Choose how Voyager answers questions, set spending preferences, and review requests for permission.
Choose how much Voyager should decide on its own, and when it should wait for you.Creative questions, spending preferences and permission to run actions have separate controls. Choosing Always ask for creative questions does not change the agent’s permission mode.
Autopilot takes the agent’s recommended answer immediately, including approval for paid generation above your spend limit. Choose Balanced or Always ask when you want Voyager to wait before exceeding that limit.
In the chat’s message box, open Question answers and choose a mode.
Mode
What happens
Autopilot
Takes the recommended answer immediately, including answers that approve paid generation above the spend limit.
Balanced
Counts down to the recommended answer, with a default of 60 seconds. Spend above your generation limit waits for you. This is the default mode.
Always ask
Waits for your answer every time.
A question without a usable recommended answer still waits for you, including when the recommended answer needs you to type something.
Choose the mode for this chat before starting work that may spend money.
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Set your spending and rendering preferences
Open Settings → Creative preferences → Ask before exceeding.
Generation spend limit tells the agent when to ask about a paid generation batch. It starts at 5.Setitto0 to ask before any paid generation in Balanced or Always ask.
Render time limit tells the agent when to ask about a local render expected to take longer. It starts at 10 minutes.
Voyager asks before spending more than your limit (in Balanced and Always ask). The spend limit is a preference the agent follows, not a hard spending cap or an account balance. An estimate is not a guaranteed final charge.
These limits tell the agent when to ask before a paid batch or a long local render.
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Read the question before continuing
Check what the recommendation will approve. For generated video, this can include the stills, the shots to animate, and an estimated cost and time.In Balanced, click Wait to stop the countdown or Choose now to accept the recommendation immediately. You can choose another option instead. A question asking to approve paid work without an estimate also waits for you.
Wait keeps this question open so you can consider or change the answer.
Your selected chat account pays for the agent’s chat usage. Generated images, video, music and voice use a generation account separately. Your Claude or ChatGPT does not cover those media charges.You can use your own Claude or ChatGPT and your own media keys after signing in and finishing setup. A paid Voyager plan is optional. For Voyager credits and plan options, see plans and credits and current pricing.
Automatic fallback is on by default. If a generation provider is out of credits, rejects its sign-in or is down, Voyager tries the next one in your list. That may bill a different account. It may also adjust settings slightly to match what the next provider supports.
Open Settings → Accounts → Generation providers to review the order or turn Automatic fallback off. You can also ask the agent to pin a provider for a particular job, for example: “Use only my FAL account for this generation; stop if it cannot run.” See generation providers.
Open Settings → General → Permissions. Changes apply from the next message; projects can override the default.
Mode
What to expect
Supervised
Asks before commands and file changes.
Auto-accept edits
Approves edits automatically and asks before other actions.
Auto
Supported agents approve routine actions; others still ask.
Full access
Routine commands and edits run without prompts. This is the default.
These modes concern actions the agent takes. They do not replace Question answers, your spending preferences, or your computer’s own permissions. On macOS, Settings → Permissions is a different page for access such as screen recording; see Mac permissions.When an approval card appears, read the action. Allow permits it; Deny refuses it. More approval options can include Allow for this session and Deny and stop. The available choices can vary by agent.
Return to the chat and confirm the Question answers mode. Check your saved limits before starting a paid batch. If you want to review every creative choice and paid-work question yourself, use Always ask.
Voyager answered before I could review the question
Check for Autopilot, or a completed Balanced countdown. Switch to Always ask for future questions. Changing the mode does not undo work already approved or submitted.
My spend limit did not stop Autopilot
Autopilot immediately accepts the recommended answer, including above-limit spending. Switch to Balanced or Always ask. The spend limit guides when the agent asks; it is not a hard account cap.
I chose Always ask, but file edits did not ask for permission
Always ask controls question cards. To request approval for commands and file changes, choose Supervised under Settings → General → Permissions.
The job used a different account than I expected
Review Generation providers and Automatic fallback in Settings → Accounts. Disable fallback or pin the intended provider for future work. Ask the agent to identify which account handled the existing job before trying it again.
Generate images and video
Review the look and cost before animating shots.
Generation problems
Handle failed, queued or uncertain work without paying twice.
