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COMPEL Glossary / escalation-protocol
Escalation protocol
Deterministic rules that pause the agent and escalate to a human for decision — triggered by low confidence, high-consequence tool calls, out-of-distribution inputs, or explicit agent request.
What this means in practice
The escalation protocol is the bridge between agent autonomy and Article 14 human oversight.
Synonyms
agent escalation , human-escalation rules
See also
- Human oversight (Art. 14) — Under Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, the provider-designed measures that allow natural persons to understand the capacities and limitations of a high-risk AI system, monitor its operation, and intervene or interrupt it.
- Stop-go decision right — The explicit assignment of authority to halt or resume an agent — distinct from authority to configure, deploy, or operate it.
- Pre-authorization oversight — An oversight mode in which a named human must approve specified agent actions before they execute.