Control Claude permissions using a cloud-based decision table UI
Details
- External ID
- 46636786
- Source
- HN
- Company
- —
- Product
- Control Claude permissions using a cloud-based decision table UI
- Website domain
- github.com
- Launched
- Jan. 15, 2026
- Cohort
- —
- Upvotes
- 14
- Upvotes percentile
- 0.5961791831357048
- Tags
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- Fetched at
- Sept. 7, 2026, 9:25 p.m.
- Updated at
- Sept. 7, 2026, 9:25 p.m.
Description
We’ve been building visual rule engines (clear spreadsheet interfaces -> API endpoints that map incoming data to a large number of potential outcomes), and had the fun idea lately to see what happens when we use our decision table UI with Claude’s PreToolUse hook.The result is a surprisingly useful policy/gating layer– these tables let your team:- Write conditional, exception-friendly policies beyond globs/prefixes (e.g. allow rm -rf only in */node_modules/*, deny / or $HOME, ask if --force or network call; gate kubectl delete / SQL DROP with a clear reason)- Roll out policy changes instantly (mid-run, flip a risky operation from allow → ask; the next attempt across devs and agents is gated immediately– no git pull or agent restart required)- Adopt lightweight governance that is somewhat agent agnostic and survives churn (MCP/skills/etc)- just add columns/rules as new tools and metadata show up- Gain a central utility to understand which tools are being used, which tools get blocked most often, and why
Enrichment
- Theme
- Claude integrations and coding agents
- Vertical
- Horizontal
- Function
- Compliance & governance
- Audience
- Developer
- AI stance
- AI feature
- Project type
- Commercial product
- Normalized one-liner
- permission management for claude api
- Manually corrected
- False
Could you build this?
Yes This is a lightweight integration combining an existing web-based decision table / rules engine with Claude's PreToolUse API hook.
Discussion
11 comments analyzed.
Competitors mentioned: Kimball's Data Governance approach, ublock origin
Concerns raised: Free tier limited to 100 rule evaluations only, GitHub link is just landing page requiring account creation, Missing critical commands like passwd and shutdown, Website uses dark patterns and misleading cookie disclosures, Permission checks painful to manage at scale
Feature requests: Extend decision table template, Add /permissions command to CLI, UI option beyond corp compliance perspective
Competitors
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Attention rank: #62 of 123 (itself plus its competitors, highest first — normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 61 days after the earliest competitor.
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- Config manager for Claude Code (and others) · hn · 2026-01-28 · 21 upvotes · similarity 0.42
- Two tools to make Claude Code more autonomous · hn · 2026-03-02 · 6 upvotes · similarity 0.42
- td · hn · 2026-04-07 · 8 upvotes · similarity 0.40
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