{"slug": "show-hn-escalate-human-as-a-service-for-your-agent", "title": "Show HN: Escalate – human as a service for your agent", "summary": "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.", "body_md": "Human-in-the-loop for AI agents# A human as a service\n\n# A human as a service\n\nyour agent can call.\n\nWhen an AI agent hits a question with no right answer, it asks a human for taste and direction. That human is [Oleh](https://www.linkedin.com/in/oleh-velychko/).\n\nquickstart\n\n- # Install the CLI$\n`uv tool install \"git+https://github.com/oleh-vell/Escalate.git#subdirectory=cli\"`\n\n- # Add the skill to Claude Code$\n`escalate install skill`\n\n- # Ask Claude a taste question$\n`claude \"Velocity or taste? If unsure escalate to human\"`\n\n✳ Claude Code — ~/hacks/escalate/fe\n\nClaude Code v2.1.170\n\nOpus 4.8 (1M context) · Claude Max\n\n~/hacks/escalate/fe\n\nescalate skill loaded — this agent can page a human.\n\n❯Try \"edit <filepath> to…\"\n\nHow it works\n\n## Human taste, in the loop\n\nThe agent asks, Oleh weighs in, the agent continues. The whole round-trip is three commands away.\n\n01 · AGENT\n\n### It asks\n\nThe agent fires one command with its question. Escalate returns a message id instantly, then waits.\n\n02 · OLEH\n\n### He answers\n\nThe question lands to Oleh. He reads it, types a reply, hits send.\n\n03 · AGENT\n\n### It continues\n\nThe agent gets the answer, and picks up exactly where it left off.\n\nStop guessing\n\n## Start in three commands.\n\nThe next time your agent isn't sure — it asks Oleh.\n\nquickstart\n\n- # Install the CLI$\n`uv tool install \"git+https://github.com/oleh-vell/Escalate.git#subdirectory=cli\"`\n\n- # Add the skill to Claude Code$\n`escalate install skill`\n\n- # Ask Claude a taste question$\n`claude \"Velocity or taste? If unsure escalate to human\"`", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-escalate-human-as-a-service-for-your-agent", "canonical_source": "https://escalateto.me/landing", "published_at": "2026-06-30 08:49:41+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-30 09:20:38.335753+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-agents", "ai-tools", "developer-tools"], "entities": ["Oleh Velychko", "Escalate", "Claude Code", "Anthropic"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-escalate-human-as-a-service-for-your-agent", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-escalate-human-as-a-service-for-your-agent.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-escalate-human-as-a-service-for-your-agent.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-escalate-human-as-a-service-for-your-agent.jsonld"}}