Workflow + ICM Glossary
Review Gate
A checkpoint where work stops until a human reviews and approves the next step.
- Category
- Review Gates And Safety / Approval
- Origin/status
- Marty's Codex-first adaptation
- Example use
- A draft blog post cannot publish until the review gate confirms source review, disclosure review, and human approval.
- Source or origin
- Codex-first ICM workspace convention with general safety usage.
Detailed explanation
Review Gates keep AI-assisted and automated workflows from taking high-impact actions without approval. They are used before publishing, sending messages, changing external systems, handling credentials, deleting records, deploying, or making unsupported claims.
Related terms
- Human Approval Gate
- Claim Review
- Public-Safe Draft
- Verify
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Review Gate
Use this term when a workflow should stop before publishing, sending, deploying, changing records, or creating external consequences.