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Approvals and human review: how to control what the agent sends

Each channel account has an Auto-Approve Actions switch. With it off, every action waits in the lead's Pending Approval list until a person approves, edits or rejects it. Rules and Human Takeover handle the other half: stopping the agent and moving a conversation to a person.

Published by Sellinger AI. Numbers and settings checked on 19 October 2026 against the fact register. Report an error.

Before you start

  • Decide per account. The switch applies to that connected account only.
  • Write the rules that should always stop the agent, such as a request to speak to a person. See write rules your agent follows.

Steps

  1. 1

    Step 1

    Turn approval on

    Open Channels, choose the account and find Auto-Approve Actions (automatically execute actions without human approval). Leave it off so that every action queues for you.

  2. 2

    Step 2

    Open the lead

    Open a lead from the leads page. Pending actions appear under Pending Approval in the lead's drawer.

  3. 3

    Step 3

    Decide

    Click Approve to send as written. Click Edit, change the text and click Send Edited. Or click Reject.

  4. 4

    Step 4

    Review history

    Use Show reviewed actions to see what was approved or rejected earlier.

  5. 5

    Step 5

    Take over

    From the lead's quick actions menu, choose Human Takeover. The agent stops for that lead. Choose Re-enable AI to give it back.

What happens next

Approved messages are sent. Rejected ones are not. A conversation under Human Takeover is flagged as manually taken over.

Good to know

  • The Needs Attention rule group halts automation and flags the lead for a person. Examples in the app are a lead who wants a phone call, or mentions legal approval.
  • The app has no separate Approvals page. Approvals live in the lead drawer.
  • Sellinger also has a send check that refuses a message to a contact on the suppression list. See opt outs and the suppression list.

Common questions

Can I approve many at once?
The product has a bulk approval route, used by the MCP connector. In the app, approvals are handled from each lead.
Does the agent stop on its own?
Yes, when a rule matches or it cannot answer, for example a price it has no answer for.
Can I approve from Claude?
Yes, through the MCP connector. See the [approval queue recipe](/mcp/recipes/approval-queue-triage).

Sources and method

Written from the Sellinger app as of 19 October 2026.

Related: How to approve messages before they send, How to take over a conversation, Outreach rules, All help articles.

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