Add a “human-in-the-loop” checkpoint to your AI agent chat in less than 30 minutes!

In my YouTube hands-on session we extend the Galaxium Travels booking agent from the previous video and show you how to:
• visually design a flow that pauses for human approval
• ask the end-user to confirm or reject an action (user-registration)
• conditionally invoke a tool only after confirmation
• map data in/out of the flow and show the result back to the chat UI

WARNING
Custom Docker-Compose in watsonx Orchestrate it not official supported: https://developer.watson-orchestrate....
Before starting watsonx Orchestrate Developer Edition with a custom Docker Compose file, make sure you understand every change in your configuration. The ADK doesn’t offers official support to custom Compose setups, so you’re responsible for troubleshooting any issues that arise.

If you’re going to build AI agents with compliance or audit requirements in the future, this tutorial could be useful to you.

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👷‍♂️ WHAT YOU’LL BUILD
• A decision node that lets the agent select the right tool
• A human-approval gate before tool execution
• Branching logic for the “user already exists” scenario
• End-to-end test of the flow inside the Galaxium Travels demo app

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⏱️ CHAPTERS
00:01 Intro & who am I
02:10 Why human-in-the-loop matters
03:11 Galaxium Travels recap
04:47 High-level architecture
05:07 Tool selection by the agent
06:40 Injecting the human-approval step
08:48 Opening the new Flow Builder
13:09 First test run
14:15 Display information to the user
17:10 Capturing the user’s choice
18:13 Adding branches
20:47 Wiring up the “Register User” tool
22:04 Output mapping with a code block
25:58 Full end-to-end test
27:18 Verify registration in the web UI
29:47 Recap & next steps

(Tip: click the timestamp to jump to any section)

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📚 RESOURCES & LINKS

▶ Previous video – “Build & Embed AI Agents Locally with watsonx Orchestrate”
   • Build and Embed AI Agents Locally with wat...  

▶ Playlist – watsonx Orchestrate
   • watsonx Orchestrate Examples  

Docs
• IBM watsonx Orchestrate Agent Development Kit
https://developer.watson-orchestrate....
• Flows overview
https://developer.watson-orchestrate....

Blog posts on suedbroecker.net
The Rise of Agentic AI and Managing Expectations – https://suedbroecker.net/2025/05/31/t...
Integrating watsonx Orchestrate Agent Chat in Web Apps https://suedbroecker.net/2025/08/08/i...
Getting Started with Local AI Agents in the watsonx Orchestrate Development Edition https://suedbroecker.net/2025/06/25/g...

Sample code & assets
Galaxium Travels Infrastructure https://github.com/thomassuedbroecker... ‪@maxjesch‬
Galaxium Travels Idea https://github.com/Max-Jesch/galaxium...
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💬 QUESTIONS?
Drop them in the comments or reach me on LinkedIn   / thomassuedbroecker  

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