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# Is Explicitly Allowed • AI Agent SDK

> is_explicitly_allowed: Whether a user is explicitly allow-listed.

# is\_explicitly\_allowed

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> This is a method of the [**BotConfig**](../classes/BotConfig) class in the [**config**](../modules/config) module.

Whether a user is explicitly allow-listed.

Unlike :meth:`is_user_allowed`, an empty `allowed_users` returns
`False` here — the inbound pipeline then defers to
`unknown_user_policy`. This is the check the security pipeline
should use to decide whether to bypass the unknown-user handler.

## Signature

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
def is_explicitly_allowed(user_id: str) -> bool
```

## Parameters

<ParamField query="user_id" type="str" required={true}>
  No description available.
</ParamField>

### Returns

<ResponseField name="Returns" type="bool">
  The result of the operation.
</ResponseField>

## Source

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  `praisonaiagents/bots/config.py` at line 205
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