Identify what information a human needs before approving a sensitive agent tool call.
A pause is only useful if the reviewer can see why the action is risky. The agent wants to run a refund tool. Which pause design gives the human real oversight? Show the tool, arguments, observed policy match, risk reason, and approve or reject controls. Right. Oversight is tied to a specific tool call and run state, so the reviewer needs evidence and the exact action before the loop resumes. Ask the supervisor to approve with only a generic needs review banner. Weaker. A vague banner creates rubber-stamp behavior because the human cannot evaluate the tool call without reconstructing the…
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