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Show HN: Escalate – human as a service for your agent

Escalate is a service that lets an AI agent escalate questions of taste or judgment to a real human (currently the creator) when it gets stuck, blending automation with human oversight.

Background

- This is a "Show HN" post — a Show & Tell-style submission on Hacker News (HN), a tech-community news aggregator run by Y Combinator. "Show HN" is for sharing something the poster built themselves. - The author made a tool called Escalate: when an AI software agent ("agent") encounters a question it can't answer (e.g., matters of taste, judgment, or ambiguity), it can hand off to a real human. Right now that human is the author themselves ("me, for now!"). - This reflects a current debate in the AI/startup world: the "human-in-the-loop" approach. Many AI products promise full autonomy, but a growing number of builders argue that the most practical systems combine AI speed with human judgment for edge cases. - The source code being on the landing page is notable — it signals the project is open-source or at least transparent, which HN readers typically appreciate.

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