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title: "Consent"
description: "Humorphism foundation: Consent."
canonical_url: "https://humorphism.com/foundations/consent"
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# Consent

**Gate action behind informed human agreement.**

![Consent](/assets/images/heros/consent.jpg)

### Hear Me Out First

> A colleague recommends a different approach and lays out the reasoning. You ignore the reasoning and try to move ahead anyway. A good colleague wouldn't let you brush past them.

The agent won't let you dismiss its recommendation until you've read it.

You ask the agent for a recommendation. It suggests something different with a rationale. You try to override without reading it. The agent blocks the action and routes you to the chat bar to hear it out. Once you've read it, you're free to go either way.

**Foundations:** Coach, Consent

### Here You Do It

> You're working on something and realize a colleague could knock it out quicker. You push your keyboard over: "Here, you do it." They sit down, do the thing, and you're back in control.

You hand the agent your cursor when it can do something faster than you could.

You drag the agent's avatar out of the chat bar and onto the canvas. It takes over your cursor, does the work, and returns home.

**Foundations:** Delegate, Execute, Consent

### Not Right Now

> Someone leans over your cubicle to ask something but you're on a call. You shake your finger: not right now. They back off without making it weird.

Shake your cursor to wave off the agent without a word.

The agent leans in. You shake your cursor like you'd shake a finger. The agent recedes and the chat bar collapses.

**Foundations:** Consent