Q
How do approvals work?
Inline ▸ APPROVE? cards per tool call: Yes / No / Always-this-session / numbered presets. Denials exit 2 in CI for clean gating.
Docs · CLI Reference (Commands & Flags)
CLI Reference (Commands & Flags).
Every flag that matters.
Direct answer
anv is keyboard-first with explicit approvals: 19 native tools (read/edit/patch/run/lsp/web/mind/subagents), 8 TUI screens, three run modes for three risk levels. This is the working reference; full help ships in the binary (anv --help).
CLI Reference (Commands & Flags)
Modes
01Interactive TUI · default7 agent screens + startup: Agent hub, Git, Monitor, MCP browser, MindViz graph, Swarm fleet, Terminal panes. Keys 1-7, Tab, approvals inline (Y/N/A).
02--no-tui --yolo · CIHeadless scripted runs with exit codes 0/1/2 (denied). Pipeable I/O for pipelines and cron. Auto-approve only where revert is cheap.
03--plan-only · read-only Full exploration, zero mutations. Pair with repomap blast-radius for safe multi-file plans.
04anv init · anv modelsScaffold .anvaya/ (<50ms, idempotent); list and switch models/providers per project.
CLI Reference (Commands & Flags)
Tools (19)
01Read + navigateread_file (ranges), list_dir, dir_tree, glob, grep, search_in_file, lsp (definitions, refs, diagnostics).
02Write + runedit_file, rewrite_file, create/delete, patch (unified diff), run_command — backups before mutation, approval-gated.
03Think + reachquestion (ask user), task (subagents), todowrite, mind (recall/record), webfetch, websearch.
Questions
Asked About CLI Reference (Commands & Flags).
Q
What happens on context pressure?
10-cell CTX meter (red-blink ≥90%), pre-flight gate at 95%, summarizer at 80% with hard-drop at 95% — plus Mind packing keeping turns small.
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Keyboard-first?
Fully: 1-7 screens, Tab focus, Ctrl+T theme, Ctrl+B transparency, V inspector, Space drill-down. Mouse optional.
Stop Starting From Zero.
One binary. 11+9 Rust crates. 545 tests. Hand-written HNSW index. Three transport modes. Four providers, Ollama, Anthropic, OpenAI, Siemens. Zero API keys required to start. Mind remembers everything after the first session.