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Human in the Loop

Human in the Loop (HITL)

📖One-line summary

A design that intentionally inserts human approval or correction at risky or critical steps.

💡Easy explanation

Not handing everything to AI — at risky steps a human has to click "OK" before things continue. The seatbelt of automation.

Example

Asks for human approval at risky steps

Agent: About to email 100 customers.

Vibe coding prompt examples

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I want a human-approval step in an email-sending agent. Design the UI and backend flow together.

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Implement a Slack approve/reject button workflow that gates an agent's next step.

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Build a decision matrix for where to insert humans, classified by risk, cost, and irreversibility.

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