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Workflow automation · n8n · 5/7 verified · Last checked 2026-10-16

Human Review nodes can gate specific agent tools. The workflow pauses, asks over Slack, email or chat, and only runs the tool after approval.

Overall: B (2.20 avg, 5/7 controls verified)

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Put a Human Review gate in front of every tool that sends, pays or deletes.

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	Human Review nodes pause the workflow until a person approves the tool call.
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.

Unverified: Sandboxing, Network egress control. That means we could not confirm it in public docs, not that it is missing.

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