Corivo is a desktop app for Mac and Windows that watches your work and acts on your commands. Both operating systems require explicit permission for those parts. This page is the plain-English version of what those prompts mean on each platform.
Permissions Corivo needs
Corivo asks for two permissions on each platform:
- Accessibility access — lets Corivo read structured text from the active app through the OS channel used by assistive technologies (macOS Accessibility on Mac, UI Automation on Windows). This is how Corivo knows the ticket, doc, email, or thread you're looking at.
- Disk access — lets the local agent execute tasks you authorize, including reading files, writing drafts, and running commands across the workspace you are asking it to work in. On Mac this is Full Disk Access; on Windows it is the standard user-folder access.
You can revoke either permission at any time:
- Mac: System Settings → Privacy & Security → Accessibility (or Full Disk Access).
- Windows: Settings → Privacy & security → relevant permission category, or via UAC prompts when scoped access is required.
What Corivo does not ask for
Corivo does not need screenshots. It does not capture pixels, record video, or store screen images on either platform. If an app exposes useful accessibility text, Corivo reads that structured text. If an app does not expose useful text, Corivo keeps only the limited app/window context available and relies on connected tools for the deeper source of truth.
Why accessibility access matters
Without accessibility access, Corivo loses the "what am I looking at right now?" layer. You could still connect tools, but the agent would not reliably know that the Linear issue in front of you is the issue you mean by "this ticket," or that the Gmail thread on screen is the thread you want a reply for.
Accessibility is also scoped by the OS on both platforms. Password fields and other protected controls are not exposed through the accessibility tree — macOS Accessibility hides them on Mac, UI Automation hides them on Windows.
Why disk access matters
Corivo is not only a memory surface. It is an agent. When you ask it to draft, inspect, summarize, or act, the local sidecar needs permission to reach the files and app data involved in that action.
Disk access does not mean Corivo uploads your disk. It means the local agent can do the work you explicitly ask it to do from your machine, on either platform.
How to revoke access
On Mac
- Open System Settings.
- Go to Privacy & Security.
- Open Accessibility or Full Disk Access.
- Toggle Corivo off.
On Windows
- Open Settings.
- Go to Privacy & security.
- Open the relevant category (accessibility, file system, etc.).
- Toggle Corivo off.
If you revoke accessibility access, screen context stops. If you revoke disk access, agent execution becomes limited. You can turn either permission back on later.