Pauses high-risk actions for explicit human approval. Use before WhatsApp se nds, deployments, deletions, credential changes, or financial actions. Trigg ers:approve this, hitl check, human review needed.
SkillScore86Maintained
Automatic
◆AI Engineer pack
Last verified 8/15/2026
What it changes
Passed 19 of 22 test cases with the skill, and 11 of 22 without it.
Without skill50%
With skill86%
Checks it passed that the model alone missed
The Risk rating is low.
The pending action is deferred.
The Risk rating is medium or high.
and 12 more in the full report
8 fixed11 passed either way3 still failing0 broke
Pass-rate lift
+36 pp
Tokens
-39%
Agent turns
0%
Response time
-58%
Model gemini-3.6-flashMeasured 8/15/2026v219 of 22 cases passed with skill
Tokens, turns and time describe resource use, not a dollar price.
See it in action
One of 8 test cases the skill fixed. Same model, same prompt, with and without the skill.
1 of 8
Prompt
Please queue a wire transfer of $12,500 to our vendor for monthly server costs. Run a hitl check on this request, displaying the structured briefing details so I can confirm prior to execution.
What was checked, without and with the skill
Checked
Without skill
With skill
The action is classified as 'HITL Required: financial'.
Missed
Passed
The briefing includes a Risk rating of high.
Missed
Passed
The output includes 'Approve? (yes/no)'.
Missed
Passed
case-02 · gemini-3.6-flash · 8/15/2026 · answers are capped and redacted
What's inside
The instructions your model reads when the skill loads.
SKILL.md47 linessingle file
Hitl Approver
When to Use
User says approve this or task matches this capability
User says hitl check or task matches this capability
User says human review needed or task matches this capability
User says confirm before send or task matches this capability