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⚑H. ITL.


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1. Core HITL

β†’ decision matrix

Core triggers (we support all of these)

Trigger Type
Examples

Risk-based

PII detected, legal/medical advice, financial actions

Confidence-based

Model uncertainty, low self-eval score

Impact-based

Sending emails, executing transactions, calling users

User-based

Enterprise customers demand review

Policy-based

Regulated workflows

Novelty-based

Agent encounters unknown tools or new domain

Rule:

Humans intervene only when risk Γ— impact Γ— uncertainty crosses a threshold.


2. HITL Implementation

β†’ as a first-class system primitive

The HITL Router decides:

  • No human needed

  • Async human review

  • Real-time blocking approval

  • Escalation to expert / admin


3. HITL Modes

β†’ not just a "yes"

HITL modes to support

  1. Observe-only

    • Human sees what agent did

    • Used for training & audits

  2. Post-action review

    • Human can undo or flag

    • Great for low-risk automation

  3. Pre-action approval

    • Required before execution

    • For money, contracts, outreach

  4. Inline correction

    • Human edits agent output

    • Edits become training data

  5. Takeover mode

    • Human temporarily replaces agent

    • Crucial for voice agents & sales


4. HITL Human Feedback

β†’ automatic agent improvement loop

Every human interaction should generate:

  • βœ… Correction (gold data)

  • ❌ Failure reason (taxonomy)

  • 🧠 Confidence recalibration

  • πŸ“œ Policy refinement

  • πŸ›  Tool usage correction

Feedback pipeline


5. HITL Confidence

β†’ self-critique gating

Techniques that work well

  • Self-evaluation score (β€œHow confident am I?”)

  • Chain-of-thought confidence extraction (internal)

  • Output entropy / variance checks

  • Tool failure rate tracking

  • β€œWould I send this to a human?” meta-question

Example:

Rule:

If the agent is unsure, it must escalate β€” automatically.


6. Role-Based HITL

β†’ not everyone sees everything

HITL roles

  • Reviewer – approves content/actions

  • Editor – modifies outputs

  • Expert – domain-specific escalation

  • Admin – policy override

  • Auditor – read-only compliance access


7. HITL UX

β†’ matters more than model quality

Best practices

  • Side-by-side diff (agent vs human edit)

  • One-click approve/reject

  • Inline comments

  • Risk explanation (β€œwhy this needs review”)

  • SLA timers (agent waits, user informed)


8. Asynchronous HITL

β†’ by default

Prefer:

  • Async queues

  • Notification-based reviews

  • Time-bound fallback decisions

  • Safe default actions if no response

Example:

β€œIf no response in 5 minutes β†’ send safe template”


9. Voice Agent HITL

β†’ often overlooked

Voice-specific HITL

  • Whisper mode (human listens silently)

  • Live takeover button

  • Partial sentence correction

  • Delayed approval for summaries/actions

  • Automatic handoff when sentiment spikes


10. HITL Compliance

β†’ auditability & trust

We log:

  • Why HITL was triggered

  • Who reviewed

  • What changed

  • Time-to-approval

  • Final outcome

This supports:

  • SOC 2

  • ISO 27001

  • HIPAA / GDPR

  • Enterprise trust


11. Advanced HITL

β†’ AI reviewing AI

Pattern:


12. HITL KPIs

β†’ that we track

Key metrics

  • % actions requiring HITL

  • Human time per action

  • Override rate

  • Post-review error rate

  • Autonomy growth over time

  • User trust scores

Our goal:

Decreasing HITL volume with increasing safety


Our HITL is:

  • Selective, not universal

  • Adaptive, not static

  • Feedback-driven, not manual

  • UX-optimized, not bureaucratic

  • Auditable, not opaque

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