--- title: One Agent Workflow That Keeps Human Review in the Loop description: A practical workflow pattern for keeping human review visible in AI agent pipelines. Covers a four-step loop (plan, work, pause, review), tool-level approval... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/one-agent-workflow-that-keeps-human-review-in-the-loop-idljoj6z9 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: One Agent Workflow That Keeps Human Review in the Loop | daily.dev og:description: A practical workflow pattern for keeping human review visible in AI agent pipelines. 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Includes three approval lanes (auto, ask, stop) and a concrete example of updating a scheduled article with agent assistance. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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