Approve production API calls before they run

When to use this

Use this pattern when an agent is about to call a production API, trigger a job, send a webhook, mutate a database record, or touch an internal system.

Where Stacksona fits

Place Stacksona immediately before the production call. The agent should prepare the request, ask Gate for a decision, and only run the call when the decision allows it.

What the reviewer should see

• endpoint
• method
• affected system
• payload summary
• full payload or safe redacted payload
• expected impact
• rollback plan
• reason the agent wants to call the API
• risk or review reason

Minimum fields to send

• agent_id
• workflow_id
• tool_name: call_production_api
• action_type: production_api
• method
• endpoint
• affected_system
• payload_summary
• rollback_plan
• reason
• callback_url, if using async review

Example request

{
  "agent_id": "ops-agent-01",
  "workflow_id": "production-api-review",
  "tool_name": "call_production_api",
  "action_type": "production_api",
  "method": "POST",
  "endpoint": "https://api.internal.example.com/accounts/cus_99/recalculate",
  "affected_system": "billing-ledger",
  "payload_summary": "Recalculate account balance after support adjustment.",
  "rollback_plan": "Run ledger_restore with request_id if the recalculation is incorrect.",
  "reason": "Agent detected a mismatch between CRM balance and billing ledger.",
  "callback_url": "https://app.example.com/stacksona/api-callback"
}

How to branch after the decision

What to log after execution

• decision_id
• endpoint
• method
• provider request id or internal request id
• response status
• execution_status
• executed_at
• rollback_id if applicable

Common mistakes

• hiding the payload from reviewers
• approving without showing affected system
• not logging the API response result
• failing open on timeout

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