# Agent HITL

> Connect human approval to the action the agent is about to take.

Source: https://sidekickmachines.com/capabilities/agent-hitl/

Agent HITL

## “Ask a human first” needs to mean something.

Connect human approval to the action the agent is about to take.

[Discuss this offering: Agent HITL](https://sidekickmachines.com/contact/?offering=Agent%20HITL) [Licensable product: Sidekick Gateway](https://sidekickmachines.com/products/gateway/)

How it fits together

1. Proposed action
2. Human decision
3. Controlled execution

### What changes.

We build human-in-the-loop controls into the execution path: the right reviewer, the exact proposed action, a recorded decision and a controlled continuation.

### Yours to put to work.

- Scope and acceptance criteria agreed together.

#### Approval rules

Actions, thresholds, reviewers, escalation routes and timeout behavior.

#### An approval workflow

Requests with decision context, execution checks and durable continuation.

#### Decision evidence

An audit trail, ready for your auditors, linking the reviewed action, the decision and the resulting execution.

### See an example engagement

An example scope, adapted to your environment.

1. The starting point: An agent prepares a change but needs an engineer to authorize execution.
2. The work: Bind the decision to the proposed change and test approval, rejection and expiry.
3. The handoff: A working review path with execution controls and decision records.

#### How we evaluate the result

- Protected actions are blocked until the required approval is valid.
- Rejection, expiry and changes to the proposed action are handled correctly.
- Work resumes once, with the approved parameters and a traceable decision.

Related capabilities

### When you need more.

[All capabilities](https://sidekickmachines.com/capabilities/)

Flagship offering

#### [Agent Security](https://sidekickmachines.com/capabilities/agent-security/)

Put identity, permissions, human approvals and secure execution into practice.

#### [Agent Identity & Access](https://sidekickmachines.com/capabilities/agent-identity-access/)

Give agents identifiable, scoped access across enterprise systems.

#### [Harness Engineering](https://sidekickmachines.com/capabilities/harness-engineering/)

Engineer the execution around your agent so work can keep moving.

#### [Agent Process Design](https://sidekickmachines.com/capabilities/agent-process-design/)

Define the work, decisions, exceptions and human handoffs.

A useful place to start

### Let’s work through your specific problem.

Start with Agent HITL, scoped to your environment.

[Discuss this offering](https://sidekickmachines.com/contact/?offering=Agent%20HITL)