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title: "Gate · Glossary · Agentic Atlas"
description: "Gate: a contracted control-flow seam for human clarification, approval, or escalation; not a child LLM dispatch. (human-in-the-loop gate)."
canonical: "https://agentic-atlas.dev/glossary/gate"
last-updated: "2026-09-23"
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1. [Agentic Atlas](https://agentic-atlas.dev/)
2. [Glossary](https://agentic-atlas.dev/glossary)
3. Gate

Glossary definition

# Gate

Atlas key

gate

Catalog order

18

Used in

6 sections

Catalog revision · e0cb75881244b1a82193ca738b82a0d508dd62e822524ae82873ec79d51dbb61

a contracted control-flow seam for human clarification, approval, or escalation; not a child LLM dispatch. (human-in-the-loop gate)

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## Used in

- [The Contract](https://agentic-atlas.dev/nodes/contract-documentation#why-it-matters) Why it matters · 1 mention
- [Effect Discipline](https://agentic-atlas.dev/nodes/effect-discipline#model-and-claims) Model and claims · 1 mention
- [Foundations](https://agentic-atlas.dev/nodes/foundations#model-and-claims) Model and claims · 1 mention
- [LLM Dispatch](https://agentic-atlas.dev/nodes/llm-dispatch#scope-and-boundaries) Scope and boundaries · 1 mention
- [The Unsent Thunderstorm](https://agentic-atlas.dev/nodes/unsent-thunderstorm#implementation) Implementation · 1 mention
- [Verification Asymmetry](https://agentic-atlas.dev/nodes/verification-asymmetry#model-and-claims) Model and claims · 1 mention