Operations
Approval gate
An approval gate is a workflow step that pauses for human approval before executing the next step. Critical for any automation with financial, legal, or customer-facing consequences. Implemented via Slack interactive buttons, email-with-action-link, or admin dashboard queues.
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Pattern: AI drafts → Slack message with Approve/Edit/Reject buttons → on approve, send; on edit, open editor; on reject, archive. Aiprosol's outreach drafts use this pattern. Add a 24h auto-archive so abandoned approvals don't pile up. Track approval rate as a KPI — if approvers are bulk-approving without reading, the gate is theatre.