Human-in-the-Loop

Human-in-the-loop (HITL) steps pause an automation until a person does something: approve a request, review content, or provide input.

When to use it

• Approvals — Run a step (e.g. send a deal summary) only after a manager approves.
• Content review — Have someone review or edit generated content before it’s sent or published.
• Input from people — Collect a choice or free-form answer from a user (e.g. in Slack or email) and continue the automation with that value.

HITL steps in Decoder

• Slack Approval — Wait for a user to approve (or reject) in Slack. Use for quick approvals in a channel or DM.
• Email Approval — Send an approval request by email; the automation continues when the recipient approves or rejects.
• Content Reviews — Wait for Slack content review. Someone can review and optionally edit content before the workflow proceeds.

Each step has inputs (e.g. message text, options, who to ask) and outputs (e.g. approved true/false, reviewed content, user’s reply). Use the outputs in later steps with variables.

Next

• Slack Actions — Wait for Slack approval, wait for Slack message, content review, get Slack data input.
• Email Actions — Email approval and related steps.
• Triggers and Actions — How steps fit together.