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Human review gates for AI workflows
Learn how to keep human approval in front of external, sensitive, or high-risk AI actions.
Human Review Gates For AI Workflows
A human review gate is the point where a person checks AI-assisted work before risk increases.
It keeps the workflow useful without pretending the first AI version should operate on its own.
Best Fit
Use this path when AI can help prepare the work, but a person should still approve the next step.
Good review gates often sit before sending, publishing, approving, filing, purchasing, deleting, or changing an external record.
Poor Fit
This is a poor fit when the team cannot identify who should review the output or what the reviewer should check.
It is also a poor fit when the workflow has no examples of acceptable and unacceptable outputs.
What To Prepare
Define the review gate as part of the workflow, not as an afterthought.
Useful prep:
- The output a person will review.
- The checklist the reviewer should use.
- The decision the reviewer makes after checking.
- The cases that require escalation.
- The action that remains blocked until review is complete.
How This Helps
Keep human review before any external action, especially when the workflow drafts, recommends, routes, publishes, sends, approves, or changes records.
The first version can still save time by preparing a better draft, summary, classification, or recommendation. The review gate protects the moment where preparation turns into action.