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# Require a human OK before risky bot actions

Risky actions wait for a clear yes from a person.

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Opens BotBento. Paste the prompt into a bot; nothing is preconfigured.

- When something happensBot plans a risky action
- ThenDescribes it and asks
- ResultProceeds only on yes

Put a person in the loop for actions that are hard to undo, such as sending money or deleting data, so the bot asks and waits for approval.

## Prompt to start with

BotBentoRecommended

```
Before any action that sends, pays, deletes or shares, describe what you will do and wait for my explicit yes. Treat no answer as no.
```

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## Tools it uses

ChatPayments

## Works with

BotBento

## Tags

- approvals
- safety
- human in the loop

## Source

[Launch HN: Human Layer (YC F24) – Human-in-the-Loop API for AI Systems](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42247368)
Hacker News · checked 2026-10-14

Summarized in our own words. Any results described there are the authors’ own, not measured by BotBento.

By BotBento Editorial · Added 2026-10-14 · Updated 2026-10-14 · [Suggest a correction](/contact/)

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