Autonomy Dial

One control for how much an agent may do alone, and exactly what that means.

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Category
AI Agent
Access
Pro
Source
308 lines · one file
States
5 drawn
Added
21 Oct 2026

The decision inside it

What cannot be undone always asks

Moving money, emailing outside the company and deleting are locked to Asks you first whatever the dial says, each with its reason. The dial only moves the reversible actions, so nobody switches off the approval on a wire transfer on a busy afternoon.

When to use it

Use Autonomy Dial in an agent's settings to choose how much it may do on its own, with the consequence shown as two columns of actions. Mark irreversible actions with a reason and they always ask. For per-tool Off / Ask / Allow use Agent Settings.

Installation

How you get it

Paste this into Claude Code, Cursor, Codex or any coding agent. It installs the file and uses it as it is, instead of writing a new one.

Use Liro's Autonomy Dial for this.
Install it: npx shadcn@latest add @liro/autonomy-dial
(the @liro registry is set up in components.json, with LIRO_KEY in .env.local)
Import it from @/components/ui/autonomy-dial.
Do not rewrite or restyle it. Pass my data through its props
and keep its built-in states.

For the full brief with every prop and the mistakes assistants usually make, use Copy prompt above. Pro components install through the @liro registry with your CLI token: see the Namespaced tab.

Usage

components/agent-autonomy.tsx
"use client";

import * as React from "react";
import { AutonomyDial, type AutonomyAction, type AutonomyLevel } from "@/components/ui/autonomy-dial";

const actions: AutonomyAction[] = [
  { id: "read", label: "Read contracts", risk: 1 },
  { id: "draft", label: "Draft replies", risk: 2 },
  { id: "post", label: "Comment on shared documents", risk: 3 },
  { id: "pay", label: "Pay an invoice", risk: 3, irreversible: "Money leaves the account" },
];

export function AgentAutonomy() {
  const [level, setLevel] = React.useState<AutonomyLevel>("balanced");
  return <AutonomyDial actions={actions} value={level} onChange={setLevel} />;
}

API reference

“Copy prompt” above puts a full brief on your clipboard, install command, dependencies, props, and the mistakes an assistant usually makes with this component.

Props

Read from the component’s own TypeScript interface when the site is built, so this table cannot drift from the file you install.

TypeNotes
actionsAutonomyAction[] Yes–
valueAutonomyLevel No–
defaultValueAutonomyLevel No–
onChange(level: AutonomyLevel) => void No–
overridesRecord<string, ActionMode> NoActions pinned to one side, ignoring the dial.
onOverride(id: string, mode: ActionMode | null) => void No–
titlestring No–
lookLook NoLayered sets it in a tray, the heading above the card and the status in the strip below. Flat is one card.

Dependencies

npm packages

clsxframer-motionlucide-reacttailwind-merge

Liro foundations, installed alongside it

liro-theme

States

All of them are drawn by the component. None is left for you to design.

  • Cautious
  • Balanced
  • Autonomous
  • Pinned action
  • Locked action

Accessibility

  • Keyboard reachable throughout, in visual order
  • Focus trapped in overlays, Escape closes them
  • Focus returns to whatever opened it
  • Live regions announce what changed, not that something did
  • Honours prefers-reduced-motion

Responsive behavior

  • Sizes to its container, not the viewport
  • Usable from 320px up
  • Pointer-based interaction, so trackpad and touch both work
  • No hover-only affordances