Keep important actions behind human review.
Ethen Approvals gives sensitive workflow movement a visible checkpoint: show the proposed action, review the evidence, make a decision, and keep the approval record attached. It gives teams a practical way to separate model assistance from important action. The result is a workflow that can move quickly up to the point where a human decision still matters.
Human gates for important movement.
Approvals are the boundary between model assistance and important action. They help teams keep state-changing steps, sensitive connector actions, external updates, and private-context movement behind a human review point. In Ethen, approval paths are designed to make the proposed action visible, attach evidence, and preserve a record of the decision where configured. Approval surfaces are often the difference between a helpful internal tool and an unsafe one. They create a durable record of what was proposed, why it mattered, what evidence was attached, and who made the decision.
- Pause sensitive or state-changing workflow steps before they continue. A visible proposal is easier to challenge than an invisible side effect.
- Show the proposed action, context, and expected result to the reviewer. Evidence matters because the approver should not have to guess why the system is asking.
- Attach evidence and receipts to the approval decision. Decision records matter for follow-up, training, and internal accountability.
- Keep approval records connected to workspace history. Boundaries are especially valuable where connectors or outside systems are involved.
- Support policy visibility where workflow configuration defines approval needs. The page focuses on reviewable checkpoints, not on claiming hands-free operations.
Approval capabilities
Ethen Approvals makes human review a visible part of the workflow rather than an informal side conversation. The approval layer should feel simple to the operator and durable to the organization.
Approval gates
Pause sensitive or state-changing steps until a reviewer chooses how the workflow should proceed. The proposed action needs enough context to be judged quickly.
Visible proposal
Show what the model or workflow is proposing, what context it used, and what result is expected. Approvers benefit when the evidence is close to the decision, not hidden in another thread.
Decision record
Attach the approval, rejection, or requested change to the workflow history where configured. Different kinds of actions may deserve different approval rules.
Evidence context
Keep receipts, route choices, referenced context, and review notes near the approval decision. The record helps teams understand what changed and why.
Policy visibility
Show why a step needs review when the workflow or policy configuration provides that context. Connector actions become easier to trust when the pause point is explicit.
Manual checkpoint
Give users a clear place to stop, inspect, take over, or adjust the workflow before it moves forward. A clean approval flow improves the overall quality of model workflows.
How approvals work
The approval path should be simple: show the action, show the evidence, ask for a decision, and keep the record. A strong approval system reduces ambiguity rather than adding ceremony.
A workflow reaches a boundary
The workflow identifies a sensitive, external, or state-changing step that needs human review. Frame the proposed movement in plain language first.
The proposal is shown
The reviewer sees what is being proposed, what context informed it, and what could happen next. Attach the evidence that would help a human decide quickly.
Evidence is attached
Receipts, model-lane choices, references, and review notes are kept near the decision. Show the action boundary clearly before any side effect occurs.
A human decides
The user can approve, reject, request changes, or take over depending on the workflow surface. Record the decision and the reasoning behind it.
The record is preserved
The decision becomes part of the workflow history and can inform future review. Return the workflow to the next step with the approval state attached.
Visibility and control
Approvals help users understand and control important movement inside model workflows. The user should know exactly when the workspace is asking for judgment and why.
Proposed action
Show exactly what the workflow wants to do next. Visible checkpoints build trust in the rest of the workflow.
Review context
Keep relevant evidence, route choices, and references close to the decision. Clear action summaries reduce the chance of accidental approval.
Human decision
Require a clear user choice before sensitive movement continues. Decision history matters because the same workflow may return later.
Approval history
Keep the decision attached to the run for later review. Policy visibility helps teams understand who should approve what.
What this page represents
This page explains approvals as human review points for model workflows. It focuses on visible proposals, review decisions, and records rather than automated production approval or formal compliance enforcement. It does not present approvals as autonomous production governance. It presents them as human checkpoints with a record.