Yes. Text Sabi "Always draft, never send without me" and an approval rule stops her from emailing or texting anyone until you approve each message. The rule is a gate written in code, not a prompt the model tries to remember, so it holds on every message, not only when the model recalls it.
By Bruce van Zyl, co-founder of Sabi · Updated October 29, 2026
An approval rule is a standing instruction that every outbound message waits for your yes. With Sabi, you set it once by text. From then on she drafts the email or text, shows it to you, and sends only after you approve that specific message.
It is the line between an assistant that drafts and an assistant that drafts and ships. Sabi's approval rule covers every email and text she would send on your behalf, one approval per message.
A gate in code is enforced by the software; a prompt is a request the model has to keep in mind on every turn. Many tools put "check with the user before sending" in the instructions and hope the model follows it each time.
Sabi's gate sits in the code path that sends, so whether the email goes out does not depend on the model's attention. Sabi enforces approval as a gate written in code, not a prompt the model tries to remember.
Without a rule, Sabi sends what you ask her to send or schedule. Text "reply to Dana and confirm Thursday" and the reply goes out.
That is the right setting once you trust her drafts and want the speed, and the wrong first setting for anyone still learning how she writes. Sabi ships what you ask when no approval rule is set, so set the rule before the first handoff if you want to read every email first.
The rule covers email and text messages. Slack and Discord messages are not covered yet, so when Sabi posts in those channels the gate does not stand between her and the message.
Keep Slack and Discord for internal or low-stakes messages until the rule extends to them. Sabi's approval rule gates email and texts today, and Slack and Discord are not covered yet.
Every tool Sabi runs is logged, so each sent email and text has a record you can look up. You can review and adjust her access any time, no support ticket needed.
If you want a hard stop, disconnect Gmail, Outlook or Microsoft 365 from inside Sabi, or revoke the connection from Google. Sabi logs every tool she runs, so every email that went out leaves a record.
Start with free starter credits and no card, text one sentence, and nothing goes out without you.
Not when an approval rule is set. The gate is written in code and blocks every email and text until you approve that message. With no rule, she sends what you ask her to send or schedule.
Text it. "Always draft, never send without me" is enough. There is no settings page to find and no prompt syntax to learn.
No, not yet. Approval rules cover email and text messages today. Slack and Discord messages are not covered.
Yes. You can review and adjust Sabi's access any time without a support ticket, and once you trust her drafts you can let her send automatically.
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