Six human-in-the-loop patterns for AI agents, from log-only to two-person approval
Relevant_Strategy_38 · reddit · 2026-11-01
A Reddit post lays out six human-in-the-loop patterns for agents, to be mixed per action: (1) log only for read-only lookups, (2) digest review with daily summaries, (3) confidence thresholds that escalate only below a line, (4) draft-then-send as a sensible start for support work, (5) approval gates on side effects like spending money or contacting customers (LangGraph interrupts and Claude Agent SDK hooks both support this), and (6) two-person approval for refunds or production changes above a limit. The author asks where to draw the line between patterns 4 and 5.
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