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One inbox for everything agents are waiting on: commands, edits, fetches and deletes across runs, each with its tool, run and age, Allow and Deny per row or in bulk, filters, and A, D and X shortcuts.
Built with React and Tailwind. Copy the prompt and paste it into Claude Code, Cursor or Lovable: your agent adds Approval Inbox to your project and fits it to your theme.
Code
How Approval Inbox is used: the demo's code. The component's own source comes with a free account.
Usage.tsx
"use client"
import * as React from "react"
import { ApprovalInbox, PendingApproval } from "@/components/ui/approval-inbox"
const FIT_CSS = "html,body{overflow:hidden}[data-fit-small] [data-fit-hide]{display:none!important}"
/**
* 21st shows a demo in a small frame: about 674 by 421 on a component page, 358 by 224 on a
* phone and 245 by 139 on a profile card. A demo taller than its frame gets scrollbars, which
* render white on dark pages. FitFrame fills the frame exactly instead.
*
* - "scale": the content shrinks until it fits, centered. For visuals such as orbs.
* - "crop": the content stays at full size from the top and fades out at the bottom. For text
* that streams in, where a changing scale would make the page breathe.
*
* `minWidth` lays out a wide demo (a table, a two column panel) at that width and scales it down
* to the frame, instead of letting it collapse to a narrow layout. The frame centers it, so it
* shrinks evenly on both sides.
*
* Anything marked `data-fit-hide` (state buttons, the chatcn.dev line) drops out in frames
* shorter than `hideBelow`, so a profile card shows the visual alone.
*/
function FitFrame({
children,
mode = "scale",
hideBelow = 360,
minWidth,
}: {
children: React.ReactNode
mode?: "scale" | "crop"
hideBelow?: number
minWidth?: string
}) {
const content = React.useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null)
const [cropped, setCropped] = React.useState(false)
React.useLayoutEffect(() => {
const el = content.current
if (!el) return
const measure = () => {
const vw = window.innerWidth
const vh = window.innerHeight
el.toggleAttribute("data-fit-small", vh < hideBelow)
// Layout sizes ignore the transform, so measuring never feeds back.
const w = Math.max(el.offsetWidth, el.scrollWidth)
const h = Math.max(el.offsetHeight, el.scrollHeight)
const scale = mode === "scale" ? Math.min(1, vw / w, vh / h) : 1
el.style.transform = scale < 1 ? `scale(${scale})` : ""
setCropped(mode === "crop" && h > vh + 1)
}
measure()
const observer = new ResizeObserver(measure)
observer.observe(el)
// Content that changes inside a fixed width box (a headline that cycles words) never resizes
// the box itself, so changes below it measure again on the next frame.
let frame = 0
const mutations = new MutationObserver(() => {
cancelAnimationFrame(frame)
frame = requestAnimationFrame(measure)
})
mutations.observe(el, { subtree: true, childList: true, characterData: true })
window.addEventListener("resize", measure)
return () => {
observer.disconnect()
mutations.disconnect()
cancelAnimationFrame(frame)
window.removeEventListener("resize", measure)
}
}, [mode, hideBelow])
const fade = "linear-gradient(to bottom, #000 calc(100% - 40px), transparent)"
return (
<div
className="flex w-full justify-center overflow-hidden"
style={{
height: "100dvh",
alignItems: mode === "crop" ? "flex-start" : "center",
maskImage: cropped ? fade : undefined,
WebkitMaskImage: cropped ? fade : undefined,
}}
>
<style>{FIT_CSS}</style>
<div
ref={content}
className="w-full shrink-0"
style={{ transformOrigin: mode === "crop" ? "top center" : "center", minWidth }}
>
{children}
</div>
</div>
)
}
// The demo's times count back from the moment it renders. Read through `performance`, which
// Next.js allows while it prerenders a page; `Date.now()` during render fails the build there.
const demoNow = () => performance.timeOrigin + performance.now()
const minute = 60_000
function fixtures(now: number): PendingApproval[] {
return [
{
id: "a1",
runId: "r1",
runTitle: "Fix flaky checkout test",
tool: "run_command",
title: "Run",
detail: "pnpm db:migrate --env preview",
reason:
"The checkout test fails because the preview database is missing the orders.idempotency_key column. Migrating adds it.",
input: { command: "pnpm db:migrate --env preview", cwd: "apps/web", timeout_ms: 120000 },
requestedAt: now - 2 * minute,
},
{
id: "a2",
runId: "r1",
runTitle: "Fix flaky checkout test",
tool: "edit_file",
title: "Edit",
detail: "tests/e2e/checkout.spec.ts",
reason: "Replace the fixed 2 s wait with an assertion on the order confirmation heading.",
input: {
path: "tests/e2e/checkout.spec.ts",
old: "await page.waitForTimeout(2000)",
new: 'await expect(page.getByRole("heading", { name: "Order confirmed" })).toBeVisible()',
},
requestedAt: now - 1 * minute,
},
{
id: "a3",
runId: "r2",
runTitle: "Upgrade to Next.js 16.4",
tool: "run_command",
title: "Run",
detail: "pnpm add next@16.4.2 react@19.3.1",
reason: "Bumps Next.js and React together so the peer ranges line up.",
input: { command: "pnpm add next@16.4.2 react@19.3.1", cwd: "." },
requestedAt: now - 6 * minute,
},
{
id: "a4",
runId: "r3",
runTitle: "Research vector databases",
tool: "web_fetch",
title: "Open",
detail: "turbopuffer.com/docs/pricing",
reason: "The pricing page has the per-GB storage cost the comparison table is missing.",
input: { url: "https://turbopuffer.com/docs/pricing" },
requestedAt: now - 12 * minute,
},
{
id: "a5",
runId: "r2",
runTitle: "Upgrade to Next.js 16.4",
tool: "delete_file",
title: "Delete",
detail: "src/middleware.ts",
reason:
"Next.js 16 renames middleware to proxy. The new src/proxy.ts already has the same code.",
input: { path: "src/middleware.ts" },
requestedAt: now - 14 * minute,
},
]
}
function ApprovalInboxDemo() {
const [now] = React.useState(() => demoNow())
const [items, setItems] = React.useState(() => fixtures(now))
const [log, setLog] = React.useState<string>()
const remove = (ids: string[]) => setItems((prev) => prev.filter((a) => !ids.includes(a.id)))
return (
<div className="flex w-full max-w-2xl flex-col gap-3">
<ApprovalInbox
approvals={items}
onApprove={(ids, scope) => {
remove(ids)
setLog(
`Allowed ${ids.length} ${ids.length === 1 ? "request" : "requests"}${scope === "always" ? " for good" : ""}`,
)
}}
onDeny={(ids, reason) => {
remove(ids)
setLog(`Denied ${ids.length}${reason ? `: ${reason}` : ""}`)
}}
/>
<div className="flex min-h-7 items-center justify-between gap-3 px-1">
<div className="text-[0.8125rem]/[1.25rem] text-(color:--chatcn-fg-subtle) truncate" aria-live="polite">
{log}
</div>
{items.length < 5 ? (
<button
type="button"
onClick={() => {
setItems(fixtures(now))
setLog(undefined)
}}
className="chatcn-focus rounded-(--chatcn-radius-sm) text-[0.8125rem]/[1.25rem] text-(color:--chatcn-fg-subtle) hover:text-(color:--chatcn-fg) shrink-0 underline underline-offset-4 transition-colors"
>
Reset requests
</button>
) : null}
</div>
</div>
)
}
/** The line under each 21st demo that points back to the kit. */
function MoreOn({ slug, children }: { slug: string; children: React.ReactNode }) {
return (
<p data-fit-hide className="text-[0.75rem]/[1rem] text-(color:--chatcn-fg-faint) text-center text-balance">
{children}{" "}
<a
href={`https://chatcn.dev/docs/components/${slug}`}
target="_blank"
rel="noopener"
className="text-(color:--chatcn-fg-subtle) hover:text-(color:--chatcn-fg) underline underline-offset-2"
>
chatcn.dev
</a>
</p>
)
}
/** The kit's own example, framed for the 21st preview. */
export default function ApprovalInboxPreview() {
return (
<FitFrame minWidth="38rem">
<div className="flex w-full flex-col items-center justify-center gap-4 p-6">
<div className="flex w-full max-w-2xl justify-center">
<ApprovalInboxDemo />
</div>
<MoreOn slug="approval-inbox">Approvals an agent is waiting on, with keyboard shortcuts. On</MoreOn>
</div>
</FitFrame>
)
}








