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Prompt to add human approval checkpoints

No worksheet. No setup project. Give Claude your workflow and quality bar. It places human judgment only where it changes the outcome, then shows which checkpoints can earn automation later. ๐ŸŒฑ
You provideA workflow, expected output and risk level
Claude doesinserts objective checks, taste decisions and approval gates between AI passes
You receiveA double-decker approval loop plus a progressive-autonomy plan

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Turn the workflow in this conversation into an AI approval loop. Place human judgment after any pass where truth, safety, taste, intent or an irreversible action can diverge. Use objective tests for facts, files, calculations and system state; reserve human review for consequential tradeoffs and taste.

Return the workflow as: human sets outcome and standard โ†’ AI pass โ†’ check or approval โ†’ AI revision โ†’ final verification. For every checkpoint, state what evidence is required and what happens on failure. Then propose how repeated corrections become rules, examples, Skills or evals, and which single checkpoint could be removed first only after the workflow repeatedly passes.
The quality gate. A good result performs the work and returns the finished artifact or decision. It should not give you another blank framework to complete.

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Product-specific mechanics above are tied to current first-party Anthropic guidance. The prompt itself is Cindy's practical implementation, not an Anthropic product guarantee.

Keep human approval where consequences matter. Health, legal, financial, security, privacy and irreversible decisions still need a human. No prompt or Skill makes an agent infallible or injection-proof.
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