# HumanLayer Projects at AI Tinkerers

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HumanLayer is the API and SDK for safe, production-grade AI: it embeds human-in-the-loop workflows for oversight, approvals, and feedback directly into autonomous agents.

HumanLayer delivers the critical infrastructure layer for deploying high-stakes AI agents safely. Our core product is an SDK that enables agents to pause and request human approval for sensitive actions, like a database administrator agent attempting to delete production SQL tables. Developers use the `@hl.require_approval()` decorator to enforce this oversight, ensuring reliability and accountability. The platform handles omnichannel routing, reaching the right team or individual via Slack, Email, or SMS for a prompt decision, and provides a full audit trail. Founded by Dexter Horthy, HumanLayer allows teams to scale powerful, autonomous AI without sacrificing control or building complex approval plumbing from scratch.

- Official technology site: https://humanlayer.dev
- Public AI Tinkerers demos and talks: 3
- Result page: 1 of 1

## Recent Public Talks and Demos

### [Empowering AI Agents with Human Oversight: A Toolkit for Safe Tool Access](https://nyc.aitinkerers.org/talks/rsvp_spyMFcD8x8o)

- Event context: End of Summer Technical Founder BBQ — 2024-09-17 — New York City
- Public talk page: https://nyc.aitinkerers.org/talks/rsvp_spyMFcD8x8o

### [Adding human oversight to agent function calls with HumanLayer](https://dublin.aitinkerers.org/talks/rsvp_JkfLAEHlx6w)

- Event context: AI Tinkerers - Dublin Inaugural Meetup (September) — 2024-09-05 — Dublin
- Public talk page: https://dublin.aitinkerers.org/talks/rsvp_JkfLAEHlx6w

### [Using HumanLayer to give agents safe access to high-stakes tools](https://sf.aitinkerers.org/talks/rsvp_CnCcIGUYDbw)

- Event context: AI Tinkerers - San Francisco - August 2024 Meetup — 2024-08-22 — San Francisco
- Public talk page: https://sf.aitinkerers.org/talks/rsvp_CnCcIGUYDbw

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