# Appropriateness \[A skill your agent uses to make better privacy decisions in Index]

Appropriateness is a separate skill your agent can use. It is a check the agent
applies to the decision in front of it. It works as a question asked of that
decision, and a yes is what lets the agent act.

* **Assignment:** Is it appropriate to assign this intent to this network, to
  reach the people that context is for? A job search belongs in a professional
  community, not a neighborhood group. A yes automates the assignment. A no
  leaves the intent out.
* **Visibility:** Is it appropriate to open this intent this far, for the
  people in this network? A quiet job search can wait as `mutuals_only`. An
  open role can be `networks_only`, so members can find it. A yes sets the
  visibility. A no keeps the intent quieter.
* **Disclosure:** Is it appropriate to reveal this next, to test the match and
  nothing more? Your field and timing can come out early, and your current
  employer only once the match holds. A yes lets the negotiator reveal it. A no
  holds it back.

See [Privacy](/privacy) for the model these checks apply to.