Orchestrating complex data flows between n8n, Supabase, and AI agents using a "Human-in-the-Loop" gate to ensure production-grade security and governance.
High-impact automation often fails due to a lack of "Kill Switches," where AI agents execute actions without feedback loops or safety gates.
A bi-directional architecture where AI remains "Read-Only" until a boolean safety interlock is toggled via a secure dashboard.
100% reduction in unauthorized automated actions and a complete, immutable audit trail in PostgreSQL.
In industrial automation (think classic Festo setups), you never let a motor move without a safety interlock protecting people, machines, and processes. Digital automation should be no different. If we treat AI agents as physical actuators, we’re forced to design for idempotence, reversibility, and safety instead of “just ship the prompt.”
In this pattern, a webhook triggers a workflow that advances only as far as a “waiting room” state stored in Supabase. The AI agent can propose actions, generate payloads, or draft API requests, but it cannot execute them directly. The final API call is routed through a manual approval UI, which acts as a digital emergency stop and safety interlock for your agentic system.