> ## Documentation Index
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# Authority matrix reference

> Who may reason, decide, persist, schedule, execute, and verify in Harmonia.

| Capability                    |            Agent |                Human operator |      Deterministic application |                External provider |
| ----------------------------- | ---------------: | ----------------------------: | -----------------------------: | -------------------------------: |
| Analyze and recommend         | Yes, within role |                           Yes |                      Validates |           Supplies evidence only |
| Approve strategy              |               No |                           Yes | Authenticates and binds digest |                               No |
| Select and persist next stage |               No |                            No |                            Yes |                               No |
| Approve an effect             |               No |                           Yes | Authenticates and binds digest |                               No |
| Create a scheduled command    |               No |           Requests through UI |                            Yes |                               No |
| Execute an authorized effect  |               No |                            No |                            Yes | Performs requested API operation |
| Record receipt                |               No |                            No |                            Yes |       Supplies response evidence |
| Verify result                 |               No |                            No |  Yes, by independent read-back |          Supplies observed state |
| Grant policy exception        |               No | Explicit governed action only |                Enforces policy |                               No |

Memory Bank, Agent Engine sessions, telemetry, and calendar entries confer no authority. Tenant membership and payload identity are checked at decision time. See [Authority boundaries](/diagrams/authority-boundaries).

## Agent-specific reasoning scope

| Agent | May decide                                                                          | Must not decide                                                    |
| ----- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Nimi  | Evidence-supported moments and analytical angles                                    | Strategy, copy, approval, or effects                               |
| Ryan  | Strategy, briefs, priorities, channels, cadence, CTA, and KPI recommendations       | Strategy approval, calendar dates, copy, or effects                |
| Temi  | Operational sequencing inside the approved strategy and immutable planning snapshot | Strategy changes, external calendar mutation, approval, or effects |
| Noni  | Exact platform-native draft and one issue-bound revision                            | Strategy, item selection, approval, scheduling, or publishing      |
| Dara  | Accept or request bounded draft correction                                          | Rewriting, final effect approval, or workflow mutation             |
| Maya  | Reference-only component composition                                                | Authoritative content, decisions, or callbacks                     |
| Nova  | Read-only interpretation of current tool evidence                                   | Commands, approvals, retries, schedules, or mutations              |

The complete runtime capability inventory is [here](/reference/agent-runtime-inventory).