{
 "id": "https://redfinchadvisory.com/lexicon/human-in-the-loop",
 "slug": "human-in-the-loop",
 "prefLabel": "Human-in-the-loop",
 "altLabel": [
  "HITL",
  "Human approval"
 ],
 "hiddenLabel": [],
 "definition": "A setup where a person approves each action before it happens.",
 "scopeNote": "Human in the loop means the person owns the goal and the steps: they tell the agent what to do or approve it at each step (e.g. accounts receivable where the person asks for each reminder draft, reviews it, sends it).",
 "tier": "core",
 "group": "Autonomy and identity",
 "broader": [
  "https://redfinchadvisory.com/lexicon/human-oversight"
 ],
 "narrower": [],
 "related": [
  {
   "id": "https://redfinchadvisory.com/lexicon/ai-brain-fry",
   "type": "related"
  },
  {
   "id": "https://redfinchadvisory.com/lexicon/human-as-judge",
   "type": "confused"
  },
  {
   "id": "https://redfinchadvisory.com/lexicon/human-on-the-loop",
   "type": "pair"
  },
  {
   "id": "https://redfinchadvisory.com/lexicon/meat-proxy",
   "type": "confused"
  },
  {
   "id": "https://redfinchadvisory.com/lexicon/task-runner",
   "type": "related"
  }
 ],
 "links": [
  {
   "id": "https://redfinchadvisory.com/lexicon/agent",
   "label": "approves each action of",
   "direction": "out"
  },
  {
   "id": "https://redfinchadvisory.com/lexicon/levels-of-autonomy",
   "label": "fits the lower rungs of",
   "direction": "out"
  }
 ],
 "modified": "2026-10-21",
 "markdown": "https://redfinchadvisory.com/lexicon/human-in-the-loop.md",
 "inScheme": {
  "id": "https://redfinchadvisory.com/lexicon",
  "version": "1.0",
  "currentAsOf": "2026-10-21"
 }
}