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Rules tell your agent which actions are allowed. Write the rule in plain English; Rippletide applies it to the tools and actions your agent can actually use.

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Create a rule

  1. Open Rules in the Rippletide app.
  2. Choose the action to control, such as calendar/create_event.
  3. Describe the rule in plain English.
  4. Review what Rippletide will match, then save it.
For example:
Only admins may invite external attendees to calendar events.

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Review and enable it

When you save a rule, Rippletide creates a release: a versioned copy of that rule. You can see exactly which action it applies to before enabling it.
  • Releases are immutable. Changing a rule creates a new release; the history stays intact.
  • New releases start disabled. Move one to observe explicitly when you are ready to monitor live decisions.
  • Releases are bound to the catalogue they were compiled for. If your agent’s tools change, active releases return to disabled until you recompile and explicitly change their mode again.
Enable a release in observe mode first: Rippletide records the decision it would make, but never interrupts your agent. Once you trust the results, move it to enforce mode to prevent matching actions.

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Get suggestions

Rippletide can also suggest draft rules based on your agent’s available actions, any documentation you provide, and the context you care about. Review and edit every suggestion before saving it; nothing is enabled or changes mode automatically.

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Use the CLI instead

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Next step

Learn more about observe and enforce modes.