Think-Act Security & Controls Access · Approval · Review

Give the workflow only the reach it needs

Think-Act security is about deliberate capability, permission, and review. Use only the tools a task needs, keep consequential actions controlled, understand where external software enters the workflow, and verify the result before relying on it.

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Controlled task workflow

Capability Approval Review

Data flow & processing

Understand where the task starts, and where its context may go

Think-Act runs on your desktop, but some workflows may also use configured model endpoints, connectors, or external services. The path depends on the capabilities involved in the task.

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Context

Start with the material the task needs

This could be an instruction, document, image, selected text, recording, or another source you provide.

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Prepare the workflow around that context

Think-Act combines the relevant material with your instructions, available Skills, and enabled capabilities.

Service

Use configured services when needed

Relevant context may be sent to a configured model endpoint or connector when that capability is used.

Review

Check the result before relying on it

Review important output and activity before accepting consequential information or changes.

The key point: running Think-Act locally does not mean every service involved in a workflow also runs locally.

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Security model

Security starts with clear boundaries, not broad promises

Think about a run in four parts: what capability is available, whether the action is permitted, what evidence remains reviewable, and which external software or service you are choosing to trust.

The goal is deliberate access, not friction everywhere

Low-impact work can stay simple. Actions with meaningful side effects deserve more scrutiny while a workflow is being understood and tested.

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Capability

What can this workflow actually use?

Keep the run tied to supported tools, Skills, and connectors that are actually configured and available to the task.

Permission

Should this action proceed automatically, pause, or stay blocked?

For supported actions, Think-Act can follow configured ALLOW, ASK, or BLOCK policy. Match the policy to the action and its consequences.

Review

What can you inspect before accepting the result?

Review the final output together with relevant supported activity, tool use, observations, confirmations, or reported changes. Treat this as review evidence, not a complete audit trail.

External trust

What sits outside Think-Act's own controls?

Third-party MCP packages, model endpoints, runtimes, accounts, and connected services bring their own behavior and data-handling rules. Review them independently before relying on the workflow.

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Permission is action-specific

Do not assume every connector exposes one identical permission surface. Use the controls supported by the capability you are configuring.

Tool permissions

Give each workflow only the capabilities it needs

A supported tool should be available because the task needs it, not because it might be useful someday. For actions that expose permission policy, Think-Act can follow ALLOW, ASK, or BLOCK according to the workflow configuration.

Allow

Proceed under the configured policy

Useful when the scope and consequence are understood and an approval pause is not required.

Ask

Pause for a decision

A practical starting point for write, send, publish, delete, or other consequential actions while testing a workflow.

Block

Keep the action unavailable

Use when the action does not belong in the task or its consequence is not acceptable.

Keep the capability set small

Disable or leave out connectors the task does not require where appropriate.

Keep consequential actions deliberate

Increase autonomy only after you understand the action, its expected side effects, and how you will verify success.

Skills do not grant missing access

A Skill preserves reusable guidance. It does not create a connector, bypass missing capability, or override the workflow's permission boundary.

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Local MCP risk

A local MCP server is still third-party code in your environment

Running a connector locally changes where the process runs, not whether its code deserves review. Depending on its design, configuration, runtime, and operating-system permissions, an MCP server may be able to reach files, credentials, network resources, applications, or other local data.

Third-party MCP packages are not automatically trusted

Third-party MCP packages are not controlled or audited by PixLab unless explicitly stated. Think-Act's workflow permission model does not replace the operating-system permissions or security properties of the package itself.

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Before you trust a package

Review what will run and what it may reach

Source & maintainer

Know where the package comes from, who maintains it, and whether the source you are installing is the one you intended.

Runtime & commands

Inspect the runtime, install command, executable, arguments, and any scripts involved before enabling it for real work.

Credentials & requested access

Understand which tokens, environment variables, accounts, folders, applications, or network resources the connector may use.

Real behavior

Test it on a bounded workflow and inspect the result and meaningful external effects before increasing scope or consequence.

Approval & review

Put the human decision where the consequence begins

A run can use supported activity and approval policy without pretending that automation removes responsibility. Review the requested action before it happens when required, then inspect the result and meaningful reported effects afterward.

Completion is not proof

Compare important claims, values, extracted details, file changes, or external effects with the source and the outcome you expected.

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Request

A supported action becomes part of the run

The workflow can only rely on supported capabilities that are actually available to the task.
Review / decide

Pause when the configured policy requires approval

Inspect the requested action and consequence, then approve or deny it deliberately instead of treating confirmation as a routine click-through.
Inspect

Review available activity and tool evidence after the run

Use relevant supported activity, observations, confirmations, or reported changes to understand how the workflow reached its result. This is review evidence, not full chain-of-thought visibility.
Recover / reuse

Recover where supported, then improve the method before repeating it

Use supported checkpoints or recovery controls where they apply. External actions may not always be reversible, so do not treat recovery as universal undo.

Turn a workflow into a reusable Skill only after the prerequisites, access, expected result, and review checks are understood.

Extend a workflow deliberately

Skills preserve the method. Connectors extend the reach

These supporting capabilities solve different problems. A Skill keeps a useful way of working reusable. A connector gives a supported workflow access to another configured capability when the task actually needs it.

Keyboard reachable

Important controls, dialogs, approvals, and navigation should remain usable without requiring precise pointer input.

Clear labels

Actions should explain what they do so users can distinguish approval, cancellation, review, retry, and other choices.

Readable contrast

Text, controls, focus indicators, and important state changes should remain distinguishable across light and dark interfaces.

Warnings with context

A warning should identify the issue and help explain why an action is blocked, risky, unavailable, or requires confirmation.

More than color

Important states should communicate meaning in more than one way

Approved, blocked, unavailable, warning, and error states should combine meaningful text, recognizable icons, clear labels, and sufficient visual contrast rather than relying on blue, green, amber, or red alone.

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Current integration model

Build around the capabilities that exist now

The current integration model represented here centers on reusable Skills, configured connectors and tools, local MCP where supported, and deliberate choices around trust, availability, permission, and review.

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Planned / roadmap

Roadmap ideas stay separate from current product behavior

Broader managed integration concepts may include cloud connector discovery, organization-level policies or provisioning, and remote-agent integration ideas.

Cloud connector discovery

Organization policies & provisioning

Remote-agent integration concepts

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Security FAQ

Questions to answer before you widen the workflow

These answers stay focused on permissions, trust, data boundaries, approvals, and review. Connector setup belongs on Integrations, while agent execution details belong on the Desktop Agent page.

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Are third-party MCP tools automatically safe?

No. Third-party MCP packages are not controlled or audited by PixLab unless explicitly stated. Review the source, maintainer, runtime, commands, credentials, requested access, and real behavior before trusting one with meaningful work.

Does desktop mean everything stays local?

No. Think-Act runs on the desktop, but the full data path depends on the model, endpoint, connector runtime, account, and other services involved in that workflow. A local connector may still use the network according to its own code and permissions.

What determines whether an action needs approval?

For supported actions, configured policy can determine whether the action may proceed, should ask for confirmation, or remains blocked. As a practical starting point, keep write, send, publish, delete, or other high-impact actions controlled while validating the workflow.

Can a Skill bypass permissions or add external access?

No. A Skill preserves reusable guidance. It does not grant external access by itself, create a missing connector, or override the capability and permission boundaries of the workflow.

What happens when a required connector is unavailable?

The workflow should make the missing capability visible instead of pretending the external action succeeded. Restore or configure the supported capability before relying on the part of the task that needs it.

Can every Think-Act workflow run offline?

Do not assume that desktop or connector-free automatically means offline. Network requirements depend on the configured model, endpoint, connector runtime, sign-in, and other services involved in the workflow.

How do I review what happened during a run?

Review the final result together with relevant supported activity, tool use, observations, approvals, or reported changes. Compare important details with the original source and any success criterion you defined. Available activity is review evidence, not a complete forensic audit trail.

Which security capabilities are current and which are planned?

Current guidance here centers on supported action policy, configured capability boundaries, connector trust and availability, activity review, and recovery where supported. Broader managed integration concepts such as organization-level policy or provisioning, cloud connector ideas, and remote-agent integration remain roadmap direction, not current guarantees.

Bounded workflows · Windows & macOS

Start with a bounded workflow. Add access only when the work requires it

Use the smallest useful capability set, keep consequential actions deliberate, and review the result before widening the workflow. Add connectors only after you understand the access they introduce.

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