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An AI assistant that asks before it acts.
An AI assistant that asks before it acts does the preparation on its own, then stops at every step that would reach other people, like sending an email, posting or changing a website, until you approve that exact step. Nuntex works this way: each outward step is marked Needs your yes, and one yes covers one step.
Updated October 13, 2026
Why asking first matters
AI is quick and usually right, which is exactly why its mistakes are costly: an email to the wrong person or a broken web page goes out at full speed. An assistant that asks first keeps the speed for the preparation and puts you at the one moment that counts, just before anything leaves.
What asking first should really mean
- It shows the exact thing before it happens: the email as it will be sent, the change as it will look.
- One yes covers one step. Approving a plan is not approving every send inside it.
- It separates internal work, like drafts and changes on a branch, from outward steps that reach people.
- It stays inside limits you set, such as the folders it may write in.
- It shows what it did afterwards: the checks, the changes and what is left for you.
- You can widen what it may do as trust grows, and narrow it again at any time.
Acting on its own vs asking first
| Acts on its own | Asks before it acts | |
|---|---|---|
| Emails and posts | Sent when it decides to | Written in full, sent only on your yes |
| Website changes | Published when it is done | Shown as the exact change, published on your yes |
| What you see first | The result | The plan, the draft and the change |
| A mistake | Reaches people before you notice | Stops at you |
| Your time | None, until something goes wrong | A tap per outward step |
How Nuntex asks before it acts
- Work modes
- Ask first only briefs and proposes. Code only works in your folders. Outward may take the one step you approved.
- One step per yes
- Every outward step is marked Needs your yes, and each tap covers that step only.
- Folders you pick
- It writes only in the folders you allow, each task on its own branch.
- Read it first
- Website changes wait for you to read the diff, then go live, with automatic rollback.
- Proof
- Every run records the checks it ran and what it changed.
Nuntex is an AI chief of staff: it follows the shows you pick, proposes work from what it heard, and carries out what you approve on your own Mac or Windows PC with your own AI (Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode or an API key).
Questions
Questions about AI that asks first.
What does it mean for an AI to ask before it acts?
It prepares the work on its own but waits for your approval on each step that reaches other people, and shows you exactly what that step will do first.
Is an AI that asks first slower?
Barely. The preparation is still automatic. You spend a tap on each outward step, which is where mistakes cost the most.
Does it ask about everything?
No. Once you approve a task, Nuntex works on it in your folders on its own branch. It stops for your yes on anything outward, like an email, a post or a website change.
Can I let it do more over time?
Yes. Start in Ask first, move to Code only, then Outward when you trust what you see. Change it any time in Settings.
Which AI does Nuntex use?
Your own: Claude Code, Codex or OpenCode on your Mac or Windows PC, on your own plan, or an API key. Nuntex never sees that login or key.
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