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

# Console Backend • AI Agent SDK

> ConsoleBackend: Interactive Rich terminal prompt.  Default for CLI usage.

# ConsoleBackend

> Defined in the [**backends**](../modules/backends) module.

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Interactive Rich terminal prompt.  Default for CLI usage.

## Methods

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="request_approval_sync()" icon="function" href="../functions/ConsoleBackend-request_approval_sync">
    Synchronous approval via Rich console prompt.
  </Card>

  <Card title="request_approval()" icon="function" href="../functions/ConsoleBackend-request_approval">
    Async wrapper — runs the sync prompt in an executor.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Source

<Card title="View on GitHub" icon="github" href="https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/blob/main/src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/approval/backends.py#L80">
  `praisonaiagents/approval/backends.py` at line 80
</Card>