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Human-in-the-Loop Patterns for LLM Agents

Apr 29, 2026·7 min·AI

Full autonomy is not the right target for every agent. Put a human in the loop at the points that matter: before dangerous actions, for ambiguous decisions, as an escalation path when the agent is stuck. Checkpointing makes the pauses cheap.

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