A setting that limits what an AI tool or connected service can access to only what is specifically needed—such as reading messages from one sender rather than an entire inbox. Broader, blanket access is more common today because many services do not yet support narrower controls.
Amara wished she could give the AI tool fine-grained permissions to read only invoices from one specific vendor—but her email service only offered full inbox access, so she had to decide whether the risk of blanket access was worth the convenience.
