Before an AI app books, buys, sends or schedules for you, check seven things: whether it asks you to confirm, what account access it needs, what it costs, how to cancel, what happens to your data, how to undo a mistake, and whether its claims have been tested.
Of the 14 apps on this site that act on your behalf, the developer states you confirm first for 4 (Navan Edge, Reservations, Shortwave and Sorce - AI Job Search), and that the app can act without asking for 4. For 6 the developer doesn’t say, and 0 are not yet checked. Each app’s page shows which.
The checklist
- Confirmation step. Does it show you the action and wait for your OK, or can it act on its own? Can you choose per task? If the developer doesn’t say, assume you need to find out before relying on it.
- Account access. Which accounts does it connect to, and what can it do there: read, draft, send, delete, pay? Grant the narrowest access that does the job.
- Cost. Is the acting part behind a paid plan or charged per action or credit? Free downloads often limit the agent features.
- Cancelling. How do you stop the subscription, and is there a refund policy? Cancelling in the app store is not always the same as cancelling with the developer.
- Your data. What does the privacy policy say about storing your emails, calendar or documents, and about using them to train AI models?
- Undo. If it books the wrong date or sends the wrong message, what can you reverse, and how quickly? Try it first on something low-stakes.
- Claims vs tests. Is what it can do the developer’s description, or has someone checked it? On this site, “Developer states” means not yet tested by us.
Start small
Give a new agent one low-risk task with confirmation turned on, check the result, and widen what it can do only once it has been right a few times.
How to disconnect an app
Many apps that work with your email or calendar connect through your Google, Microsoft or Apple account. In that case you can remove the app’s access from that account’s security or connected-apps settings, even if the app is no longer installed. Deleting the app alone may not remove its access.
Find apps that act for you
See every app that acts on your behalf, or start from a task: all needs. Terms used here are in the glossary.
Quick answers
Do AI apps that act for you ask before they do something?
It varies. Of the 14 apps listed here that act on your behalf, the developer states you confirm first for 4, and that it can act without asking for 4; the rest don’t say or are not yet checked.
What should I check before connecting an AI app to my email or calendar?
What it can do with that access (read, draft, send, delete), whether it asks before acting, how to disconnect it, and what the developer’s privacy policy says about your data.
Numbers on this page are counted from the apps listed on this site as of Nov 5, 2026, not the whole app store. See all the numbers.