# Human-in-the-loop

A checkpoint where the agent pauses for human approval before high-stakes actions (payments, deletions, external emails). The maturity curve: human approves everything → approves exceptions → audits samples.

Canonical: https://robauto.ai/learn/ai-agents/14

_AI Agents: Software That Does the Work — lesson 14 of 24 (DEFINITION)_

A checkpoint where the agent pauses for human approval before high-stakes actions (payments, deletions, external emails). The maturity curve: human approves everything → approves exceptions → audits samples.

Source: [Google Cloud — Agent design patterns](https://cloud.google.com/architecture?utm_source=robauto)

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