Control
Review
How humans inspect and evaluate agent output before accepting it.
Observed Examples
Human oversight is deferred to post-hoc inspection of agent-generated findings rather than inline approval of each step.
The incident highlights the absence of a review step before agents act on install instructions embedded in unstructured documentation.
Roles like QA and Release Manager imply structured review checkpoints within the agentic pipeline before work is shipped.
Frames design critique and critical thinking as the human review layer that agents cannot replace, positioning humans as quality-gatekeepers over generated output.
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