Human verification
Pause a chat workflow until a teammate approves a step, such as a refund, with an approval form, editable values and Approve or Reject exits. See examples and how teammates handle verification tasks.
Human verification lets the AI do most of the work and keeps a person in the loop for the decisions that need one. The Verification block pauses a chat workflow and raises an approval form for your team. A teammate checks the details, can change them, and picks a decision. The workflow then continues down the path for that decision.
Add it from Logic → Verification in the workflow builder. It works on Robylon Chat. On other channels the block is skipped and the workflow moves straight on.
When should I use human verification?
Use it wherever the AI can prepare an action but a person should sign it off. For example:
- Refunds above a limit: a customer asks for a refund of 2,000 and the AI is allowed to refund up to 500. The workflow refunds 500 straight away, and a verification task asks a teammate to approve the remaining 1,500.
- Order changes after dispatch: the AI collects the new address, and a teammate confirms it can still be changed before the workflow updates the order.
- Goodwill credit or discounts: the AI proposes a voucher value, and a teammate approves it or lowers it before it is sent.
- Account changes: closing an account or changing a registered phone number waits for a teammate to check the details first.
How do I set up the Verification block?
Build the approval form, choose the decisions, and connect each one to what should happen next.
Add the block
In the workflow builder, add Logic → Verification where the approval is needed, and click Configure Verification Pop-up.
Title the form
Enter a Pop-up Title. It can include variables, such as the order ID.
Add the fields
Click Add Field for each detail the teammate should see. Give each a Field Label and an Input Type (Free Text or Dropdown options), and choose its Value Source: Fixed Value, Get from Variable or Agent enters at runtime. Turn on Editable by approver to let the teammate change the value, and use Map final value to output variable to save what they submit.
Add the decisions
Add a button for each decision, such as Approve and Reject. Each button has its own exit on the block.
Keep the customer informed
Turn on Send a holding message to tell the customer the team is checking. Set Inactivity to how long to wait before taking the inactivity exit. If it is 0, the task stays open until someone acts.
How would I build the refund example?
Let the AI handle the part it is allowed to, and send the rest for approval:
- Check the amount with a Conditions block: if the refund is 500 or less, refund it with an API block and tell the customer.
- Above 500, refund 500 with the API block, then add a Verification block. Show the order ID and the remaining amount (1,500) from variables, and make the amount Editable by approver, mapped to an output variable.
- On Approve, call the refund API again with the amount the teammate submitted, and confirm to the customer.
- On Reject, tell the customer what happens next, or hand the conversation to a person.
How do teammates handle a verification task?
When the workflow reaches the block:
- The conversation is assigned to a human agent, using your normal assignment rules. If nobody is available, the customer is told they are waiting.
- It is marked in the inbox. The conversation shows a Needs Verification marker in the Unified Inbox list, so it stands out from other chats.
- The teammate opens the form on the conversation, checks or edits the values, and clicks a decision. The workflow continues down that decision’s exit, and the result is added to the conversation so the AI agent knows what was decided.
The task stops waiting if the chat is handed over to a person or resolved first.
Are verification tasks assigned outside working hours?
Only if you allow it. In business hours, the Out of Office step has a Human Verification Assignment setting: “Assign verification tasks to Human Agents during Out of Office hours”. When it is off, tasks raised out of hours wait until working hours start.