Choose your message.
Ask your assistant to finish and verify the original task, or write a specific next step.
STABLE · 4.0.0 BUILT FOR WINDOWS
Keep your
session moving.
Scout Permission Helper handles repetitive permission prompts in Microsoft Scout. Choose your window and Allow options, then follow your session with pause, stop, and activity logs.
Two files. No installer. No Power Automate.
Created by CheapskateChangar
YOUR SESSION. YOUR CONTROLS.STABLE / PREVIEW
Ready when you are.
One window. A smoother workflow.
SESSION SCOPE
Allow for this session
File reads and writes are separate choices
Create
Approve
One message. Ready to copy.
Review the original task. If agreed work remains, continue and verify it. If everything is complete or you are blocked, explain and stop.
Default: 3 follow-ups · Manual copy/send
Ready to detectDETECT ONLY
SESSION ACTIVITY
Select Start to try the controls.
Interactive preview only. This page cannot control your apps.
Start. Pause. Resume. Stop. All on your terms.
02files in the download
01selected app window
00installers to run
Small enough to share.
Simple enough to use.
SIMPLER AI ENHANCEMENT
A follow-up.
Without the forms.
Turn on AI enhancement for one reusable message and a follow-up limit. Start with the supplied message or make it your own. Your permission settings stay independent.
Set your limit.
Three follow-ups by default. The usual idle, run, and request limits still apply.
Copy. Send. Confirm.
Copy the message, send it in your selected conversation, then select I sent it to count the handoff.
Pause and Stop control both helper features. Reaching the follow-up cap stops the helper; the assistant's own task can keep running.
Sending is manual for now. Automatic completion detection and message sending are not connected. AI enhancement works with your chosen Detect only setting and permission labels.
LESS FRICTION. MORE VISIBILITY.
A helper that stays
within your settings.
Choose what it handles.
Select a Scout window and the Allow labels to watch. File-read and file-write permissions are separate, optional choices.
See it before it clicks.
Detect only is on by default. Inspect matches first, then stop the run and switch modes when you are ready.
Keep the activity in view.
Follow session events, set idle and run limits, and open local logs. Pause when you need a moment. Stop when you are done.
FROM ZIP TO SESSION
Unzip.
Open. Go.
Windows 10 or 11, Windows PowerShell 5.1, and the Microsoft Scout desktop app.
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Keep the two files together.
Extract the ZIP into a local folder.
Start-PermissionHelper.batPermissionHelper.Portable.ps1 - 02
Launch the helper.
Open Scout, then double-click the BAT file. Pick your Scout window and choose the Allow labels to handle.
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Detect first. Then decide.
Start with Detect only checked. To enable clicking, select Stop, clear Detect only, then select Start again.
THE PERSON BEHIND THE HELPER
Created by
CheapskateChangar.
Built to make repetitive permission prompts in Scout and Copilot Cowork easier, and packaged to share with colleagues. A small Windows utility with a clear interface, a simple optional follow-up message, and no Power Automate dependency.
An independent project. Not affiliated with or endorsed by Microsoft.
CURRENT STABLE RELEASE
Download stable
for Microsoft Scout.
Scout Permission Helper 4.0.0 · STABLE · Windows
↓ Download stable 4.0.0 for Windows
ZIP download from GitHub.
Public download. No GitHub sign-in required.
WHAT’S NEW · 4.0.0 · OCTOBER 27, 2026
Hidden approvals.
Back in view.
Scout’s conversation can stay above the latest permission prompt, leaving the Allow buttons out of view until you click the small down arrow. The helper previously waited because it could only act on visible buttons.
Version 4.0.0 brings an exact selected permission button into view, then checks it again before approving. Detect only stays read-only, and Pause, Stop and duplicate protection remain in place. If Scout does not support revealing the button through accessibility, use the down arrow manually.
PREVIOUS BETA · 4.0.0-beta.6
Upgrading from Beta 6?
Stable 4.0.0 includes the previous Beta 6 Cowork support and the new Scout hidden-permission fix. Existing beta users can use Check for updates to get stable 4.0.0. Select a window first to see Scout’s Allow options or Cowork’s Create and Approve options. It also includes matching for different approval card titles and a compact session activity view.
AI enhancement is still manual. Automatic follow-up messages such as “next” are not included.