Pattern
Anthropic API tool_use ↔ tool_result loop
Use the tool_use / tool_result handshake as the foundational pause-and-resume mechanism: when the model emits a tool_use, the application has full control over when and how to return a tool_result, including indefinite delays for human approval.
Classification — Native LLM-API HITL primitive.
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