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.

Human-in-the-loop for AI agents A human as a service 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 https://www.linkedin.com/in/oleh-velychko/ . 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"