agent · AVC

Human decisions are part of execution.

Approval gates expose the action, rationale, risk, authority and evidence.

Approval gateOwner decision
Prepare external pilot outreach

Lead qualification is reviewable and no message has been sent.

Required authority
Execute after owner approval
Risk
R2 · External reversible
Evidence
Qualification receipt EV-8F42
ApproveDeferReject
Approval lifecycle

Consequential work pauses until the decision is attributable.

Defer and reject are first-class outcomes, not UI decorations.

  1. Proposal complete

    Action, target, rationale and expected outcome are reviewable.

    passed
  2. Risk and reversibility

    The operator can see potential side effects and rollback behavior.

    passed
  3. Evidence linked

    Sources and prior decisions support the proposal.

    active
  4. Owner decision

    Approve, defer or reject is recorded under the correct identity.

    pending
  5. Execution receipt

    An approved adapter records the actual external effect.

    pending
Decision surface

Approval exposes the proposed external effect before it happens.

The action, rationale, target, risk, reversibility, evidence and required authority remain visible together.

Independence

The proposer cannot manufacture the approval it needs.

Separation of duties keeps request, execution and approval from collapsing into one automated identity.

Outcome

Approval is permission to attempt, not evidence of success.

Delivery and outcome receipts remain separate from the owner's decision.