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Designing Confirmation Flows for Agent Side Effects
Insert one-click human confirmations before agents send emails, move money, or delete data.
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What this lesson covers
Learning path
The main moves in order
- 1The premise
- 2confirmation
- 3side effects
- 4human approval
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Section 1
The premise
For every irreversible tool, render a structured preview the human approves or rejects with one click, with a reason captured on rejection.
What AI does well here
- Render a clear preview of the action
- Capture approver identity and reason
- Time out unattended confirmations
What AI cannot do
- Enforce policy without a UI
- Replace audit logging
- Stop a tired human from rubber-stamping
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