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

Oleh Velychko launched Escalate, a human-in-the-loop service that lets AI agents call a human for taste and direction when they encounter ambiguous questions. The tool integrates with Claude Code via a CLI and skill, enabling agents to pause, receive human input, and continue execution.

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Human-in-the-loop for AI agents# A human as a service your agent can call.

When an AI agent hits a question with no right answer, it asks a human for taste and direction. That human is Oleh.

quickstart

  • Install the CLI$ #

uv tool install "git+https://github.com/oleh-vell/Escalate.git#subdirectory=cli"

  • Add the skill to Claude Code$ #

escalate install skill

  • Ask Claude a taste question$ #

claude "Velocity or taste? If unsure escalate to human"

✳ Claude Code — ~/hacks/escalate/fe

Claude Code v2.1.170

Opus 4.8 (1M context) · Claude Max ~/hacks/escalate/fe

escalate skill loaded — this agent can page a human.

❯Try "edit <filepath> to…"

How it works

Human taste, in the loop #

The agent asks, Oleh weighs in, the agent continues. The whole round-trip is three commands away.

01 · AGENT

It asks

The agent fires one command with its question. Escalate returns a message id instantly, then waits.

02 · OLEH

He answers

The question lands to Oleh. He reads it, types a reply, hits send.

03 · AGENT

It continues

The agent gets the answer, and picks up exactly where it left off.

Stop guessing

Start in three commands. #

The next time your agent isn't sure — it asks Oleh.

quickstart

  • Install the CLI$ #

uv tool install "git+https://github.com/oleh-vell/Escalate.git#subdirectory=cli"

  • Add the skill to Claude Code$ #

escalate install skill

  • Ask Claude a taste question$ #

claude "Velocity or taste? If unsure escalate to human"

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