Agent skill

Human Interaction

by sandgardenhq in sandgardenhq/sgai

Handle agent questions and work gates in sgai workspaces. An agent skill from sandgardenhq/sgai.

Custom licenceAuto-check passed

Install Human Interaction

skills CLI
$ npx skills add sandgardenhq/sgai --skill human-interaction -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install sandgardenhq/sgai human-interaction --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sandgardenhq/sgai.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/docs/sgai-skills/human-interaction .claude/skills/human-interaction && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
human-interaction
GitHub stars
137
Token cost
~1.4k tokens
SKILL.md length
210 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
53
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Handle agent questions and work gates in sgai workspaces. An agent skill from sandgardenhq/sgai.

  • Works in 3 steps: Fetch fresh state before responding → Use the questionId from the current state → If you get a 409 "question expired"…
  • An agent is blocked waiting for human input
  • SKILL.md covers Detecting Pending Questions, Question Types, Respond Endpoint and Question ID Handling, plus 1 more section
  • Calls curl and jq

What it does

Human Interaction is an agent skill from sandgardenhq/sgai. Handle agent questions and work gates in sgai workspaces. Use when an agent is blocked waiting for human input, when you need to respond to multi-choice questions, approve work gates, or provide free-text answers to agent queries.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.4k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts. Compatibility notes: Requires a running sgai session with a pending question. Check workspace state for pendingQuestion field before calling respond endpoint.

The repository describes itself as: Sandgarden AI Software Factory.

When your agent uses it

  • An agent is blocked waiting for human input
  • You need to respond to multi-choice questions
  • Approve work gates
  • Provide free-text answers to agent queries

Example prompts

  • “/human-interaction”

Requirements

  • Node.js
  • Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Requires a running sgai session with a pending question. Check workspace state for pendingQuestion field before calling respond endpoint.

Workflow steps

3 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Fetch fresh state before responding
  2. Use the questionId from the current state
  3. If you get a 409 "question expired" error, re-fetch state and get the new ID

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 9efbb7b. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • curl
    • jq

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use curl, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

  • Compatibility

    Requires a running sgai session with a pending question. Check workspace state for pendingQuestion field before calling respond endpoint.

    From compatibility in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

Context cost

Human Interaction loads about 1.4k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 62 tokens; SKILL.md has 210 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~62
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.4k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 210 words (~1,414 tokens).

“When sgai agents need human input, they set needsInput: true and populate pendingQuestion in the workspace state. Your harness must detect and respond to these to unblock the agent.”

— opening of SKILL.md by sandgardenhq, Custom licence
name
human-interaction
compatibility
Requires a running sgai session with a pending question. Check workspace state for pendingQuestion field before calling respond endpoint.

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in docs/sgai-skills/human-interaction of sandgardenhq/sgai.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9efbb7b

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Questions about Human Interaction

What does Human Interaction do?

Handle agent questions and work gates in sgai workspaces. An agent skill from sandgardenhq/sgai. Human Interaction is an agent skill from sandgardenhq/sgai. Handle agent questions and work gates in sgai workspaces.

When should I use Human Interaction?

Human Interaction fits situations like: an agent is blocked waiting for human input; you need to respond to multi-choice questions; approve work gates; provide free-text answers to agent queries.

How do I install Human Interaction in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add sandgardenhq/sgai --skill human-interaction -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (docs/sgai-skills/human-interaction in sandgardenhq/sgai) into .claude/skills/human-interaction in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Human Interaction in Codex?

Run `npx skills add sandgardenhq/sgai --skill human-interaction -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (docs/sgai-skills/human-interaction in sandgardenhq/sgai) into .agents/skills/human-interaction in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Human Interaction in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add sandgardenhq/sgai --skill human-interaction -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/human-interaction, .gemini/skills/human-interaction, .github/skills/human-interaction and .opencode/skills/human-interaction in your project.

What does Human Interaction need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Human Interaction needs the command-line tools its instructions call (curl and jq). Our summary lists: Node.js. Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Requires a running sgai session with a pending question. Check workspace state for pendingQuestion field before calling respond endpoint..

Does Human Interaction access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use curl, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Human Interaction safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Human Interaction use?

Human Interaction has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.

How many tokens does Human Interaction use?

About 1.4k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.7k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Human Interaction?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Human Interaction: Error Handling (affaan-m/ECC, 276k stars), Error Handling (thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist, 74k stars), Error Handling (affaan-m/ECC, 276k stars) and Gate Tests (vercel/next.js, 143k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Human Interaction?

sandgardenhq (a GitHub organization) maintains it in sandgardenhq/sgai, which has 137 GitHub stars. The repository holds 53 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 21, 2026.

Source: sandgardenhq/sgai on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.