diff --git a/intercept/alwaysallow_denylist.go b/intercept/alwaysallow_denylist.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ea02dac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/intercept/alwaysallow_denylist.go
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+package intercept
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"path"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+// alwaysAllowDenylist holds the programs an argv allow rule may never name:
+// with flags unconstrained, an allow rule for one of them runs arbitrary code
+// or does unbounded damage. It is code-owned on purpose (no setting, no env
+// var). Names are compared after argvProgramName: basename, lower case, no
+// version suffix (python3.11 -> python, mkfs.ext4 -> mkfs).
+var alwaysAllowDenylist = func() map[string]bool {
+	m := map[string]bool{}
+	for _, group := range []string{
+		// interpreters and shells
+		"sh bash zsh dash ksh fish csh tcsh ash mksh rbash pwsh powershell python pypy ipython perl ruby irb " +
+			"node deno bun php lua luajit rscript tclsh wish expect awk gawk mawk nawk sed jshell osascript",
+		// launchers: run their arguments (or a flag's value) as a command
+		"env command builtin exec eval source . nohup timeout nice ionice stdbuf setsid chroot unshare nsenter " +
+			"systemd-run su sudo doas pkexec runuser setpriv sg watch busybox toybox xargs parallel make gmake " +
+			"mapfile trap script find ssh scp sftp rsync socat ncat nc netcat flock strace ltrace gdb " +
+			"taskset chrt unbuffer rlwrap firejail bwrap proot proxychains torsocks tar zip vim vi nvim emacs less more man",
+		// package managers and build tools: run package scripts and hooks
+		"npm npx pnpm yarn bunx corepack pip pipx uv uvx poetry conda composer gem bundle bundler rake cargo go " +
+			"mvn gradle dotnet apt apt-get dpkg dnf yum rpm pacman apk brew snap flatpak",
+		// orchestration: run images, playbooks and plans
+		"docker docker-compose podman nerdctl kubectl helm ansible ansible-playbook terraform pulumi vagrant",
+		// destructive
+		"rm dd mkfs mkswap wipefs fdisk sfdisk parted shred truncate chmod chown kill pkill killall systemctl service " +
+			"iptables ip6tables nft ufw mount umount swapoff shutdown reboot poweroff halt init telinit crontab " +
+			"insmod rmmod modprobe",
+	} {
+		for _, name := range strings.Fields(group) {
+			m[name] = true
+		}
+	}
+	return m
+}()
+
+// argvProgramName normalises a program token for the denylist: the basename,
+// in lower case, without a trailing version (python3.11, php8.2, perl5, pip3)
+// and with every mkfs.* variant reduced to mkfs.
+func argvProgramName(tok string) string {
+	name := strings.ToLower(path.Base(tok))
+	if strings.HasPrefix(name, "mkfs.") {
+		return "mkfs"
+	}
+	// Strip a trailing run of digits and dots, but only after a letter, so a
+	// name made only of digits (or ".") is kept as is.
+	end := len(name)
+	for end > 0 && (name[end-1] == '.' || (name[end-1] >= '0' && name[end-1] <= '9')) {
+		end--
+	}
+	if end > 0 && end < len(name) {
+		return name[:end]
+	}
+	return name
+}
+
+// ArgvAllowDenied reports whether an argv allow rule whose first token is
+// program is refused by the denylist.
+func ArgvAllowDenied(program string) bool {
+	return alwaysAllowDenylist[argvProgramName(program)]
+}
+
+// CheckArgvAllow returns the error shown when an allow rule (manual or from
+// "always allow") names a denylisted program, nil otherwise.
+func CheckArgvAllow(tokens []string) error {
+	if len(tokens) > 0 && ArgvAllowDenied(tokens[0]) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("program %q cannot be always allowed: it can run arbitrary code or cause unbounded damage whatever its arguments", tokens[0])
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// AlwaysAllowPrefix derives the argv pattern an "always allow" of a pending
+// call would create: Bash only, one simple command, a non-empty prefix whose
+// program is not denylisted.
+func AlwaysAllowPrefix(toolName string, input []byte) ([]string, error) {
+	if toolName != "Bash" {
+		return nil, errors.New("always allow applies to Bash commands only")
+	}
+	var in struct {
+		Command string `json:"command"`
+	}
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(input, &in); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("the tool input is not a Bash call: %w", err)
+	}
+	prefix, err := ArgvPrefix(in.Command)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("no prefix can be derived from this command: %w", err)
+	}
+	if len(prefix) == 0 {
+		return nil, errors.New("no prefix can be derived from this command")
+	}
+	if err := CheckArgvAllow(prefix); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return prefix, nil
+}
diff --git a/intercept/alwaysallow_denylist_test.go b/intercept/alwaysallow_denylist_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1027c04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/intercept/alwaysallow_denylist_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+package intercept
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"slices"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/Autumn-27/artex/db"
+)
+
+func TestArgvAllowDenylist(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, prog := range []string{
+		"python", "python3", "python3.11", "/usr/bin/python3.11", "php8.2", "ruby3.2", "perl5", "pip3",
+		"env", "/usr/bin/env", "bash", "/bin/sh", "find", "rm", "mkfs", "mkfs.ext4", "/sbin/mkfs.xfs",
+		"docker", "kubectl", "npm", "sudo", "xargs", "Rscript", ".",
+	} {
+		if !ArgvAllowDenied(prog) {
+			t.Errorf("%q is not denied", prog)
+		}
+	}
+	for _, prog := range []string{"nmap", "git", "/usr/bin/git", "curl", "ls", "gh", "x", "7z", "pythonic"} {
+		if ArgvAllowDenied(prog) {
+			t.Errorf("%q is denied, want allowable", prog)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestAlwaysAllowPrefix(t *testing.T) {
+	bash := func(cmd string) []byte {
+		b, _ := json.Marshal(map[string]string{"command": cmd})
+		return b
+	}
+	if got, err := AlwaysAllowPrefix("Bash", bash("git push --force origin main")); err != nil || !slices.Equal(got, []string{"git", "push"}) {
+		t.Fatalf("git push: %q %v", got, err)
+	}
+	if got, err := AlwaysAllowPrefix("Bash", bash("nmap -p 80 10.0.0.1")); err != nil || !slices.Equal(got, []string{"nmap"}) {
+		t.Fatalf("nmap: %q %v", got, err)
+	}
+	for name, c := range map[string]struct {
+		tool  string
+		input []byte
+	}{
+		"not Bash":       {"shell_open", bash("git push")},
+		"compound":       {"Bash", bash("git push; id")},
+		"substitution":   {"Bash", bash("git push $(id)")},
+		"redirection":    {"Bash", bash("git push > out")},
+		"empty":          {"Bash", bash("")},
+		"no command":     {"Bash", []byte(`{}`)},
+		"not json":       {"Bash", []byte(`not json`)},
+		"python":         {"Bash", bash("python3.11 -c 'import os'")},
+		"path to python": {"Bash", bash("/usr/bin/python3 x.py")},
+		"find":           {"Bash", bash("find . -exec sh -c id ;")},
+		"rm":             {"Bash", bash("rm -rf /")},
+		"docker":         {"Bash", bash("docker run --privileged x")},
+	} {
+		if got, err := AlwaysAllowPrefix(c.tool, c.input); err == nil {
+			t.Errorf("%s: prefix %q, want a refusal", name, got)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// The denylist neutralises argv allow rules at matching time (a rule created
+// before the denylist, or written straight into the database), and only them:
+// an argv deny or ask rule for the same program still matches.
+func TestArgvDenylistAtMatching(t *testing.T) {
+	ask := db.InterceptRule{ID: 99, Name: "ask every Bash call", Enabled: true, Priority: -2000, MatchTarget: "tool_name",
+		MatchType: "string", Pattern: "Bash", Action: "ask"}
+	argv := func(id int64, pattern, action string) db.InterceptRule {
+		return db.InterceptRule{ID: id, Name: "argv " + action + " " + pattern, Enabled: true, Priority: -1000,
+			MatchTarget: "tool_input", MatchType: "argv", Pattern: pattern, Action: action}
+	}
+	ic := New(nil)
+	ic.SetRulesForTest([]db.InterceptRule{
+		argv(1, `["python"]`, "allow"), argv(2, `["python3.11"]`, "allow"), argv(3, `["find"]`, "allow"),
+		argv(4, `["/usr/bin/env"]`, "allow"), argv(5, `["nmap"]`, "allow"), ask,
+	})
+	for _, cmd := range []string{"python x.py", "python3.11 -c 'import os'", "find . -name x", "/usr/bin/env"} {
+		input, _ := json.Marshal(map[string]string{"command": cmd})
+		dec, ok := ic.Match("Bash", input)
+		if !ok || dec.Action != "ask" || dec.RuleID != 99 {
+			t.Errorf("%q: %+v %v, want the fallback ask rule", cmd, dec, ok)
+		}
+	}
+	if dec, ok := ic.Match("Bash", []byte(`{"command":"nmap -p 80 x"}`)); !ok || dec.Action != "allow" || dec.RuleID != 5 {
+		t.Errorf("nmap: %+v %v, want the argv allow", dec, ok)
+	}
+
+	ic.SetRulesForTest([]db.InterceptRule{argv(1, `["python"]`, "allow"), argv(6, `["python"]`, "deny"), argv(7, `["find"]`, "ask")})
+	if dec, ok := ic.Match("Bash", []byte(`{"command":"python x.py"}`)); !ok || dec.Action != "deny" || dec.RuleID != 6 {
+		t.Errorf("python: %+v %v, want the argv deny", dec, ok)
+	}
+	if dec, ok := ic.Match("Bash", []byte(`{"command":"find . -delete"}`)); !ok || dec.Action != "ask" || dec.RuleID != 7 {
+		t.Errorf("find: %+v %v, want the argv ask", dec, ok)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/intercept/intercept.go b/intercept/intercept.go
index a9eda9c..70bbf90 100644
--- a/intercept/intercept.go
+++ b/intercept/intercept.go
@@ -753,6 +753,11 @@ func (i *Interceptor) SetRulesForTest(rules []db.InterceptRule) {
 func ruleMatches(r compiledRule, toolName string, input []byte) bool {
 	if r.MatchType == "argv" {
 		// Bash only, on the parsed command; match_target is always tool_input.
+		// The denylist neutralises allow rules only: an argv deny or ask rule
+		// for a denylisted program still matches.
+		if r.Action == "allow" && CheckArgvAllow(r.argv) != nil {
+			return false
+		}
 		return r.MatchTarget == "tool_input" && argvRuleMatches(r.argv, toolName, input)
 	}
 	var subject string
diff --git a/server/intercept.go b/server/intercept.go
index 41ff347..701a5d5 100644
--- a/server/intercept.go
+++ b/server/intercept.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
 	"regexp"
+	"slices"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -413,6 +414,67 @@ func (s *Server) interceptDecide(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	writeJSON(w, 200, map[string]any{"ok": true})
 }
 
+// alwaysAllowPriority places "always allow" rules below every default and
+// manual rule, so any deny or ask rule that matches the same call wins.
+const alwaysAllowPriority = -1000
+
+// interceptAlwaysAllow creates an argv allow rule from a pending Bash request.
+// The request body is never read: the command comes from the stored row, so a
+// caller cannot choose what gets allowed. The request itself stays pending.
+func (s *Server) interceptAlwaysAllow(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	pg := s.pg(w)
+	if pg == nil {
+		return
+	}
+	id, ok := pathInt(r, "id")
+	if !ok {
+		writeErr(w, 400, "bad pending id")
+		return
+	}
+	p, err := pg.GetInterceptPending(id)
+	if err != nil {
+		writeErr(w, 500, err.Error())
+		return
+	}
+	if p == nil {
+		writeErr(w, 404, "not found")
+		return
+	}
+	if p.Status != "pending" {
+		writeErr(w, 409, "the request is no longer pending")
+		return
+	}
+	prefix, err := intercept.AlwaysAllowPrefix(p.ToolName, p.ToolInput)
+	if err != nil {
+		writeErr(w, 400, err.Error())
+		return
+	}
+	pattern, _ := json.Marshal(prefix)
+	rules, err := pg.ListInterceptRules()
+	if err != nil {
+		writeErr(w, 500, err.Error())
+		return
+	}
+	for _, rule := range rules {
+		if rule.MatchType != "argv" || rule.Action != "allow" || !rule.Enabled || rule.MatchTarget != "tool_input" {
+			continue
+		}
+		if tokens, err := intercept.ParseArgvPattern(rule.Pattern); err == nil && slices.Equal(tokens, prefix) {
+			writeJSON(w, 200, map[string]any{"rule": rule, "created": false})
+			return
+		}
+	}
+	// Timeout fields take the rule form's defaults.
+	rule, err := pg.CreateInterceptRule("always-allow: "+strings.Join(prefix, " "), "tool_input", "argv", string(pattern),
+		"allow", "", alwaysAllowPriority, true, true, 60, "deny")
+	if err != nil {
+		writeErr(w, 500, err.Error())
+		return
+	}
+	s.m.interceptor.Invalidate()
+	writeJSON(w, 200, map[string]any{"rule": rule, "created": true})
+}
+
 // --- target pins (hosts a human approved for one task or one conversation) ---
 
 // taskPinScope resolves {id} to the pin scope of an existing task.
@@ -667,9 +729,15 @@ func validateInterceptRuleReq(req interceptRuleReq) error {
 		if req.MatchTarget != "tool_input" {
 			return fmt.Errorf("an argv rule matches tool_input (the Bash command)")
 		}
-		if _, err := intercept.ParseArgvPattern(req.Pattern); err != nil {
+		tokens, err := intercept.ParseArgvPattern(req.Pattern)
+		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("invalid argv pattern: %w", err)
 		}
+		if req.Action == "allow" {
+			if err := intercept.CheckArgvAllow(tokens); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
 	default:
 		return fmt.Errorf("match_type must be string, regex or argv")
 	}
@@ -708,7 +776,18 @@ func (s *Server) interceptDetail(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		writeErr(w, 404, "not found")
 		return
 	}
-	writeJSON(w, 200, detail)
+	// The "always allow" button label: the prefix the endpoint would allow,
+	// derived here so the UI never parses the command.
+	out := struct {
+		*db.InterceptDetail
+		AlwaysAllowPrefix string `json:"always_allow_prefix,omitempty"`
+	}{InterceptDetail: detail}
+	if detail.Status == "pending" {
+		if prefix, err := intercept.AlwaysAllowPrefix(detail.ToolName, detail.ToolInput); err == nil {
+			out.AlwaysAllowPrefix = strings.Join(prefix, " ")
+		}
+	}
+	writeJSON(w, 200, out)
 }
 
 // The navigation endpoint returns only the original call and its paired result.
diff --git a/server/intercept_always_allow_pg_test.go b/server/intercept_always_allow_pg_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1c707b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/intercept_always_allow_pg_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+package server
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/Autumn-27/artex/db"
+	"github.com/Autumn-27/artex/intercept"
+)
+
+// PG test: needs a PostgreSQL database (ARTEX_PG_DSN); skipped without one.
+// POST /api/intercept/pending/{id}/always-allow derives the rule from the
+// stored row, never from the body, and leaves the request pending.
+func TestInterceptAlwaysAllowPG(t *testing.T) {
+	dsn, _, err := db.DSN()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Skip("no test database configured")
+	}
+	d, err := db.Open(dsn)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	t.Cleanup(func() { _ = d.Close() })
+	m := &Manager{pg: d, interceptor: intercept.New(d)}
+	s := &Server{m: m, jwtKey: []byte("always-allow-test-key")}
+	h := s.Handler()
+	token, err := signJWT(s.jwtKey)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	const scope = "always-allow-http"
+	t.Cleanup(func() {
+		_, _ = d.Exec(`DELETE FROM intercept_pending WHERE task_id=$1`, scope)
+		_, _ = d.Exec(`DELETE FROM intercept_rules WHERE name LIKE 'always-allow: %'`)
+	})
+	pending := func(tool, cmd string) int64 {
+		t.Helper()
+		input, _ := json.Marshal(map[string]string{"command": cmd})
+		id, err := d.CreateInterceptPending(0, 0, scope, "test", tool, input, "ask")
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		return id
+	}
+	post := func(id int64, body string) *httptest.ResponseRecorder {
+		req := httptest.NewRequest("POST", fmt.Sprintf("/api/intercept/pending/%d/always-allow", id), strings.NewReader(body))
+		req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer "+token)
+		rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+		h.ServeHTTP(rec, req)
+		return rec
+	}
+	ruleCount := func() int {
+		t.Helper()
+		rules, err := d.ListInterceptRules()
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		return len(rules)
+	}
+	type result struct {
+		Rule    db.InterceptRule `json:"rule"`
+		Created bool             `json:"created"`
+	}
+
+	id := pending("Bash", "gh pr list --json title")
+	before := ruleCount()
+	// The body carries dummy tokens and another command: all of it is ignored.
+	dummy := `{"pending_id":1,"command":"rm -rf /","pattern":"[\"rm\"]","token":"dummy-token","access_token":"dummy"}`
+	rec := post(id, dummy)
+	if rec.Code != 200 {
+		t.Fatalf("always-allow: %d %s", rec.Code, rec.Body)
+	}
+	var got result
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(rec.Body.Bytes(), &got); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	r := got.Rule
+	if !got.Created || r.Pattern != `["gh","pr","list"]` || r.MatchType != "argv" || r.MatchTarget != "tool_input" ||
+		r.Action != "allow" || !r.Enabled || r.Priority != -1000 || r.Name != "always-allow: gh pr list" ||
+		!r.TimeoutEnabled || r.TimeoutSeconds != 60 || r.TimeoutAction != "deny" {
+		t.Fatalf("rule %+v created=%v", r, got.Created)
+	}
+	if n := ruleCount(); n != before+1 {
+		t.Fatalf("rule count %d, want %d", n, before+1)
+	}
+	if p, err := d.GetInterceptPending(id); err != nil || p == nil || p.Status != "pending" {
+		t.Fatalf("pending row after always-allow: %+v %v", p, err)
+	}
+	// The cache was invalidated: the new rule matches at once.
+	if dec, ok := m.interceptor.Match("Bash", []byte(`{"command":"gh pr list --limit 5"}`)); !ok || dec.RuleID != r.ID {
+		t.Fatalf("match after creation: %+v %v", dec, ok)
+	}
+
+	// An identical rule is reused, not duplicated.
+	rec = post(pending("Bash", "gh pr list"), "")
+	var again result
+	if rec.Code != 200 || json.Unmarshal(rec.Body.Bytes(), &again) != nil || again.Created || again.Rule.ID != r.ID {
+		t.Fatalf("second always-allow: %d %s", rec.Code, rec.Body)
+	}
+	if n := ruleCount(); n != before+1 {
+		t.Fatalf("rule count after reuse %d, want %d", n, before+1)
+	}
+
+	// Refusals: 400 and no rule.
+	for name, c := range map[string][2]string{
+		"not Bash":    {"shell_open", "gh pr list"},
+		"compound":    {"Bash", "gh pr list; id"},
+		"denylisted":  {"Bash", "python3.11 -c 'import os'"},
+		"path to env": {"Bash", "/usr/bin/env gh pr list"},
+	} {
+		rid := pending(c[0], c[1])
+		if rec := post(rid, dummy); rec.Code != 400 {
+			t.Errorf("%s: %d %s, want 400", name, rec.Code, rec.Body)
+		}
+		if p, _ := d.GetInterceptPending(rid); p == nil || p.Status != "pending" {
+			t.Errorf("%s: pending row changed: %+v", name, p)
+		}
+	}
+	if n := ruleCount(); n != before+1 {
+		t.Fatalf("rule count after refusals %d, want %d", n, before+1)
+	}
+
+	// A decided request is refused.
+	decided := pending("Bash", "gh pr view 1")
+	if err := d.DecideInterceptPending(decided, "denied"); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if rec := post(decided, ""); rec.Code != 409 {
+		t.Fatalf("decided request: %d %s, want 409", rec.Code, rec.Body)
+	}
+
+	// The detail carries the prefix for the button label.
+	req := httptest.NewRequest("GET", fmt.Sprintf("/api/intercept/history/%d", id), nil)
+	req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer "+token)
+	drec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	h.ServeHTTP(drec, req)
+	var detail struct {
+		Status            string `json:"status"`
+		AlwaysAllowPrefix string `json:"always_allow_prefix"`
+	}
+	if drec.Code != 200 || json.Unmarshal(drec.Body.Bytes(), &detail) != nil || detail.AlwaysAllowPrefix != "gh pr list" || detail.Status != "pending" {
+		t.Fatalf("detail: %d %s", drec.Code, drec.Body)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/server/intercept_argv_test.go b/server/intercept_argv_test.go
index a6d1f53..acab9e9 100644
--- a/server/intercept_argv_test.go
+++ b/server/intercept_argv_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 package server
 
-import "testing"
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/Autumn-27/artex/intercept"
+)
 
 func TestValidateArgvRuleReq(t *testing.T) {
 	base := interceptRuleReq{Name: "r", MatchTarget: "tool_input", MatchType: "argv", Pattern: `["git","push"]`, Action: "allow"}
@@ -23,3 +27,28 @@ func TestValidateArgvRuleReq(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+// The manual rule form refuses an argv allow rule for a denylisted program,
+// with the message of the "always allow" endpoint; deny and ask stay creatable.
+func TestValidateArgvAllowDenylist(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, pattern := range []string{`["python"]`, `["python3.11"]`, `["/usr/bin/env"]`, `["find"]`, `["docker","run"]`} {
+		req := interceptRuleReq{Name: "r", MatchTarget: "tool_input", MatchType: "argv", Pattern: pattern, Action: "allow"}
+		tokens, _ := intercept.ParseArgvPattern(pattern)
+		want := intercept.CheckArgvAllow(tokens)
+		if err := validateInterceptRuleReq(req); err == nil || want == nil || err.Error() != want.Error() {
+			t.Errorf("allow %s: %v, want %v", pattern, err, want)
+		}
+		for _, action := range []string{"deny", "ask"} {
+			req.Action = action
+			if err := validateInterceptRuleReq(req); err != nil {
+				t.Errorf("%s %s refused: %v", action, pattern, err)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	for _, pattern := range []string{`["nmap"]`, `["git","push"]`} {
+		req := interceptRuleReq{Name: "r", MatchTarget: "tool_input", MatchType: "argv", Pattern: pattern, Action: "allow"}
+		if err := validateInterceptRuleReq(req); err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("allow %s refused: %v", pattern, err)
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/server/server.go b/server/server.go
index 8b762ae..e857d2a 100644
--- a/server/server.go
+++ b/server/server.go
@@ -958,6 +958,7 @@ func (s *Server) Handler() http.Handler {
 	mux.HandleFunc("GET /api/intercept/pending", s.interceptListPending)
 	mux.HandleFunc("GET /api/intercept/pending/{id}", s.interceptGetOne)
 	mux.HandleFunc("POST /api/intercept/pending/{id}/decide", s.interceptDecide)
+	mux.HandleFunc("POST /api/intercept/pending/{id}/always-allow", s.interceptAlwaysAllow) // creates an argv allow rule; the request stays pending
 	mux.HandleFunc("GET /api/intercept/history", s.interceptHistory)
 	mux.HandleFunc("GET /api/intercept/history/{id}", s.interceptDetail)
 	mux.HandleFunc("GET /api/intercept/history/{id}/execution", s.interceptExecution)
diff --git a/web/src/components/approval-records.tsx b/web/src/components/approval-records.tsx
index 6d18ec4..d6e6427 100644
--- a/web/src/components/approval-records.tsx
+++ b/web/src/components/approval-records.tsx
@@ -297,6 +297,38 @@ function DecisionActions({ row, busy, decide }: { row: InterceptApprovalRow; bus
   );
 }
 
+// AlwaysAllowAction creates an argv allow rule from a pending Bash request.
+// The prefix comes from the server; the request itself stays pending.
+function AlwaysAllowAction({ id, prefix }: { id: number; prefix?: string }) {
+  const [busy, setBusy] = React.useState(false);
+  async function create() {
+    setBusy(true);
+    try {
+      const res = await api.interceptAlwaysAllow(id);
+      toast.success(
+        res.created
+          ? "Rule created, the request is still pending approval"
+          : "Rule already exists, the request is still pending approval",
+      );
+    } catch (e) {
+      toast.error((e as Error).message);
+    } finally {
+      setBusy(false);
+    }
+  }
+  return (
+    <div className="flex flex-col gap-1">
+      <Button size="sm" variant="outline" className="self-start" disabled={busy} onClick={() => void create()}>
+        {prefix ? `Toujours autoriser "${prefix} *"` : "Toujours autoriser"}
+      </Button>
+      <p className="text-muted-foreground text-xs">
+        The prefix does not constrain flags, and it does not cover what the program does next (git hooks, npm
+        scripts, docker images).
+      </p>
+    </div>
+  );
+}
+
 export function ApprovalDetail({
   row,
   busy,
@@ -418,6 +450,9 @@ export function ApprovalDetail({
             ) : null}
           </dl>
           {!readOnly ? <DecisionActions row={current} busy={busy} decide={decide} /> : null}
+          {!readOnly && current.status === "pending" && row.tool_name === "Bash" ? (
+            <AlwaysAllowAction id={row.id} prefix={detail?.always_allow_prefix} />
+          ) : null}
         </div>
       </div>
       {error ? (
diff --git a/web/src/lib/api.ts b/web/src/lib/api.ts
index d455244..2413c2c 100644
--- a/web/src/lib/api.ts
+++ b/web/src/lib/api.ts
@@ -1232,6 +1232,9 @@ export const api = {
   interceptGetOne: (id: number) => get<InterceptPending>(`/intercept/pending/${id}`),
   interceptDecide: (id: number, decision: "allowed" | "denied") =>
     post<{ ok: boolean }>(`/intercept/pending/${id}/decide`, { decision }),
+  // No body: the server derives the rule from the stored request, which stays pending.
+  interceptAlwaysAllow: (id: number) =>
+    post<{ rule: InterceptRule; created: boolean }>(`/intercept/pending/${id}/always-allow`),
   interceptExecution: (id: number, conversationId?: number) =>
     get<import("@/lib/types").InterceptExecution>(
       `/intercept/history/${id}/execution${conversationId ? `?conversation=${conversationId}` : ""}`,
diff --git a/web/src/lib/types.ts b/web/src/lib/types.ts
index 1b6e717..854792a 100644
--- a/web/src/lib/types.ts
+++ b/web/src/lib/types.ts
@@ -1560,6 +1560,7 @@ export interface InterceptAudit {
 }
 export interface InterceptDetail extends InterceptApprovalRow {
   audit: InterceptAudit | null;
+  always_allow_prefix?: string; // pending Bash request: the argv prefix "always allow" would allow
 }
 
 export type TrafficEvidenceRole = "baseline" | "proof" | "verification" | "supporting";