# Human in the loop: Do you need it at every step?

DevFeed: [Human in the loop: Do you need it at every step?](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/human-in-the-loop-do-you-need-it-at-every-step-12242.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.port.io/blog/human-in-the-loop-for-ai-coding-agents>)

Author: Matar Peles

Published: 2026-08-10T11:35:04Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Developer Experience & Platform Engineering Blog | Port](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/developer-experience-platform-engineering-blog-port.md>)

Topics: [AI-assisted coding](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-assisted-coding.md>), [Pull Request](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/pull-request.md>), [pull-requests](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/pull-requests.md>), [agent observability](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/agent-observability.md>), [sdlc](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/sdlc.md>), [coding](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/coding.md>)

Tags: [agentic](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agentic.md>), [agents](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agents.md>), [ai-coding-agents](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-coding-agents.md>), [coding-agents](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/coding-agents.md>), [production](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/production.md>), [pull-request](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/pull-request.md>), [review](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/review.md>), [sdlc](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sdlc.md>)

## AI overview

This article explains how human oversight should adapt as AI coding agents move from suggesting code to taking actions in production. It compares rule-based gates, which apply predefined conditions, with risk-based gates, which assess each action dynamically and involve a human when risk exceeds a threshold.

## Source excerpt

Explore rule-based vs risk-based guardrails for AI coding agents and when human review is truly needed in the loop.