Human checkpoint recipe

Let the automation stop and ask you when it hits a login

Automations break the moment a site asks for a login or a CAPTCHA. The tool either gives up, or keeps clicking at a page it can't get past.

human checkpoint browser no model needed Free tier

What you get

A browser window opens on the page that needs you. You sign in or solve the challenge, confirm, and the recipe carries on from there.

What it does

  1. Open the page in a visible browser window.
  2. Pause, and show you a message saying what's needed.
  3. Wait until you confirm, then continue with the next step.

The whole automation, in one file

This is the actual recipe. Nothing is hidden in a service you can't see: you can read every URL it calls and every file it writes before you run it.

{
  "workflow_id": "demo_human_checkpoint",
  "description": "Interactive Human Checkpoint Demo \u2014 Opens a visible browser tab, pauses execution, and prompts the user to verify/proceed in the dashboard.",
  "tasks": [
    {
      "id": "checkpoint_verification",
      "trigger": "manual",
      "action_type": "human_checkpoint",
      "target": "https://github.com/login",
      "payload": {
        "session_key": "video_demo_checkpoint_v4",
        "prompt_message": "Vibra-Ingenn has paused execution. Please complete the login or solve any CAPTCHA challenge in the opened GitHub window, then click 'I have completed the login / CAPTCHA' here to resume.",
        "timeout_seconds": 600
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "notify_verification_done",
      "trigger": "after:checkpoint_verification",
      "action_type": "notify",
      "target": "stdout",
      "payload": {
        "message": "\u2713 Human Checkpoint verified! Workflow has resumed and successfully completed execution."
      }
    }
  ]
}

Download this recipe · Runs on the free tier: local files and a local model only.

Why this is different

The automation never tries to get past a login or a CAPTCHA by itself. Those steps belong to a person, so it hands them to one.

Questions

Does the recipe see my password?

No. You type it into the real site, in a normal browser window.

How long does it wait?

Until you confirm, up to the timeout written in the file.

Is this a way around site protection?

No. A person completes the step, the same as if you had opened the page yourself.

Run it

Vibe Engine (Vibra-Ingenn) runs recipes like this on your own machine. Drop the file in, run it once by hand, then put it on a schedule. Get the engine, see three recipes running, or read how the engine works.

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