human-in-the-loop

You can enforce human oversight in Copilot workflows by marking risky steps as [HUMAN] and specifying the required role, criteria, deadline, and fallback actions to prevent unsafe automation.

You need human-in-the-loop gates for compliance and risk management when workflows involve external communications, financial decisions, legal implications, or any content requiring human oversight before publishing.

A human approval gate in workflow orchestration is a designated checkpoint that halts automation to require explicit human intervention, ensuring compliance and risk controls before high-stakes decisions are executed.

Yes, you can define fallback actions for pending approvals in Copilot workflows. Explicit gate definitions require a fallback mechanism to handle steps when human oversight is not completed by the specified deadline.

You configure approval criteria for external communications by defining explicit gates that specify the required role, oversight criteria, and deadlines, then tagging the communication step as [HUMAN] before publishing.

Automated workflows without human oversight risk unsafe automation, particularly in external communications and decisions with money or legal implications, lacking necessary compliance and risk management controls.