> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.ansio.trade/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Choose Autopilot modes and permissions

> Choose how much Autopilot may do on a book. Set the client brief, authorization duration, allowed fields and bounds, and understand what a manual stop changes.

Autopilot can observe a book, propose changes or apply permitted changes. The mode sets its level of control; the permissions set the exact fields and bounds it may use.

![Autopilot setup with Assisted selected, a client brief, seven-day authorization and an expandable Permissions section.](https://mintcdn.com/ansio/Tv7Q0RwZX2L68I0t/images/docs/autopilot-permissions.jpg?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=Tv7Q0RwZX2L68I0t\&q=85\&s=a7eb9709cdb4f4f93c863fac70e2657e)

1 → Choose a mode. 2 → Set the duration. 3 → Expand Permissions before approving.

## Modes

| Mode | Behavior |
| - | - |
| Off | No proactive reviews. You can still make manual requests. |
| Monitoring | Watches and records observations without applying changes. |
| Assisted | Proposes changes for your approval. |
| Autonomous | Applies allowed changes within the approved bounds and duration. |

Turning Autopilot off does not, by itself, stop an already running trading bot. The bot and Autopilot have separate controls.

## Brief, duration and scope

The **Client brief** is shared across the client's Spot and Futures books. Use it to describe the goal and constraints in plain language.

The mode and permissions belong to the selected book. Authorization duration is set in days, from 1 to 30. A brief does not grant a permission that is disabled or outside its bounds.

Available Spot fields include bid and ask steps, spread shifts and balance allocations. Futures fields include base shift, step, skew sensitivity, target position, quote offset, level counts and minimum order size.

Where permission bounds use a fraction, **0.01 means 1%**. These bounds are distinct from the percentage labels in strategy sliders.

## Limits that still apply

Autonomous mode does not grant permission to change leverage or perform a market close. Account balances, exchange rules and the strategy's own risk limits still apply.

After a manual **Stop** or **Flatten**, Autopilot needs a new explicit approval to continue. Changing mode does not remove that requirement.

Use [Questions and tasks](https://docs.ansio.trade/autopilot/tasks.md) for a specific request, and [Queue and records](https://docs.ansio.trade/autopilot/records.md) to follow its outcome.


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