The approver's view
One card, one clear decision
When a card lands in an approval column, it's locked: the assignee can't mark it complete until a named approver reviews it. The approver sees the card's details plus an Approve / Reject block with an optional comment — nothing hidden, nothing routed through email.
Setting it up
Turning a column into a gate
Open the column menu and flip the switch
On any column, open its "..." menu and turn on Approval column. A shield badge appears next to the column name so everyone can see it's gated.
The same toggle, with an approver already added. Name the approvers
Add one or more people to the column's approver list. Anyone on that list can review a card that lands in the column.
A card arrives and locks
The moment a card moves into the column, it shows an "Awaiting approval" badge and can't be marked complete — not by the assignee, not by anyone else, until an approver decides.
The decision is recorded, not just made
Approve or reject, with an optional comment. Either way the decision, the approver, and the timestamp land in the project's audit trail automatically.
The pieces
- Approval column
- A column flagged so any card that enters it needs a recorded decision before it can advance or complete.
- Approvers
- The people allowed to decide on cards in that column — set once on the column, not per card.
- Awaiting approval
- The badge a card carries while it's locked, visible on the card tile and inside its detail view.
- Approve / Reject
- The approver's two options, each with an optional comment that's saved alongside the decision.
This is the same approval engine that powers Flow task approvals — ANY-approver policy, a comment on the decision, and an immutable, timestamped record — just applied to a project card instead of a Flow step.
Common questions
How is this different from Flow's Approvals feature?
Same engine, different surface. Flow approvals gate a step inside a recurring process; approval cards gate a column on a project board. Both record the same way: approver, decision, comment, and timestamp.
Can I require more than one approver?
Yes. Add multiple people to a column's approver list — any one of them can approve, so the card isn't stuck waiting on a single person.
What happens if the approver rejects the card?
The card stays in the approval column, still locked, with the rejection and comment visible so the assignee knows exactly what to fix before it's reviewed again.
Does every card need approval?
No. Only cards that pass through a column you've flagged as an approval gate. Every other column behaves like a normal, unrestricted column.