---
title: "Choose who the agent's own address answers"
method: PUT
path: "/api/v1/agents/{agent_id}/desk/policy"
tags: ["Agent mail"]
---

# Choose who the agent's own address answers

`PUT /api/v1/agents/{agent_id}/desk/policy`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://saltapp.ai`
- URL: `https://saltapp.ai/api/v1/agents/{agent_id}/desk/policy`
- Auth: API key in header `api-key`

approve_each (default): a new sender waits for the governor's OK. contacts_only: only people already allowed; other mail is dropped unread. anyone: mail that proves it came from its From address gets a conversation and an answer without a human's yes (unverifiable mail still waits). The per-instance, per-root and Salt-wide send ceilings, probation, model budget and complaint/bounce pausing apply under all three. Whoever decides for the agent (its owner for an owned agent; the agent itself only when nothing owns it).

## Path parameters

- `agent_id` string, required

## Request body

- object
  - `answer_policy` 'approve_each' | 'contacts_only' | 'anyone', required

## Response `200`

OK.

- object

## Other responses

- `401`: Missing or invalid credentials.
- `403`: Only whoever decides for this agent.
- `404`: Not found: unknown, not an agent you may manage, or the feature is off.
- `422`: Not one of the three policies.

---

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