GateQeeper – The Human-in-the-Loop

GateQeeper (User)

The gateQeeper is you — the user of the QonQrete system. You provide critical human oversight and decision-making during the iterative development process orchestrated by Qrane.

How it works

Your primary interaction point is during the “cheqpoint” phase after each cycle of agent execution.

1. Review the ReQap:

After construQtor implements tasks and inspeQtor reviews changes, Qrane presents a reQap (report) summarizing:

The cycle’s work
Assessment: [SUCCESS], [PARTIAL], or [FAILURE]
Actionable suggestions

2. Decision Making:

Based on the reQap, you choose one of three actions:

[Q]ontinue: If assessment indicates acceptable progress, continue to next cycle. The reQap becomes the next cycle’s tasq.md.
[T]weaQ (Edit): Open the reQap file in an editor to modify directives for the next cycle. Powerful mechanism for fine-tuning agent behavior.
[X]Quit: End the session if not satisfied with progress.

What’s configurable

Runtime Decisions:

Cheqpoint Actions: Fundamental [Q]ontinue, [T]weaQ, [X]Quit decisions
Editing ReQap: Direct control over instructions for subsequent cycles

Command-line Arguments (passed to Qrane):

-u / --user: Force user-gated mode (prompted at every cheqpoint)
-a / --auto: Override to autonomous mode (bypass cheqpoints)
--mode: Set operational mode (e.g., ‘enterprise’, ‘security’)
--briq-sensitivity: Control task breakdown granularity
--tui: Enable Text User Interface

config.yaml:

options.cheqpoint (boolean): Default user-gated mode. True = prompted at each cheqpoint
options.auto_cycle_limit (integer): Max cycles in autonomous mode

The Bottom Line

The gateQeeper is the human-in-the-loop — essential judgment, course correction, and ultimate direction to the AI agent team.

You are not replaced by AI. You are augmented by it.