diff --git a/ui-tui/src/__tests__/createSlashHandler.test.ts b/ui-tui/src/__tests__/createSlashHandler.test.ts
index 4fa7ff2dca..6afd025587 100644
--- a/ui-tui/src/__tests__/createSlashHandler.test.ts
+++ b/ui-tui/src/__tests__/createSlashHandler.test.ts
@@ -482,6 +482,19 @@ describe('createSlashHandler', () => {
     expect(ctx.gateway.rpc).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
   })
 
+  it.each([
+    ['/new sprint planning', 'new session started', 'sprint planning'],
+    ['/clear', undefined, undefined]
+  ])('skips the confirmation for %s when config disables it', (command, message, title) => {
+    patchUiState({ destructiveSlashConfirm: false })
+    const ctx = buildCtx()
+
+    expect(createSlashHandler(ctx)(command)).toBe(true)
+
+    expect(getOverlayState().confirm).toBeNull()
+    expect(ctx.session.newSession).toHaveBeenCalledWith(message, title)
+  })
+
   it('routes the /reset catalog alias through the local fresh-session lifecycle', () => {
     const ctx = buildCtx({
       local: {
@@ -501,6 +514,26 @@ describe('createSlashHandler', () => {
     expect(ctx.gateway.gw.request).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
   })
 
+  it('skips the confirmation for the /reset alias when config disables it', () => {
+    patchUiState({ destructiveSlashConfirm: false })
+
+    const ctx = buildCtx({
+      local: {
+        catalog: {
+          canon: {
+            '/new': '/new',
+            '/reset': '/new'
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    })
+
+    expect(createSlashHandler(ctx)('/reset')).toBe(true)
+
+    expect(getOverlayState().confirm).toBeNull()
+    expect(ctx.session.newSession).toHaveBeenCalledWith('new session started', undefined)
+  })
+
   it('keeps visible scrollback when branching a TUI session', async () => {
     patchUiState({ sid: 'sid-parent' })
     const rpc = vi.fn(() => Promise.resolve({ session_id: 'sid-branch', title: 'branch title' }))
diff --git a/ui-tui/src/__tests__/useConfigSync.test.ts b/ui-tui/src/__tests__/useConfigSync.test.ts
index 9191b26d70..569e10ea1f 100644
--- a/ui-tui/src/__tests__/useConfigSync.test.ts
+++ b/ui-tui/src/__tests__/useConfigSync.test.ts
@@ -47,6 +47,54 @@ describe('applyDisplay', () => {
     expect(s.streaming).toBe(false)
   })
 
+  it('hydrates the destructive slash confirmation policy from approvals', () => {
+    const setBell = vi.fn()
+
+    applyDisplay(
+      {
+        config: {
+          approvals: { destructive_slash_confirm: false },
+          display: {}
+        }
+      },
+      setBell
+    )
+
+    expect($uiState.get().destructiveSlashConfirm).toBe(false)
+
+    applyDisplay(
+      {
+        config: {
+          approvals: { destructive_slash_confirm: true },
+          display: {}
+        }
+      },
+      setBell
+    )
+
+    expect($uiState.get().destructiveSlashConfirm).toBe(true)
+  })
+
+  it('defaults destructive slash confirmation on and preserves it across config RPC failure', () => {
+    const setBell = vi.fn()
+
+    applyDisplay({ config: { display: {} } }, setBell)
+    expect($uiState.get().destructiveSlashConfirm).toBe(true)
+
+    applyDisplay(
+      {
+        config: {
+          approvals: { destructive_slash_confirm: false },
+          display: {}
+        }
+      },
+      setBell
+    )
+    applyDisplay(null, setBell)
+
+    expect($uiState.get().destructiveSlashConfirm).toBe(false)
+  })
+
   it('coerces legacy true + "on" alias to top', () => {
     const setBell = vi.fn()
 
diff --git a/ui-tui/src/app/interfaces.ts b/ui-tui/src/app/interfaces.ts
index 4583ccfe60..e8a1a1d9ff 100644
--- a/ui-tui/src/app/interfaces.ts
+++ b/ui-tui/src/app/interfaces.ts
@@ -322,6 +322,7 @@ export interface UiState {
   busy: boolean
   busyInputMode: BusyInputMode
   compact: boolean
+  destructiveSlashConfirm: boolean
   detailsMode: DetailsMode
   detailsModeCommandOverride: boolean
   // Focus view (/focus) — display-only reduced-output mode. Drives the
diff --git a/ui-tui/src/app/slash/commands/core.ts b/ui-tui/src/app/slash/commands/core.ts
index 62f64ccaff..794457a168 100644
--- a/ui-tui/src/app/slash/commands/core.ts
+++ b/ui-tui/src/app/slash/commands/core.ts
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ export const coreCommands: SlashCommand[] = [
         ctx.session.newSession(isNew ? 'new session started' : undefined, requestedTitle || undefined)
       }
 
-      if (NO_CONFIRM_DESTRUCTIVE) {
+      if (NO_CONFIRM_DESTRUCTIVE || !ctx.ui.destructiveSlashConfirm) {
         return commit()
       }
 
diff --git a/ui-tui/src/app/uiStore.ts b/ui-tui/src/app/uiStore.ts
index fe7a6674da..e43b38e501 100644
--- a/ui-tui/src/app/uiStore.ts
+++ b/ui-tui/src/app/uiStore.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ const buildUiState = (): UiState => ({
   busy: false,
   busyInputMode: 'queue',
   compact: false,
+  destructiveSlashConfirm: true,
   detailsMode: 'collapsed',
   detailsModeCommandOverride: false,
   focusView: false,
diff --git a/ui-tui/src/app/useConfigSync.ts b/ui-tui/src/app/useConfigSync.ts
index e8dd8b1334..9509f9b44d 100644
--- a/ui-tui/src/app/useConfigSync.ts
+++ b/ui-tui/src/app/useConfigSync.ts
@@ -253,6 +253,7 @@ export const applyDisplay = (
   setVoiceRecordKey?: (v: ParsedVoiceRecordKey) => void
 ) => {
   const d = cfg?.config?.display ?? {}
+  const approvals = cfg?.config?.approvals
 
   setBell(!!d.bell_on_complete)
 
@@ -273,6 +274,10 @@ export const applyDisplay = (
     battery: !!d.battery,
     busyInputMode: normalizeBusyInputMode(d.busy_input_mode),
     compact: !!d.tui_compact,
+    // Fail safe: only YAML boolean false disables the prompt. A transient
+    // config RPC failure (cfg=null) preserves the last known policy instead
+    // of silently changing approval behavior until the next successful poll.
+    ...(cfg ? { destructiveSlashConfirm: approvals?.destructive_slash_confirm !== false } : {}),
     detailsMode: resolveDetailsMode(d),
     detailsModeCommandOverride: false,
     focusView: !!d.focus_view,
diff --git a/ui-tui/src/gatewayTypes.ts b/ui-tui/src/gatewayTypes.ts
index d5ab544ab5..a701b45fd5 100644
--- a/ui-tui/src/gatewayTypes.ts
+++ b/ui-tui/src/gatewayTypes.ts
@@ -119,8 +119,14 @@ export interface ConfigVoiceConfig {
   submit_mode?: unknown
 }
 
+export interface ConfigApprovalsConfig {
+  // Raw config value: only the explicit boolean false disables the safety gate.
+  destructive_slash_confirm?: unknown
+}
+
 export interface ConfigFullResponse {
   config?: {
+    approvals?: ConfigApprovalsConfig
     display?: ConfigDisplayConfig
     voice?: ConfigVoiceConfig
     paste_collapse_threshold?: number