Workflow + ICM Glossary

Human Approval Gate

A rule that requires a person to approve before the workflow takes a sensitive or external action.

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Category
Review Gates And Safety / Approval
Origin/status
General workflow/operations term
Example use
The website workflow has a human approval gate before publishing hidden glossary entries.
Source or origin
General workflow safety term used in MCWorkflow systems.

Detailed explanation

A Human Approval Gate is used when a workflow could publish, send, deploy, spend money, change external systems, handle credentials, or affect real people. It makes the approval step explicit.

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Human Approval Gate

Use this term when a person must approve before a workflow takes a sensitive or external action.