> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.hiredata.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Approve Automations Before They Continue

> Add a Review step so a person approves or rejects before an automation goes on. Available for beta accounts on engine 1.3.0.

Some steps you want automated, but not without a human check first. With **Reviews**, an automation pauses until someone approves or rejects. Approve and the run continues; reject and it stops.

> [!NOTE]
>
> Reviews is available for beta accounts, together with engine 1.3.0. Other accounts can get it one by one: contact your success manager.

## Pause a run until someone decides

Add a **Review** step where the automation should wait. You find it in the step drawer under **Human in the loop**.

### 1. Choose how the review works

A Review step has three modes:

* **Manual**: a person always reviews. This is the default.
* **Conditional**: a person reviews only when the conditions you set call for it.
* **AI-assisted**: AI checks the content against your criteria first, and asks a person when it's unsure or information is missing.

![The Review step settings with the Manual, Conditional and AI-assisted modes](https://mintcdn.com/hiredata/7gm7lhyVCVpS2ISg/images/automations/review-modes.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=7gm7lhyVCVpS2ISg\&q=85\&s=145af16f72be3925a788242572f58d87)

Set what the reviewer sees: the content to review, the criteria, and optional context. You can insert variables from earlier steps.

### 2. Review from one queue

Open [Reviews](https://app.hiredata.com/reviews). **For you** shows the requests assigned to you. Admins also see **All**, and can reassign a request to someone else.

Filter by **Pending**, **Approved** or **Rejected**. Select a request to see the content, the criteria, and links to the automation and the run.

![The Reviews page with the All tab open and a pending review request](https://mintcdn.com/hiredata/7gm7lhyVCVpS2ISg/images/automations/reviews-queue.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=7gm7lhyVCVpS2ISg\&q=85\&s=218c6abcc6e5e2696734b83b7c764dc4)

### 3. Approve or reject

* **Approve**: the run continues with the next step.
* **Reject**: the run stops.

You can decide from the review queue or straight from the run. A short undo window lets you take a decision back before it takes effect.

## What else to know

* **Test runs** create reviews you handle in the run itself. They stay out of the regular queue and out of **Insights**.
* **Insights** shows request volume and team workload. **Activity** shows the decision history.
* **If an automation changed** after a review was requested, an admin can replace the outdated request.

## Check it out yourself

Open an automation in [Automations](https://app.hiredata.com/automations), add a **Review** step before the action you want checked, and run a test. Then approve it from [Reviews](https://app.hiredata.com/reviews).


## Related topics

- [Decide what happens when a candidate doesn't reply on WhatsApp](https://help.hiredata.com/apps/messaging/whatsapp/what-happens-when-a-candidate-doesnt-reply.md)
- [HTTP Request task](https://help.hiredata.com/reference/automation-tasks/http-request-task.md)
- [Why didn't my automation run?](https://help.hiredata.com/knowledge-base/why-didnt-my-automation-run.md)
- [Split](https://help.hiredata.com/reference/automations/steps/split.md)
- [How HireData works](https://help.hiredata.com/concepts/how-hiredata-works.md)


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