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+## Privilege Escalation
+
+For an interactive script or command run in a visible terminal, use `sudo` for
+privileged work. Omarchy may grant passwordless `sudo` access to particular
+commands, and the terminal is the appropriate place to request a password
+when one is needed.
+
+Use `pkexec` only when the caller cannot interact with a terminal or cannot
+enter a password there, such as a command launched by an agent or a graphical
+background process. Do not replace `sudo` with `pkexec` merely because a
+command changes system state.
+
 ## System Architecture
 
 Omarchy is built on: