AI engineering glossary · Agents tools MCP
What is approval gate?
Approval gate (also called Confirmation step): A checkpoint at which an agent must stop and receive explicit human permission before performing a specified action, such as spending money or deleting data. Gates are placed on actions with side effects or high risk.
Approval gate: an example
Before running delete_records, the agent shows the query and waits for the user to press Approve.
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Where you learn it
Approval gate is part of the AI Engineering Program, which teaches it with notes, a hands-on lab and an exam. The first lesson is free.