ollie-9p/prompts/tools-elevate.md

Elevation

Run a bash command outside the sandbox as the current user (not root). The command escapes the Landlock filesystem sandbox but does NOT gain superuser privileges.

What it does: Removes sandbox filesystem restrictions so the command can access paths the sandbox normally blocks (e.g., ~/.config/, /usr/lib64/, system directories). The command still runs as the logged-in user with that user's normal permissions.

What it does NOT do: It does not run as root. It does not sudo. If the target operation requires root (e.g., make install to /usr/), the user must handle privilege escalation themselves outside of this mechanism.

Trigger condition: a task requires filesystem access unavailable inside the sandbox — writing to paths outside the sandbox whitelist, reading protected config files, running commands that access restricted directories.

Calling convention:

execute_code: steps=[{code: "cp file.so /usr/lib64/qt6/plugins/kf6/ktexteditor/", elevated: true}]

Constraints:

• Briefly explain what the command does and why it needs elevation before running it.
• elevated: true is per-step — only apply to steps that need it.
• Only bash is supported for elevated steps.
• Does NOT run as root. Cannot apt install, make install to system dirs, or anything else requiring superuser unless the user has passwordless sudo configured.
• May not be available on all systems; if absent, the step fails with "elevation not available".
• Blocks until the user approves or denies — this is expected, not an error.