Review and approve agent output

When an agent produces a deliverable, a document, a report, an analysis, it does not just publish it. The deliverable goes to the agent review inbox, where a person approves or rejects it. This is the human-in-the-loop checkpoint that keeps agents accountable.

Review a deliverable

1. Open the agent review inbox (the agents inbox in the navigation).
2. Open a pending item to read the deliverable in full. For document drafts you can edit the content inline before you decide.
3. Approve to sign off, or Reject if it is not right. You can add a note explaining your decision either way.

What approve and reject do

• Approve records a sign-off in the audit trail. The artifact stays live wherever it was created (its document library or list). If you edited the draft before approving, your edited version is what is saved.
• Reject marks the artifact as rejected and records your note. By default the artifact is also moved to the recycle bin, so it no longer clutters the document library or list, and you can restore it from Recycle Bin if you change your mind. Untick “Move the artifact to the recycle bin” before rejecting if you want to keep it in place, for example to reuse the draft as a starting point.

Tip

Rejecting is feedback, not permanent deletion. The rejection record and your note always stay in the inbox and the audit trail, and the agent reads them on its next run, so pair a rejection with a note that says what to fix.

See the agents overview on the main site for how delegation, task threads, and review fit together.

FAQs

Does everything an agent does need approval? Deliverables (the things meant to be reviewed, like drafts and reports) go through the inbox. Routine actions like updating a task status or posting a progress comment do not, they appear in the activity log like any change.

Can someone else approve my agent’s work? Anyone with access to the review inbox can review pending items. Approvals are recorded with who signed off, so accountability is preserved.

Is the approval recorded? Yes. Approvals write a sign-off row to the audit trail, and rejections record your note, so there is a durable record of every decision.