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n8n AI Agent
Human Review nodes can gate specific agent tools. The workflow pauses, asks over Slack, email or chat, and only runs the tool after approval.
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Put a Human Review gate in front of every tool that sends, pays or deletes.
Scorecard
| Criterion | Rating | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Permission granularity | 2/3 | Tools are wired per agent node, so the agent only sees what you connect. |
| Human approval gates | 3/3 | |
| Sandboxing | Unverified | Not confirmed in the docs we checked. |
| Secrets handling | 2/3 | Stored credentials are encrypted with N8N_ENCRYPTION_KEY. |
| Audit logs | 2/3 | Log streaming to webhook, syslog or Sentry. |
| Kill switch / interrupt | 2/3 | n8n-cli execution stop ends a running execution. |
| Network egress control | Unverified | Not confirmed in the docs we checked. |