# Allow an agent to control a specific app

> The first time an agent wants to use an app on your Mac, AgentSky asks you once.

canonical: https://agentsky.dev/help/per-app-computer-use
source: https://agentsky.dev/help/per-app-computer-use.md
updated: 2026-10-28

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**The first time an agent wants to use an app on your Mac, AgentSky asks you once.**

The question names the app and offers three answers: Allow (the default) lets the agent use the app for this task; Always allow lets agents use it in future tasks without asking again; Cancel refuses it.

1. The agent asks to use an app during a chat.
2. AgentSky shows "Allow AgentSky to use …?" — choose Allow, Always allow, or Cancel.
3. Press Esc, or Stop in the chat, at any time to end computer use.

Where: Mac app. The question appears in front of the app window whenever the agent needs an app it has not used before.

Good to know: apps you chose Always allow for are listed in Settings › This Mac under Allowed apps, where Remove takes one away. Passwords, Keychain Access, System Settings and password managers are never available to an agent; terminals and code editors can only be looked at and clicked.