# coerce_approval_mode

> **Function** in `deepagents_code`

📖 [View in docs](https://reference.langchain.com/python/deepagents-code/approval_mode/coerce_approval_mode)

Return a validated mode, failing closed to `manual`.

## Signature

```python
coerce_approval_mode(
    value: object,
) -> ApprovalMode
```

## Parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|------|------|----------|-------------|
| `value` | `object` | Yes | Untrusted mode value from config, context, or storage. |

## Returns

`ApprovalMode`

A validated `ApprovalMode`; invalid values become `ApprovalMode.MANUAL`.

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[View source on GitHub](https://github.com/langchain-ai/deepagents/blob/caaa7e7c12d214afa5cf0a1afed8eb6232aa6f7b/libs/code/deepagents_code/approval_mode.py#L62)