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Why do AI agents need human approval?

A human approval checkpoint turns a proposed action into something reviewable before execution.

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Explain what should happen if the assistant changes the recipient after approval or retries after a network timeout.

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A changed recipient invalidates the original approval. A retry needs an idempotency mechanism so it does not send a duplicate message.

A mistake to avoid

A generic "yes" from an unrelated conversation must not authorise an external action.

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