Glossary
What Is an Human-in-the-Loop Approval? — sipi.bot Glossary
A spending control pattern where transactions that match certain criteria (over a threshold, to a new merchant, outside business hours) are paused and sent to a human for review before execution.
By the sipi.bot team · Published 2026-07-19
Definition
FLAGGED decisions create a human-in-the-loop queue. The agent says 'I want to spend $900 on this cloud GPU.' sipi.bot says FLAGGED — the transaction is paused, a notification goes to Slack/email, and it executes only when a human clicks APPROVE. The agent never knows it was paused.
Why It Matters
Without proper human-in-the-loop approval controls, autonomous agents can accumulate significant unexpected costs. sipi.bot automates human-in-the-loop approval enforcement so you deploy agents with confidence.