approvals
Tempo reads freely and asks before it writes. Any change to your data or to a connected tool, like updating a record, sending an email, editing a spreadsheet, or posting to Slack, waits for your approval.
Proposals
When Tempo wants to make a change, it shows a proposal card with exactly what it will do: which records, which values, and the full text of any message. Bulk changes are grouped into one proposal, and you can download the full list as a CSV.
On each proposal you can:
- Approve it. Click Confirm, or reply in chat, e.g. “yes, go ahead.”
- Edit it. Tell Tempo what to change, e.g. “send it to billing@acme.com instead.” An edited proposal needs a fresh approval.
- Reject it. Tempo doesn’t run it and won’t bring it back.
After you approve
Tempo runs the change and reports what happened. Some changes start work that finishes later, like an ERP sync or an email send. Tempo shows the status of that work on the proposal so you can see when it’s done or if it failed.
Approvals on routines
Routines run while you’re away, so they only ever propose. Their proposals wait on the routine until you review them. See Routines.

