Human review
A person examining the actual work and forming an informed judgment rather than accepting a summary.
Illustrative conversation
- The agent summarized the patch and every check is green. Can we merge?
- The owner still needs a human review of the actual diff and the high-risk behavior those checks may not cover.
Definition
Human review is a person's direct examination of an artifact, the relevant evidence, and the consequences of accepting it. In AI-assisted development that may include reading the changed code, exercising the interface, checking source claims, and judging risks that automated checks do not capture. A click on an approval button is not meaningful review unless the reviewer has enough context, competence, time, and authority to challenge the result.
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